I read the other reviews which claim that this sitcom is the new The Golden Girls which they are not! The Golden Girls is legendary because they mixed both comedy and serious topics into a sitcom and addressed some real issues while also having fun. Hot In Cleveland never tackled anything serious and didn't even try to when they had plenty of opportunity to address real issues about women aging while still remaining vital and attractive. Instead, they played on topics which stressed on the vanity of the women and their utter tasteless attempts in dating. TGG never shied away from anything even sex but they were all well done while HIC overplayed them. N
Yes, the sitcom was enjoyable on the most part but that's about it; it's just enjoyable but it's not The Golden Girls, not by a long shot. Betty White is a national treasure most definitely but putting her in a role which is basically what Estelle Getty played in TGG - the tough talking matriarch of the bunch, doesn't make it TGG. Instead, it was quite an insult on Estelle Getty as they could have fashioned Elka into a totally new character instead of just borrowing from an old one. Betty White also deserved so much better.
The guest stars were all great but again, that was just slapping them on for credit's sake without any of the depth that should have come with it. At least when they brought in Burt Reynolds for a spot on TGG, they had a hilarious episode out of it. Most of the famous guest stars in HIC seemed to be there just to hype it up and very few of them had a real good story line for their time there.
While some story lines in TGG didn't make sense and were even slapstick, the humour made up for any realism deficiencies while some of the slapstick in HIC were just downright ridiculous SPOILER ALERT i.e. The episode where Joy pretends to be half Indian so her grandson can get the best paediatric doctor.
So enough with the TGG comparisons. HIC was fine but they're not in that league!
Yes, the sitcom was enjoyable on the most part but that's about it; it's just enjoyable but it's not The Golden Girls, not by a long shot. Betty White is a national treasure most definitely but putting her in a role which is basically what Estelle Getty played in TGG - the tough talking matriarch of the bunch, doesn't make it TGG. Instead, it was quite an insult on Estelle Getty as they could have fashioned Elka into a totally new character instead of just borrowing from an old one. Betty White also deserved so much better.
The guest stars were all great but again, that was just slapping them on for credit's sake without any of the depth that should have come with it. At least when they brought in Burt Reynolds for a spot on TGG, they had a hilarious episode out of it. Most of the famous guest stars in HIC seemed to be there just to hype it up and very few of them had a real good story line for their time there.
While some story lines in TGG didn't make sense and were even slapstick, the humour made up for any realism deficiencies while some of the slapstick in HIC were just downright ridiculous SPOILER ALERT i.e. The episode where Joy pretends to be half Indian so her grandson can get the best paediatric doctor.
So enough with the TGG comparisons. HIC was fine but they're not in that league!