Hot in Cleveland is a TV Land comedy pilot that follows three forty-something friends from L.A. who end up in Cleveland and decide to stay once they realize that the locals think they are glamorous.
Victoria's enemy Susan Lucci comes looking for support after the cancellation of "All My Children," but Victoria warns her friends that the soap star is not to be trusted. Meanwhile, Elka talks hoops with Baron Davis of ...
Victoria's daughter, Emmy, arrives for a visit with the news that she and Melanie's son, Will, are engaged. Meanwhile, Joy's blind boyfriend thinks she's 26; and Elka has a ball prank calling the New York Yankee's third ...
Melanie scores a date with the Browns' kicker when she takes Elka to the team's locker room on her 90th birthday. Meanwhile, Joy and Elka get surprising news on the medical front; and a brush with death convinces Victori...
Joy and Elka camp out at the zoo to help save an endangered species of rhinoceros. Meanwhile, Melanie dates a senator; and Victoria goes out with a janitor
While waiting in line for the bathroom at a Cleveland sporting event, Elka hears the story of how Melanie, Joy and Victoria met in Los Angeles in the 1980s.
The ladies host a dinner party to solve their dating dilemmas, which include Roy's mother's hatred of Elka, Victoria's hand-model boyfriend (Sean Hayes) and Melanie's boyfriend's resemblance to Winnie the Pooh.
The ladies treat their neighbors to makeovers, while Elka adjusts to dating a younger man (John Mahoney).
Elka teaches the ladies how to go funeral crashing to find the dress lost by Melanie's dry cleaner; Elka has a reunion with a man (John Mahoney) from her past.
Victoria brings Joy, Melanie and Elka along for the ride when she's a guest speaker on a gay cruise, where Melanie has a surprise reunion with her estranged sister (Laura San Giacomo), and Victoria and Joy's lesbian faca...
In the Season 3 premiere, Elka faces a choice of three suitors: her fianc
In the Season 2 finale, Melanie, Joy and Victoria wake up to a house in disarray, full of dozing frat boys and a roaming iguana, with no recollection of Elka's bachelorette party the night before. Oh, and the bride-to-be...
Elka and Fred (Buck Henry) plan a low-key wedding ceremony with a reverend (Cedric the Entertainer), but the bride-to-be turns into a monster after the women urge her to go all out. Meanwhile, Victoria tries out a new pr...
Melanie's column about casual sex sends the women in search of Mr. Right Now, which results in a proposal for Elka from an old friend (Buck Henry) and a potentially life-threatening encounter for Victoria's former rock-s...
Victoria and Joy try to give Victoria's practical-joke-playing coanchor at the TV station a taste of his own medicine. Meanwhile, Melanie's new boyfriend has a foot fetish; and Elka has surprising news when she returns f...
A visit from Victoria's daughter, Emmy (Jennifer Love Hewitt), prompts Victoria to ask Elka—and her Irish accent—for help in dissuading Emmy from writing a revealing autobiography about her childhood. Meanwhile, Mela...
The women hope dancing will help them lose weight, but first must find gay men to accompany them; Elka resumes a feud with an old rival (Doris Roberts).
Melanie asks Rick (Wayne Knight) for help when she thinks Joy may be using drugs. Meanwhile, Elka gives Victoria tips on portraying an older character for a musical version of "Driving Miss Daisy."
For a Woman's Day column, Melanie forms a group to compete in a contest, an idea embraced by Joy, who, with encouragement from Rick (Wayne Knight), pursues her childhood dream of becoming a rock star
The ladies play matchmaker for each other for hit-and-miss date nights that include Melanie getting a holier-than-thou type; and Elka hiding her intelligence from a wealthy bachelor.
Joy gets a surprise visit from the son she gave up for adoption. Meanwhile, Victoria may have an unexpected guest of her own when she learns that her pen pal---from prison---is coming to Cleveland.
The women hunt for a fugitive Elka in Amish country, where Victoria grows uncharacteristically comfortable. Meanwhile, allegations of an affair with the governor could get Joy deported.
Elka tries to get a not-guilty verdict at her trial; Joy becomes enmeshed in scandal when she does a favor for the first lady of Ohio.
Elka tries to seduce Max into staying in Cleveland during winter; Melanie enlists Joy to help her at a senior center; Victoria falls for a man whose children hate her.
Melanie dates a basketball coach for the Cavaliers; Victoria takes a job as a local news personality; Joy gets engaged to a homeless man.
Joy meets a great guy in the waiting room of her therapist; Elka tries to train a rescue dog; Victoria attempts to jump-start her career.
The ladies' L.A. adventures continue; Elka's quest for the movie star of her dreams results in a surprise meeting.
For the first time since moving to Cleveland, the women return to Los Angeles for Victoria's appearance on "All My Children" with her chief rival, soap star Susan Lucci. Meanwhile, Melanie mulls selling her California ho...
A brand of undergarments has mysterious effects on the ladies' lives when Melanie pursues a doctor (Jack Wagner); Victoria's audition ends in an altercation with Melanie Griffith; Joy finds a younger man; and Elka roots ...
Melanie, Joy and Victoria are smitten with Elka's lawyer, who's angling for an insanity plea for a hearing before a judge (Sherri Shepherd), but his client loses interest after learning that Max (Carl Reiner) is getting ...
Melanie meets her boyfriend's family and finds two big obstacles; Joy's green-card scam with Rick goes awry; Victoria dates an ancient billionaire; Elka goes on a bender.
Elka reunites with an old friend; the ladies struggle to raise bail; Joy gets a letter from the INS and a surprising proposal from a neighbor; Melanie's cop boyfriend keeps arresting Joy's friends; Victoria loses her for...
Summary: When a tornado threatens Cleveland, the ladies find way more than just shelter in Elka's secret storm cellar.
Three best friends from Los Angeles (hopeless romantic Melanie, cynical businesswoman Joy, aging actress Victoria) are flying to Paris when their plane makes an emergency landing in Cleveland. Realizing that the social n...
