Endemol Snags Worldwide Rights to 'Hot in Cleveland'

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Endemol has
acquired global distribution rights to TV Land's new sitcom, Hot in
Cleveland, starring Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and
Betty White.

The show
premiered on Wednesday, June 16, to an audience of nearly five million viewers,
making it the top telecast in TV Land's history.

Hot in Cleveland is executive produced by Sean Hayes
(Will & Grace) and Todd Milliner of Hazy Mills Productions as well
as Suzanne Martin (Frasier, Ellen), who serves as executive
producer, showrunner and writer.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.