Hot in Cleveland (season 3)

Hot in Cleveland (season 3)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	24
Release
Original network	TV Land
Original release	November 30, 2011 – June 6, 2012

The third season of the TV Land original sitcom Hot in Cleveland premiered on November 30, 2011. TV Land originally ordered 22 episodes but later increased the order to 24.^[1] The series stars Valerie Bertinelli, Wendie Malick, Jane Leeves, and Betty White.

Production

On February 28, 2011, TV Land renewed the show for a third season to consist of 22 episodes.^[2] However, on March 21, 2011, the episode order for season three was increased from 22 to 24 episodes.^[1] This season premiered on November 30, 2011 and ran straight through until June 6, 2012.

Guest stars in season three include Kathie Lee Gifford, Sandra Bernhard, Laura San Giacomo, Gilles Marini, Don Rickles, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Joe Jonas, Huey Lewis, John Mahoney, Susan Lucci,^[3] Regis Philbin, Joan Rivers, Georgia Engel, Rhea Perlman, Roger Bart, Kevin Nealon, Craig Bierko, Josh Cribbs, Steven Weber,^[4] Ryan McPartlin,^[5] James Denton,^[6] Kristin Chenoweth,^[7] Rick Springfield,^[8] and Doug Savant.^[9]

Release

Season three was released in Region 1 on November 27, 2012. The DVD includes all 24 episodes on 3 discs, and also features a "Some Like it Hot behind-the-scenes special".^[10]

Episodes

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (million)
33	1	"Elka's Choice"	David Trainer	Anne Flett-Giordano & Chuck Ranberg	November 30, 2011	301	1.94[11]
Elka is forced to choose between her thought-to-be-dead husband Bobby (Don Rickles), her old boyfriend, Max and her new boyfriend/fiancee, Fred. Elsewhere, Victoria takes advantage of her marriage to Joy and appears on a View rip-off talk show called "The Chatter", hosted by female celebrities Christal (Kathie Lee Gifford), Jada (Kym Whitley) and Libby (Valerie Azlynn).
34	2	"Beards"	David Trainer	Sam Johnson & Chris Marcil	December 7, 2011	303	1.42[12]
The girls go on a gay cruise, where Victoria plans to speak about her "relationship" with Joy, until they both fall for the captain, Captain Lebeau (Gilles Marini). Melanie runs into her sister, Caroline (Laura San Giacomo), and discovers she is a lesbian. Caroline's lover (Sandra Bernhard) makes a pass at Melanie, after Melanie pretends to be a lesbian to stay on the cruise.
35	3	"Funeral Crashers"	David Trainer	Steve Joe	December 14, 2011	304	1.71[13]
Elka teaches Melanie and the girls how to crash a funeral, to help Melanie find a missing dress. Joy and Victoria must face things from their pasts, while Elka reunites with Roy (John Mahoney) a former acquaintance.
36	4	"Happy Fat"	David Trainer	Eric Zicklin	December 21, 2011	305	1.80[14]
Melanie, Joy and Victoria give their neighbors makeovers. Meanwhile, Elka and Roy go sky-diving.
37	5	"One Thing or a Mother"	Joe Regalbuto	Sebastian Jones	December 28, 2011	306	1.87[15]
Victoria dates a self-centered hand model (Sean Hayes). Joy cannot determine the age of her date (Phil Morris). Melanie dates a guy (Sean O'Bryan) who enjoys leaving the lower half of his body unclothed. Roy's mother (surprisingly still alive) disapproves of him dating Elka. The girls invite all their dates to a dinner party, with predictably disastrous results.
38	6	"How Did You Guys Meet, Anyway?"	David Trainer	Suzanne Martin	January 4, 2012	302	1.82[16]
While waiting in a long bathroom line at the Cleveland Browns football game, the girls tell Elka the story of how they met each other in Los Angeles in the late 1980s. (This episode features two clips of the game show Body Language featuring Betty White as a celebrity partner, digitally altered to include an "Elka" nametag.)
39	7	"Two Girls and a Rhino"	David Trainer	Rachel Sweet	January 11, 2012	307	1.70[17]
Joy and Elka are forced to look after a rhino at the Cleveland zoo. Elsewhere, Victoria dates a janitor (Tim DeKay), while Melanie dates a state senator (Doug Savant).
40	8	"God and Football"	Andy Cadiff	Alex Herschlag	January 18, 2012	308	1.42[18]
Melanie takes Elka to a football game, as a present for her 90th birthday, and finds romance with a kicker (Dan Cortese). Meanwhile, Victoria believes that Elka is God.
41	9	"Love is Blind"	David Trainer	Sam Johnson & Chris Marcil	January 25, 2012	309	1.43[19]
Joy dates a 22-year-old blind man (Randy Wayne), who believes that she is 26 years old. Meanwhile, Victoria receives a surprise visit from her daughter, Emmy (Jennifer Love Hewitt), and Melanie from her son Will (Joe Jonas), who reveal their plan to wed each other. Elsewhere, Elka prank-calls A-Rod.
42	10	"Life with Lucci"	Andy Cadiff	Chuck Ranberg & Anne Flett-Giordano	February 1, 2012	310	1.64[20]
After All My Children is canceled, Susan Lucci seeks Victoria's comfort. When she interferes in the ladies' lives, it becomes clear that you can take the actress off of the soap opera, but you can't take the soap opera out of the actress.
43	11	"I'm with the Band"	Andy Cadiff	Steve Joe	February 8, 2012	311	1.35[21]
Johnny Revere (Huey Lewis) returns to town to record a charity single with an unruly former band mate, Drago (Steve Valentine). Johnny also tells Victoria that he no longer wants to have sexual flings with her, because he is engaged to a younger woman. To get back at Johnny, Victoria begins a relationship with Drago. Melanie is anxious to meet David Gates of the band Bread, but meets a different David Gates (Dave "Gruber" Allen), the CEO of a minivan company. Wanting to be discovered as a singer, Joy hurts the voice of singer Verena (Danielle Bisutti), in a singing challenge and pretends to be her to record the charity single. Elka schemes to cut the hair of a famous singer to sell on the internet.
44	12	"Lost Loves"	Andy Cadiff	Eric Zicklin	February 15, 2012	312	1.41[22]
The girls go searching for their lost loves, including the man who stood up Joy at her wedding. Elka "accidentally" runs into Max (Carl Reiner). Victoria reconnects with Clark (Curtis Armstrong), her first husband only to find he has changed dramatically. Melanie misinterprets Facebook comments posted by Nick (Dan Gauthier), a former high school crush, but ends up falling for another man K.C. (Steven Weber), who is also Joy's ex- fiancé.
45	13	"Tangled Web"	Andy Cadiff	Sam Johnson & Chris Marcil	March 7, 2012	313	1.82[23]
The ladies escape to a lake house after Victoria sets loose a poisonous spider; Melanie finds out her new love interest is actually Joy's former fiancé. So Melanie has a handsome Mormon (Christopher Gorham), pretend to be her new boyfriend.
46	14	"Hot & Heavy"	Andy Cadiff	Rachel Sweet	March 14, 2012	315	1.31[24]
Victoria wears a fat suit to win a major news award. Colin (James Patrick Stuart), Victoria's co-anchor and rival gets the same idea and unintentionally uses it to have Joy fall in love with him. Melanie meets Sam (Reid Scott), a handsome man at a Sexaholics Anonymous meeting.
47	15	"Rubber Ball"	Andy Cadiff	Sebastian Jones	March 21, 2012	314	1.45[25]
Melanie, Victoria and Joy seek to get into a country club, and have a meeting with rubber magnate Jameson (Ed Asner), who has a connection to Elka. The girls then attend a party at the club attempting to obtain membership sponsors, where they learn that Artie (Jon Lovitz), the homeless man who almost became Joy's green-card spouse in season 2, is actually from a wealthy family. The girls also help Artie impress Preshi (Alex Borstein), a fellow country club member.
48	16	"Everything Goes Better with Vampires"	Andy Cadiff	Chuck Ranberg & Anne Flett-Giordano	March 28, 2012	316	1.92[26]
Victoria is annoyed by the new lazy housekeeper (Rhea Perlman), who cannot understand Joy thanks to her accent, even though she's speaking perfect english.. Joy falls for a man who says that he is Rick Springfield, until she learns the real truth. Melanie is annoyed by her new professor boyfriend, Donald (Craig Bierko). Elka and an old friend, Marnie (Georgia Engel) write a radio play together, but the two soon disagree on ideas. Things boil to a head when everyone is forced to stay inside while the police conduct a manhunt for a escaped convict.
49	17	"Claus, Tails & High Pitched Males: Birthdates 3"	Andy Cadiff	Vanessa McCarthy	April 11, 2012	317	1.46[27]
The ladies set each other up on dates for their annual birthdate celebration. Victoria is set up with previous cruise ship fling, Captain Lebeau; Melanie is set up with a Jersey Boys cast member (Roger Bart) who has an unfortunate trait; Joy dates Melanie's former priest (Andy Richter), and Elka dates someone who might be magical (Paul Dooley).
50	18	"Cruel Shoes"	Andy Cadiff	Sebastian Jones	April 18, 2012	318	1.09[28]
A line of shoes Victoria designed is going public at a fashion show. Joy, Melanie and Elka agree to model Victoria's shoes, which have an unfortunate problem. Melanie gets a beauty mark for the modeling gig, but it doesn't stay in place. Joy begins a whirlwind romance with a terminally ill man named George (Kevin Nealon), who is crossing things off his bucket list.
51	19	"Bye George, I Think He's Got It!"	David Trainer	Rachel Sweet	April 25, 2012	319	1.38[29]
Joy's romance with George continues. Elka gets a visit from her twin sister (Joan Rivers), while Victoria and Melanie try to help Artie pick up women.
52	20	"The Gateway Friend"	Andy Cadiff Dennis Capps	Steve Joe	May 2, 2012	320	1.12[30]
The girls have to get their L.A. friend, Courtney (Kristin Chenoweth) back together with her Beverly Hills dermatologist boyfriend, Dr. Minton (Jonathan Silverman) or face the prospect of never getting an appointment with him again.
53	21	"Some Like It Hot"	N/A	N/A	May 9, 2012	322	1.21[31]
A look behind the scenes of Hot in Cleveland, with never-before-seen footage of the cast and crew, in-depth interviews as well as favorite show moments and bloopers all from the third season.
54	22	"Storage Wars"	Andy Cadiff	Sam Johnson & Chris Marcil	May 16, 2012	321	1.17[32]
The ladies bid on an abandoned storage unit and find an unsent letter from Abraham Lincoln hidden in a painting. Joy chats with a trucker (James Denton) through a CB radio and lies saying that she is very buxom, unaware that they will eventually meet in person. Storage Wars auctioneers Laura and Dan Dotson make a cameo appearance.[33]
55	23	"What's Behind the Door"	Andy Cadiff	Alex Herschlag	May 30, 2012	324	1.19[34]
Victoria comes up with the idea of reviving her old soap opera Edge of Tomorrow as a webisode series. But she ends up clashing with the creator (Cybill Shepherd) and working with incompetent actors (Barry Bostwick, Rosa Blasi and Mel Rodriguez).
56	24	"Blow Outs"	Andy Cadiff	Sebastian Jones	June 6, 2012	323	1.95[35]
When Joy and Victoria follow Melanie to her secret new hair salon, true to Melanie's predictions of disaster, they manage to cause the two hairdressers (Regis Philbin and David Spade) to part ways. As Melanie's hair suffers in the fallout, tensions between the ladies escalate. The season ends with a cliffhanger, when the ladies find a baby on their doorstep.

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General references

• "Hot in Cleveland Season 3 episodes". TV Guide. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
• "Shows A-Z - hot in cleveland on tv land". the Futon Critic. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
• "Hot in Cleveland: Episode Guide". MSN TV. Retrieved December 16, 2011.

External links

• List of Hot in Cleveland episodes at TV.com