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Hot Properties
SERIES: ABC, Friday 9:30p (30 minutes)


8.0

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Starring Gail O'Grady, Nicole Sullivan, Sofia Vergara, Christina Moore, Stephen Dunham, Evan Handler, and Amy Hill

The last and by no means the most original of the Fall 2005 shows to premiere, this sitcom follows a group of female Manhattan realtors and friends who like to talk about their sex lives.

GENRE(S):	Comedy
CREATED BY:	Suzanne Martin
FIRST AIR DATE:	October 7, 2005

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Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy

A raunchy, mostly forgettable female bonding sitcom.

People Weekly Tom Gliatto

Hot Properties has a loose, engaging silliness. [31 Oct 2005, p.39]

Variety Brian Lowry

While "Hot Properties" doesn't generate big guffaws, there's a breezy quality to it that makes for good company at what's mercifully a lower decibel level than its lead-in or the WBthe WB's competing "Living With Fran."

USA Today Robert Bianco

Ever since Sex and the City proved you could update Designing Women for a shallower audience by amping up the sex and removing the social content, TV writers have been trying without success to replicate the trick. Though Hot Properties feels too forced and a bit old-hat, it comes closer than most, thanks to a strong cast and a few genuinely funny lines.

Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron

This is sassy and superficial but also entertaining, and that's really all it aspires to be.

Miami Herald Glenn Garvin

There was a lot more to Sex and the City than menage a trois jokes, and whether Hot Properties can move beyond smutty snickers to develop real characters and story lines remains to be seen.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

Despite the actresses' happy energy, ''Hot Properties" falls into terribly familiar comic territory.

The New York Times Alessandra Stanley

There are some funny moments on "Hot Properties," but few surprises. It's a very conventional, even sedate sitcom about sex.

Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker

It's Designing Women without the heart, Sex and the City without the wit.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

A disappointingly sex-obsessed sitcom.

Entertainment Weekly Dalton Ross

The few genuinely funny lines... are immediately buried in an avalance of canned laughs. [7 Oct 2005, p.67]

Slate Dana Stevens

Despite an abundance of painfully suggestive one-liners, Hot Properties feels tepid and static. What's worse for a show designed to appeal to female audiences, it feels misogynistic.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland

This "Sex and the City" wannabe contains neither heat nor giggles.

Washington Post Chip Crews

A big problem with "Hot Properties" is its hollow core.

San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman

If you remember nothing about this column, remember this: "Hot Properties" is stupid and annoying.

New York Daily News David Hinckley

"Hot Properties" is such a stiff and unfunny sitcom that it's hard to imagine how it got on the air.

San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum

A lame, tawdry sitcom with unfunny sex jokes.

Newsday Diane Werts

ABC's little-girl gang of four represents nothing more than cliches.

Chicago Tribune

This shameless, decidedly unfunny look at women in a Manhattan real estate office is mostly an excuse for stale, transparent, cutesy sex jokes, the sort of self-degrading stuff few self-respecting women would tolerate.

Los Angeles Times Paul Brownfield

We're to believe ABC took a look at all this and said, yes, yes and yes.

Cleveland Plain Dealer Mark Dawidziak

This is a leading contender for the title of worst new show of the season.

Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman

Oh, and there's a very pink teapot on their coffee table. It's easy to take note of such set pieces when you're in the process of not laughing.

The average user rating for this tv show is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 33 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Suzie K gave it a10:
Super funny show. Too bad it got canceled.

Lam N gave it a10:
Please, Please DVD it. Thanks

Michelle G gave it a10:
I am very sad the show got cancelled. My boyfriend (who by the way hates chick flicks) and I watched it every friday and thought it was hilarious. I don't understand how it got cancelled my guess is the timeslot.

Julie K gave it a9:
Great show, very funny. I think the Friday night timeslot isn't the best. I think more viewers would watch if ABC would have promted the show better and also changed the timeslot or day of the week of airtime.

Harry W gave it a10:
Since Hot Properties is canceled; I would like to have it on DVD to watch at my leisure. I hope ABC does this because it would be in both our interest! There are alot of people who love the show and would purchase the DVD of the TV show.

Elmira M. gave it a10:
I was really running home each Friday to catch the show and now I am really heartbroken because it got cancelled! By no means I am saying that this is the most sophisticated show ever, but it has some sort of breezy/easy quality, something that leaves you in a good mood for a quite some time. Actresses did such fine job of showing mismatched, at times awkward women – I could see my girlfriends and myself there. Please, bring it back!!!

nicole gave it a10:
I really liked Hot Properties and I'm sad that they cancelled it. They should put the first season on DVD for its fans.

Hot Properties SERIES: ABC, Friday 9:30p (30 minutes)

Hot Properties
SERIES: ABC, Friday 9:30p (30 minutes)