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EMAILPRINTSERIES: ABC, Friday 9:30p (30 minutes)

Hot Properties
31
8.0 User Score:

Generally unfavorable reviews

Based on 22 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?

Based on 33 votes
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Show Info

Genre(s): Comedy

Created By: Suzanne Martin

First Air Date: October 7, 2005

Summary

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.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

75

Detroit Free PressMike Duffy

A raunchy, mostly forgettable female bonding sitcom.

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75

People WeeklyTom Gliatto

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

70

VarietyBrian 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."

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63

USA TodayRobert 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.

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60

Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron

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

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60

Miami HeraldGlenn 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.

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40

Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert

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

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40

The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley

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

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30

Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker

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

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30

Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen

A disappointingly sex-obsessed sitcom.

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25

Entertainment WeeklyDalton Ross

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

20

SlateDana 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.

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20

Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland

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

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20

Washington PostChip Crews

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

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12

San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman

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

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12

New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley

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

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10

San Jose Mercury NewsCharlie McCollum

A lame, tawdry sitcom with unfunny sex jokes.

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10

NewsdayDiane Werts

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

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10

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.

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10

Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield

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

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0

Cleveland Plain DealerMark Dawidziak

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

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0

Chicago Sun-TimesDoug 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.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this 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.

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