Betty White Gets 5 Million to Watch TV Land

Our national love affair with Betty White is only getting more torrid. After giving Saturday Night Live its highest-rated episode in eighteen months, she has now given TV land its highest-rated program ever. An impressive 5 million people watched the 10 p.m. broadcast of her new sitcom, Hot in Cleveland, last night, by far the most people ever to watch a show on that network, and — to put it in perspective — about 2 to 3 million more people than tuned in for an average episode of ABC’s Better Off Ted. Seems safe to say that, yes, it is illegal to criticize Betty White.

Betty White Gets 5 Million to Watch TV Land