The second episode of this brand new sitcom finds the former party animal owner of the Hot Properties real estate agency, Ava Summerlin (NYPD Blue's Gail O'Grady) hosting a little gal pal party at her killer Manhattan apartment. Her posse (MADtv's Nicole Sullivan, Sofia Vergara and Christina Moore) all wind up getting nicely sloshed.

The next day, they figure they probably got a little giggly and dialed up their ex-boyfriends. Instead, they spilled the beans to Chloe's (Sullivan) domineering mother (guest star Christine Estabrook) about her dating disasters. Hilarity ensues.

Or not. This series about four sizzling real estate agents is so desperate to be Designing Women meets Sex And The City you can smell the perfume.

"Obviously, this show is a bit of melding of the two of those," says executive producer Suzanne Martin (Frasier). "But mostly, it's just a show that I would watch."

Are real real estate agents like this? Probably not, as Sullivan observed last July on the ABC portion of the network press tour. "My favourite ones are the ones on the bus stops, you know, the pictures?" she says. "Second to that are the married people that are real estate people together. Wouldn't you kill them?"

The cast and producers were also asked what qualities they look for in a real estate agent. O'Grady said they should listen well and be familiar with the area. Martin said she looks for people who are "matchmakers for people and homes."

Sullivan, always the kooky sister or girlfriend, ditched her dog-walker role on King Of Queens to be part of this series. "I love, love, love, love working with Kevin James and Leah Remini, and of course Jerry Stiller, who's my favourite person in the world," she says.

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