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• Mar 16, 2010 10:31 AM ET
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  Joyce Eng

Betty White

How hot is Betty White these days?

Days after landing a Saturday Night Live hosting gig and a guest spot on The Middle, she has signed on as a regular for TV Land’s first scripted series, Hot in Cleveland, The Associated Press reports.

TV Land hot for new sitcom Hot in Cleveland

The sitcom stars three other funny ladies, Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves and Wendie Malick, as Los Angeles pals who wind up in Cleveland and decide to stay there because the locals find them glamorous. White, 88, will play the trio’s feisty caretaker. The six-time Emmy winner previously was attached just for the pilot.

Betty White looks back and ahead on her golden career

Production on Hot in Cleveland, which has been picked up for 10 episodes, is slated to begin soon with a target on a June premiere.

• Mar 11, 2010 09:50 AM ET
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  Joyce Eng

Betty White

Mark your calendars and set your TiVos: Betty White will host Saturday Night Live on May 8 — and she’s bringing some other funny ladies with her.

Joining the Golden Girl for the special Mother’s Day episode are six former SNL players, most of whom are moms: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Molly Shannon, Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer and Rachel Dratch.

Betty White will appear on Saturday Night Live

At 88, White will be the show’s oldest host ever, and the gig will also mark her first time as host — a debut that was a long time coming. SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels tells USA Today that he has “always wanted” the beloved comedienne to host, but White turned him down three times.

“It’s so New York, and I’m not New York at all,” she says. “But my agent said he’d divorce me if I didn’t do it, and I love my agent.”

The Facebook campaign imploring SNL to book White “took on a groundswell” following her Super Bowl Snickers commercial, Michael says, and “validated that, ‘Oh, that’d be fun.’”

Betty White looks back and ahead on her golden career

“It isn’t something we would have said no to,” he says. “It was the outpouring of affection from fans, and we feel the same way.”

While White has no children of her own — except for Pontiac, her golden retriever — Michaels says she’s the perfect Mother’s Day host because “she’s the mother of us all in comedy, so it will be a celebration of Betty White.”