AVA AND THE GIRLS� ATTEMPT TO CONSOLE LOLA AFTER THE DEATH OF HER PET CHICKEN HAS UNEXPECTED RESULTS, ON ABC�S �HOT PROPERTIES�

Christine Estabrook (�Desperate Housewives�) Guest Stars

�Chick Stuff� � To help cheer up a grief-stricken Lola as she gets over the death of her pet chicken, Ava invites her and the girls over to her apartment. They commiserate about what�s missing in their lives and, after drowning their sorrows, are horrified the next morning to learn that each of them dialed someone on their cell phones while drunk. While Chloe thought she had called her eighth-grade boyfriend, she actually dialed the number of her highly-critical, overbearing mother (Christine Estabrook), who pays an unexpected visit, on �Hot Properties,� FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14 (9:30-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

�Hot Properties� stars Gail O�Grady as Ava Summerlin, Nicole Sullivan as Chloe Reid, Sof�a Vergara as Lola Hernandez, Christina Moore as Emerson Ives, Stephen Dunham as Dr. Charlie Thorpe, Evan Handler as Dr. Sellers Boyd and Amy Hill as Mary.

Guest starring are Christine Estabrook as Candice, Shawn Christian as John, Kevin Brief as super, Alicia Ziegler as wife, Darren Kennedy as husband, Jayonn Folks as delivery guy and Richard W. Blake as Dylan.

�Chick Stuff� was written by Chuck Ranberg & Anne Flett-Giordano and directed by Andy Ackerman.

�Hot Properties� is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC�s selected HDTV format, with 5.1-channel surround sound and Spanish subtitles via secondary closed captioning.

This program carries a TV-PG,L parental guideline.