"Ugly Betty" (2006)TV series 2006-????

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Ugly is the new beautiful.

Plot:

Betty Suarez is smart, sweet and hard working. The only problem is that she's not thin and beautiful like all her coworkers at Mode...

Plot Keywords:

Fashion | Assistant | Nephew | Editor | Homosexual

Awards:

Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 32 wins & 43 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 31

8:00 PM

ABC

Zero Worship

#2.11

Cast

America Ferrera	...	Betty Suarez (42 episodes, 2006-2008)
Eric Mabius	...	Daniel Meade (42 episodes, 2006-2008)
Ana Ortiz	...	Hilda Suarez (42 episodes, 2006-2008)
Ashley Jensen	...	Christina McKinney (42 episodes, 2006-2008)
Becki Newton	...	Amanda Tanen / ... (42 episodes, 2006-2008)
Mark Indelicato	...	Justin Suarez (42 episodes, 2006-2008)
Michael Urie	...	Marc St. James (42 episodes, 2006-2008)
Vanessa Williams	...	Wilhelmina Slater (42 episodes, 2006-2008)
Tony Plana	...	Ignacio Suarez (41 episodes, 2006-2008)
Alan Dale	...	Bradford Meade (36 episodes, 2006-2008)
Rebecca Romijn	...	Alexis Meade / ... (30 episodes, 2007-2008)
Christopher Gorham	...	Henry Grubstick (30 episodes, 2006-2008)
Judith Light	...	Claire Meade (27 episodes, 2006-2008)
Kevin Sussman	...	Walter (20 episodes, 2006-2007)

Also Known As:

Betty the Ugly (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Finland:K-11 (DVD) | Singapore:NC-16 (season 1) | USA:TV-14 (two episodes) | USA:TV-PG | Australia:M (some episodes) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Touchstone Television

Trivia:

Mark's name in "Fake Plastic Snow" is Mark Saint-James but in "Don't Ask Don't Tell" his name is Mark Weiner. (From a deleted scene from "Don't Ask Don't Tell", Betty asks Marc: “Your real name is Weiner?” Marc answers: “I had to change it. A gay kid named Weiner? I wanted to beat myself up.”)

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Henry: It's just something I know.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "30 Rock: Up All Night (#1.13)" (2007)

Great new show

I just watched "Ugly Betty" Thurs. night and I have to say that I think it is a wonderful new series.

Star America Ferrara makes the show completely worthwhile. I have seen most of the new show's that have premiered this season so far and, in my opinion, Ferrara gives hands-down the best new female performance out there. The portrait that she paint's as Betty is realistic, humorous, and makes you feel for her in everything that she does or wants to do. I doubt there is anybody that won't root for this lovely girl (and yes, she is lovely and MORE, even in the "Betty" get-up because she is such a sweet, intelligent, accomplished, and kind person).

The show as a whole is a bit formulaic, but what show isn't up to a certain degree? The rest of the characters are pretty well done (most especially the girls who become Betty's friends at the magazine), though it will take some time to make them as interesting as the main character.

My wife wanted to watch this first episode more than I did, but I'm very glad I watched with her. This will easily be classified as a "chick show" but I believe that anybody will like it once they give it half a chance. Everybody has felt the way Betty feels at some point in there life & that will be a drawing point into her world, I think.

All I can say is WATCH IT. It won't be for everyone but many will be pleasantly surprised. America Ferrara is brilliant. I think she should get her Emmy speech ready now.