Network: ABC
Episodes: Ongoing (hour)
Seasons: Ongoing
TV show dates: September 1, 2006 – present
Series status: Has not been cancelled
Performers include: America Ferrera, Eric Mabius, Tony Plana, Ana Ortiz, Becki Newton, Mark Indelicato, Michael Urie, Vanessa Williams, and Ashley Jensen,
TV show description:
The series follows the personal and professional life of Betty Suarez (America Ferrera) in New York City.
Betty lives in Queens with her immigrant father Ignacio (Tony Plana), high-maintenance older sister Hilda (Ana Ortiz) and Hilda’s Broadway-loving son Justin (Mark Indelicato). Betty works at popular NY fashion magazine Mode as the assistant to the magazine’s handsome editor-in-chief Daniel Meade (Eric Mabius).
Other colorful workmates include nasty Creative Director Wilhelmina Slater (Vanessa Williams), venomous assistant Marc St. James (Michael Urie) and sympathetic seamstress Christina McKinney (Ashley Jensen).
Series Finale
The series is still in production.
What happened next?
The series is still in production.
Behind the Scenes
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| • | The series was one of the few hits of the 2006-07 season and attracted an average of 12.35 million viewers each week. |
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| • | Ugly Betty is based on a Columbian telenovela entitled Yo soy Betty, la fea or “Betty la fea.” There are many other adaptations around the world but Ugly Betty is the most unlike the original. |
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| • | The series received 11 Emmy nominations for its first season. |
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| • | The series was originally being developed as a 2001 half-hour sitcom for NBC but didn’t move past the planning stages. ABC and producer/actress Salma Hayek came on board in 2004 and reworked it as an hour-long “dramady.” |
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This is a really great show, don’t end it ASAP. Slowly drag the movie and WOW us!