After four years on the air, ABC has decided to pull the plug on Ugly Betty. There won’t be a fifth season but will longtime fans get a true series finale?
Ugly Betty debuted in 2006 and follows young Betty Suarez (America Ferrera) as she navigates her way through the world of high-fashion, working at the trendy magazine Mode. Others in the cast include Eric Mabius, Tony Plana, Ana Ortiz, Becki Newton, Mark Indelicato, Michael Urie, Vanessa Williams, and Ashley Jensen.
After being a modest hit for its first two seasons, the series’ viewership dropped to an average of eight million viewers and a 2.8 rating in the 18-49 demo last year. That would usually put a series “on the bubble” but ABC gave it an early renewal. It was pretty clear that the network wanted to try to keep it going to accumulate more episodes for the syndication package.
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The network assigned the series to a Friday night timeslot this season, hoping that the loyal fans would follow it there. Not many did. After cancelling Eastwick, they moved Ugly Betty to a better slot, on Wednesday nights. The ratings haven’t been very good there either.
The show’s fate seemed essentially sealed by Ugly Betty’s syndication deal. While episodes of The Mentalist and NCIS: Los Angeles sold for about $2.2 million each in syndication, Ugly Betty episodes have been licensed to the TV Guide Network for “a low six figures.”
Today, the network and production team made a joint statement, saying, “We’ve mutually come to the difficult decision to make this Ugly Betty’s final season, and are announcing now as we want to allow the show ample time to write a satisfying conclusion. We are extremely proud of this groundbreaking series, and felt it was important to give the fans a proper farewell.”
What do you think? Are you surprised that the show’s been cancelled? What would you like to see happen before Ugly Betty goes off the air?
I can not believe that was the last episode , we the fans that followed the series are very sad and dissapointed that such a very good cast was not given the chance to give us viewers a better finale.
You cant leave on an ending like you did, I bet this final season brought views back up and the conclusion was too much of a cliff hanger to end it on that note. if you were planning on having daniel like betty at least they shouldve had an exchange of feelings towards each other completly. Having them both move to england does say much, and is that very ending when he asks her out to dinner, as the episode ends, that has us thinking there is going to be a continuation of their lives together in london with the… Read more »
Really, tooo bad. Such a great show. Incredible humor, really adorable. Too soon to end this wonderful show.
You guys are crazy please don’t cancel ugly betty. I love to watch it so much. So please make a new season please please please
nooooo please bring ugly Betty back it can’t ens that way
Betty is great and I miss everyone in that show…even Willemina! I am from SA and we have nothing better here than Betty!
This news makes me really sad…please don’t cancel Ugly Betty! 🙁 It’s the only thing I looked forward to the whole week…
if ugly betty finishes……i swear i will kill myself!=P
please,do NOT cancel ugly betty.. i’m from germany and i love this show! there must be a fifth season..
NO
Ugly betty is an amzing TV show with many varieties of people.it is funny,sad and also touching!
this is one of the best seris ever created it is sad to see it go while others that arent even remotely good are still on,i just wish ugly betty got the views it deserved and got an early time, it is the most amazing show and always will be, and hopefully it will come back to our screens,it will be hard now knowing there is nothing good to look forward to on my wednesday nights!
I love Ugly Betty. I love everyone who stars in this show. I want to watch them more. Please.. don’t cancel it. I’m gonna pray, you might change your mind.
please dont cancel ugly betty it is one of the best TVshows ever I love it….
I want to see the fifth season of serial!!!
do not cancel ugly betty………
she is a rolemodel for so many teenagers, because she don’t care what people think about her.
BETTY 4-EVER
NOOOO!!!!!!!!! PLEASE DON’T CANCEL UGLY BETTY!!!
IT’S THE BEST TV-SHOW EVER.
I LOVE BETTY 🙂