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?
BRING IT BACK, I WATCHED THIS DURING MY EXAMS WAITING FOR CLOSURE AND I GE NONE?!
please give us another season of ugly Betty you can’t just leave fans hanging in wonder about what would or will happen between Daniel and Betty, they are perfect for each other they are always there for each other and without them actually realising it until the last episode in season 4. They actually rely on one another and have feelings in which they thought was just friendship. I would love to know if Betty actually writes here own magazine in which she has always dreamt about. I think that ugly Betty is an amazing programme to watch due to… Read more »
I live in Australia and have bought every series on dvd. I am watching again for the third time and am up to final series. I can’t believe that it has ended with such an unsatisfactory ending. Please continue or at least give us one more series with an ending that is happy. Thanks Jeanette
Please bring back the tv series Ugly Betty! It shouldn’t have been cancelled in the first place since many people enjoy watching it…this tv series should be brought back continuing with the 5th season and many more that should come!! I really enjoyed watching this tv show because it had some comedy and drama, plus I know the Daniel and Betty have something going on and at the end of the season they catch feelings for each other!!! YOU CANT JUST END IT THERE AND NOT LET US SEE OR KNOW WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN THEM!!! AND WHEN DOES THE UGLY,… Read more »
Please bring back the tv series Ugly Betty! It shouldn’t have been cancelled in the first place since many people enjoy watching it…this tv series should be brought back continuing with the 5th season and many more that should come!! I really enjoyed watching this tv show because it had some comedy and drama, plus I know the Daniel and Betty have something going on and at the end of the season they catch feelings for each other!!! YOU CANT JUST END IT THERE AND NOT LET US SEE OR KNOW WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN THEM!!! AND WHEN DOES THE UGLY,… Read more »
Please bring it back!!
Ugly Betty shouldn’t have been cancelled, but since it was they should now bring it back continuing to the 5th season and so on. Many people have enjoyed watching this tv series including myself. I also really enjoyed watching this series because it had some comedy and drama in it and also because their has a never been a tv show where the ugly, weird, non skinny girl gets the guy in the end!!! And I kno that Daniel likes Betty at the end and that they both catch feelings for each other so you can’t just end it there… Read more »
Please bring Ugly Betty back it was, and is my ultimate favourite tv show in the whole world, its like PLL has its last season coming out. if your going to start a tv show you shouldn’t finish it whats the point of that? you NEED to bring Ugly Betty back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pretty please , bring UGLY BETTY SHOW BACK? SEASON 5 6 7 8 9 OR 10. KEEP DOING THE SHOW PLEASE. 🙁
please bring back ugly betty show please. l love her show and it my favorite show and also she my favorite too. please keep going and do season 5. plz come back. keep doing the show. it doesn’t matter how many season are there. ill still be watching it. UGLY BETTY SHOW ARE THE BEST? please dont give up
Please bring back the ugly betty.its my favorite show and until now i am waiting for the season 5, this show makes me happy whenever i watched it, so please make a season 5 of this show…we really love it…
Are you kidding me? What the hell is ABC thinking of taking out a lot of latino shows, what are they threaten that there is talent in the Hispanic community!! First cristela and now ugly betty!! What the hell ABC!! Keep putting crappy shows and I will keep watching Hulu and Netflix stuff only!!
i love ugly betty! 🙁 i wish they would make another season its like my favourite series ever watched
I love watching this show but I only have Hulu I think they should do what The Mindy Project did and only put it on Netflix or Hulu so that if fans want they can just log on and watch it
Crap, ever since on demand came out shows have been canceling like crazy. Just make a movie, I seriously hate waiting for each episode to come out, and watched everything at once when it came out on Amazon.