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

User Rating:

7.1/10   

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:

Clothing | Boss | Gay Couple | Editor | Father Daughter Relationship

Awards:

Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 34 wins & 52 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Oct. 16	8:00 PM	ABC
Thur. Oct. 23	8:00 PM	ABC	Granny Pants	#3.5

Cast

America Ferrera	...	Betty Suarez (44 episodes, 2006-2008)
Eric Mabius	...	Daniel Meade (44 episodes, 2006-2008)
Tony Plana	...	Ignacio Suarez (44 episodes, 2006-2008)
Ana Ortiz	...	Hilda Suarez (44 episodes, 2006-2008)
Ashley Jensen	...	Christina McKinney (44 episodes, 2006-2008)
Becki Newton	...	Amanda Tanen / ... (44 episodes, 2006-2008)
Mark Indelicato	...	Justin Suarez (44 episodes, 2006-2008)
Michael Urie	...	Marc St. James / ... (44 episodes, 2006-2008)
Vanessa Williams	...	Wilhelmina Slater (44 episodes, 2006-2008)
Alan Dale	...	Bradford Meade (36 episodes, 2006-2008)
Rebecca Romijn	...	Alexis Meade / ... (32 episodes, 2007-2008)
Christopher Gorham	...	Henry Grubstick (32 episodes, 2006-2008)
Judith Light	...	Claire Meade (30 episodes, 2006-2008)
Kevin Sussman	...	Walter (20 episodes, 2006-2007)

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Series Directed by
James Hayman		(8 episodes, 2006-2007)
Victor Nelli Jr.		(7 episodes, 2007-2008)
Michael Spiller		(4 episodes, 2007-2008)
Tricia Brock		(3 episodes, 2006-2007)
Wendey Stanzler		(3 episodes, 2007-2008)
Rodman Flender		(2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Lev L. Spiro		(2 episodes, 2007)
Matt Shakman		(2 episodes, 2008)

Series Writing credits
Silvio Horta		(38 episodes, 2006-2008)
Marco Pennette		(6 episodes, 2006-2007)
Henry Alonso Myers		(6 episodes, 2007-2008)
Sheila R. Lawrence		(5 episodes, 2006-2008)
Veronica Becker		(4 episodes, 2006-2008)
Sarah Kucserka		(4 episodes, 2006-2008)
Bill Wrubel		(4 episodes, 2007-2008)
Jon Kinnally		(3 episodes, 2007)
Tracy Poust		(3 episodes, 2007)
Oliver Goldstick		(2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Cameron Litvack		(2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Dailyn Rodriguez		(2 episodes, 2006-2007)
James D. Parriott		(2 episodes, 2007)
Dawn DeKeyser		(2 episodes, 2008)

Series Produced by
Salma Hayek	....	executive producer (37 episodes, 2006-2008)
Silvio Horta	....	executive producer (36 episodes, 2006-2008)
Jeremy Beim	....	co-producer / associate producer (35 episodes, 2006-2008)
Jose Tamez	....	executive producer (35 episodes, 2006-2008)
Sheila R. Lawrence	....	co-executive producer / consulting producer (33 episodes, 2006-2008)
Marco Pennette	....	executive producer / co-executive producer (32 episodes, 2006-2008)
James Hayman	....	executive producer (31 episodes, 2006-2008)
Teri Weinberg	....	co-executive producer (30 episodes, 2006-2008)
Benjamin Silverman	....	executive producer (29 episodes, 2006-2008)
Henry Alonso Myers	....	co-executive producer / supervising producer (24 episodes, 2007-2008)
Jon Kinnally	....	co-executive producer (21 episodes, 2007-2008)
Victor Nelli Jr.	....	supervising producer / co-executive producer (21 episodes, 2007-2008)
Tracy Poust	....	co-executive producer (21 episodes, 2007-2008)
Alice West	....	co-executive producer (18 episodes, 2006-2007)
Shawn Paper	....	co-producer / associate producer (17 episodes, 2007-2008)
Oliver Goldstick	....	co-executive producer (16 episodes, 2006-2007)
Cameron Litvack	....	co-producer (16 episodes, 2006-2007)
Richard Heus	....	co-executive producer (16 episodes, 2007-2008)
Bill Wrubel	....	co-executive producer (16 episodes, 2007-2008)
Jack Philbrick	....	co-producer (15 episodes, 2006-2007)
Donald Todd	....	consulting producer (13 episodes, 2006-2007)
Gabrielle G. Stanton	....	supervising producer (12 episodes, 2007)
Harry Werksman	....	supervising producer (12 episodes, 2007)
James D. Parriott	....	executive producer (11 episodes, 2006-2007)
Dawn DeKeyser	....	producer (11 episodes, 2007-2008)
Charles Pratt Jr.	....	consulting producer (11 episodes, 2007-2008)
Joel Fields	....	executive producer (5 episodes, 2008)
Mark A. Baker	....	line producer (unknown episodes)
Fernando Gaitán	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Jeff Beal		(41 episodes, 2006-2008)

Series Cinematography by
Ross Berryman		(27 episodes, 2006-2008)
Michael A. Price		(13 episodes, 2008)

Series Film Editing by
Shawn Paper		(11 episodes, 2006-2008)
Sharon Silverman		(7 episodes, 2006-2007)
David Dworetzky		(6 episodes, 2007-2008)
Jennifer Pulver		(6 episodes, 2007-2008)
Barry L. Gold		(4 episodes, 2006-2007)
Rob Seidenglanz		(2 episodes, 2007-2008)
Mark S. Manos		(2 episodes, 2007)

Series Casting by
Libby Goldstein		(17 episodes, 2006-2007)
Junie Lowry-Johnson		(17 episodes, 2006-2007)
Jeff Greenberg		(16 episodes, 2007-2008)
Geoffrey Soffer		(2 episodes, 2008)

Series Production Design by
Mark Worthington		(33 episodes, 2006-2008)

Series Art Direction by
Jim Wallis		(13 episodes, 2006-2007)
Charles E. McCarry		(7 episodes, 2006-2008)
Kathleen Widomski		(2 episodes, 2006)

Series Set Decoration by
Archie D'Amico		(16 episodes, 2006-2008)

Series Costume Design by
Eduardo Castro		(17 episodes, 2006-2008)

Series Makeup Department
Kate Best	....	makeup artist: Vanessa Williams (31 episodes, 2006-2008)
Jennifer Brown greenberg	....	key makeup artist (13 episodes, 2006-2007)
Judy Twine	....	makeup artist (10 episodes, 2006-2007)
Jeff Angell	....	makeup artist / department head makeup / ... (8 episodes, 2006-2007)
Nicole Sortillon	....	key makeup artist (8 episodes, 2007)
Rela Martine	....	makeup department head (8 episodes, 2008)
Mary Ann Valdes	....	department head hair stylist / hair stylist (7 episodes, 2006-2007)
Beverly Jo Pryor	....	makeup artist (7 episodes, 2006)
Roddy Stayton	....	hair stylist (7 episodes, 2006)
Thea Samuels	....	makeup artist (3 episodes, 2006-2007)
Laura Leppanen	....	additional makeup artist (2 episodes, 2006)
Adam Brandy	....	additional makeup artist (2 episodes, 2007)
Scott Williams	....	department head hair stylist / hair department head (2 episodes, 2008)

Series Production Management
Brian Sherwin	....	post-production supervisor (18 episodes, 2007-2008)
Jack Philbrick	....	unit production manager (17 episodes, 2006-2007)
Gregg Fishman	....	post-production supervisor (16 episodes, 2006-2007)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lon Takiguchi	....	additional second assistant director / second second assistant director (30 episodes, 2007-2008)
Courtney Franklin	....	second second assistant director / second assistant director (17 episodes, 2006-2008)
Handel Whitmore	....	second assistant director (17 episodes, 2006-2007)
James Epstein	....	second second assistant director (14 episodes, 2007-2008)
Allen DiGioia	....	first assistant director (9 episodes, 2006-2007)
W. Thomas Snyder	....	first assistant director (6 episodes, 2006-2008)
Elaine Wood	....	second second assistant director (5 episodes, 2006-2007)
Carol Green	....	first assistant director (4 episodes, 2006)
Adam T. Weisinger	....	second assistant director (2 episodes, 2008)

Series Art Department
Robert Bernard	....	graphic designer (40 episodes, 2006-2008)
Jamie Collelo	....	property production assistant (40 episodes, 2006-2008)
Chikako Suzuki	....	art coordinator / assistant art director (34 episodes, 2006-2008)
Derrick Hinman	....	buyer (33 episodes, 2006-2008)
Larry W. Brown	....	assistant art director (22 episodes, 2008)
Julie Gilchrist	....	property assistant (18 episodes, 2007-2008)
Bryan Rodgers	....	property master (17 episodes, 2006-2008)
Roger Lundeen	....	set designer (16 episodes, 2006-2007)
Nicole Dome	....	buyer / on-set dresser (13 episodes, 2006-2008)
Brian McStotts	....	set dressing swing (12 episodes, 2006-2007)
Nathan A. Smith	....	buyer / set decoration buyer (12 episodes, 2007-2008)
Shimon Allon	....	assistant property master (11 episodes, 2006-2007)
Eric Bryant	....	assistant art director / graphic designer (10 episodes, 2006-2008)
Juliane Crump	....	art assistant (10 episodes, 2006-2007)
Giovanni Aurilia	....	on-set dresser (10 episodes, 2006)
Ilana Gordon	....	art department coordinator (6 episodes, 2008)
Hugh Conlon	....	construction coordinator (4 episodes, 2006-2007)
Billy Ilams Jr.	....	construction foreman (3 episodes, 2006)
Andrew Birdzell	....	set designer (3 episodes, 2008)
Greg Voth	....	graphic artist (2 episodes, 2006)
Francoise Cherry-Cohen	....	set designer (2 episodes, 2008)
Anshuman Prasad	....	set designer (2 episodes, 2008)

Series Sound Department
Devendra Damon Cleary	....	utility sound technician (40 episodes, 2006-2008)
Laura Schmadel	....	sound recordist (30 episodes, 2007-2008)
Bob Newlan	....	supervising sound editor (23 episodes, 2006-2008)
James Thornton	....	production sound mixer (23 episodes, 2006-2008)
Shelley Roden	....	foley artist (23 episodes, 2006-2007)
Elmo Ponsdomenech	....	sound re-recording mixer (16 episodes, 2006-2008)
Joe Earle	....	sound re-recording mixer (15 episodes, 2006-2007)
Jason Krane	....	dialogue editor (14 episodes, 2006-2008)
Donald Nelson	....	boom operator (10 episodes, 2006-2007)
Jeremy Balko	....	adr mixer (8 episodes, 2008)
Kevin Roache	....	sound re-recording mixer (8 episodes, 2008)
Dicken Berglund	....	adr mixer (5 episodes, 2006-2007)
Kim Maitland	....	sound mixer: second unit (5 episodes, 2008)
Javier M. Hernández	....	boom operator (4 episodes, 2007)
Stacey Michaels	....	adr mixer / foley mixer (3 episodes, 2006-2007)
Ryan Maguire	....	foley mixer (3 episodes, 2008)
Stephen Halbert	....	sound mixer (2 episodes, 2007)
Robb Navrides	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Special Effects by
Jeff Miller	....	special effects (16 episodes, 2006-2007)
Michael Cook	....	special effects (4 episodes, 2007)

Series Visual Effects by
Sam Nicholson	....	supervising visual effects producer (22 episodes, 2006-2007)
Tony Pirzadeh	....	visual effects producer (22 episodes, 2006-2007)
Mick Aniceto	....	visual effects coordinator (18 episodes, 2007-2008)
Ragui Hanna	....	digital compositor (16 episodes, 2006-2007)
Ryan Wieber	....	digital compositor (12 episodes, 2006-2007)
Darren Frankel	....	SVP/GM: Stargate Digital (10 episodes, 2006-2007)
Craig Weiss	....	visual effects supervisor (8 episodes, 2007)
Anthony Ocampo	....	3D artist (5 episodes, 2006-2007)
James Holt	....	digital compositor (5 episodes, 2007-2008)
Christopher D. Martin	....	visual effects supervisor (4 episodes, 2007)
Max Gabl	....	lead matte painter (4 episodes, 2008)
Michael Enriquez	....	visual effects artist (3 episodes, 2006-2007)
Chris Pechin	....	storyboard artist / visual consultant (3 episodes, 2006-2007)
Paul Gentry	....	visual effects supervisor (3 episodes, 2006)
Tom Kendall	....	visual effects producer (3 episodes, 2007-2008)
Doug Spilatro	....	visual effects (3 episodes, 2007-2008)
Lesley Robson-Foster	....	visual effects supervisor (3 episodes, 2008)
Rick Kerrigan	....	visual effects supervisor (2 episodes, 2007)
Diego Galtieri	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Frank Lawas	....	visual effects I/O supervisor (unknown episodes)
Victor Scalise	....	visual effects supervisor (unknown episodes)
Mark Spatny	....	supervising visual effects producer (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Anna Mercedes Morris	....	stunt double: America Ferrera (4 episodes, 2006-2007)
Mark Aaron Wagner	....	stunt double: Christopher Gorham (4 episodes, 2007)
Kimberly Shannon Murphy	....	stunt performer (2 episodes, 2007)
Thom Williams	....	stunt performer (2 episodes, 2007)
Samantha MacIvor	....	stunt double (2 episodes, 2008)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Rick Maddux	....	assistant chief lighting technician (36 episodes, 2006-2008)
Nick Zeigler	....	lighting technician / electrician (35 episodes, 2006-2008)
Ben Krout	....	key rigging grip (34 episodes, 2006-2008)
Robert Stenger	....	assistant camera (19 episodes, 2006-2007)
Niels Dachler	....	director of photography: second unit (18 episodes, 2007-2008)
Robert Reid	....	key grip / chief lighting technician (17 episodes, 2006-2007)
Abel Soto	....	grip (16 episodes, 2006-2007)
Dan Kerns	....	chief lighting technician (15 episodes, 2006-2007)
Rick Davidson	....	camera operator (14 episodes, 2006-2007)
Jorge Pallares	....	second assistant camera (13 episodes, 2006-2007)
Tomoka Izumi	....	second assistant camera (11 episodes, 2006-2007)
David Rudd	....	director of photography: additional principal photography (11 episodes, 2007-2008)
Thomas Enright	....	electrician: fixtures (10 episodes, 2007-2008)
Tony Politis	....	camera operator (8 episodes, 2006-2007)
Sarah Cawley	....	camera operator (8 episodes, 2006)
Cliff Shaffer	....	best boy grip (7 episodes, 2006)
Charles Papert	....	Steadicam operator: second unit / camera operator: second unit (6 episodes, 2007)
Hiroyuki Fukuda	....	additional first assistant camera (5 episodes, 2006)
Jonas Lagunoff	....	grip / key grip: second unit (5 episodes, 2008)
Philip Lee	....	camera operator (5 episodes, 2008)
Michael Piekutowski	....	lighting technician (5 episodes, 2008)
Peter M. Smith	....	assistant chief lighting technician (5 episodes, 2008)
Eric R. Laudadio	....	first assistant camera: second unit / first assistant camera (4 episodes, 2007)
Kelly Cummins	....	second assistant camera (4 episodes, 2008)
Brad Lipson	....	gaffer / additional cinematographer / ... (4 episodes, 2008)
Houman Forough	....	camera operator: "b" camera (3 episodes, 2007-2008)
C. Ashley Sudge	....	dolly grip (3 episodes, 2007)
Adam Meltzer	....	lighting technician (2 episodes, 2007)
Stephen Girouard	....	grip (2 episodes, 2008)
Dawn Nakamura	....	additional camera loader (2 episodes, 2008)
Karen Neal	....	still photographer (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Nick Anderson	....	casting associate (23 episodes, 2006-2007)
Allison Hall	....	background casting associate (22 episodes, 2008)
Lisa Soltau	....	casting associate (17 episodes, 2006-2007)
Allen Hooper	....	casting associate (17 episodes, 2007-2008)
David M. Waldron	....	background casting associate (6 episodes, 2006-2008)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mike Chapman	....	costume supervisor (16 episodes, 2006-2008)
Sandy Ampon	....	costumer (2 episodes, 2006)

Series Editorial Department
Brian Sherwin	....	post-production coordinator (23 episodes, 2006-2007)
Shoshanah Tanzer	....	assistant editor (14 episodes, 2006-2008)
James Stellar Jr.	....	assistant editor (5 episodes, 2006-2007)
Ada Shaw	....	assistant editor (3 episodes, 2006)
Brian Merken	....	assistant editor (2 episodes, 2007-2008)
Lizzy Calhoun	....	assistant editor (2 episodes, 2008)

Series Music Department
Joe Deveau	....	music editor (43 episodes, 2006-2008)
Craig Pettigrew	....	music editor (17 episodes, 2006-2008)
Frankie Pine	....	music supervisor (17 episodes, 2006-2007)
John Bissell	....	music supervisor (12 episodes, 2007-2008)
Tony Von Pervieux	....	music supervisor (8 episodes, 2006-2007)
Dawn Soler	....	music supervisor (5 episodes, 2006)

Series Transportation Department
Sam Cosio	....	driver (40 episodes, 2006-2008)
Dan Henley	....	transportation coordinator (35 episodes, 2006-2008)
Gina August	....	driver (6 episodes, 2007-2008)

Series Other crew
Brian Edwards	....	client relations: Vanessa Williams (41 episodes, 2006-2008)
Barry L. Caldwell	....	script supervisor (23 episodes, 2006-2007)
Lester G. Reynolds	....	stand-in (22 episodes, 2006-2007)
Mark A. Soo Hoo	....	first assistant accountant (22 episodes, 2006-2007)
Brandice Lawson	....	set production assistant (21 episodes, 2007-2008)
James R. Dunham	....	production assistant / production staff (20 episodes, 2006-2007)
Stephen Andrzejewski	....	key assistant location manager (18 episodes, 2007-2008)
Sarah Banks	....	production assistant / assistant production coordinator (18 episodes, 2007-2008)
Mary Berry	....	assistant production coordinator (18 episodes, 2007-2008)
Devin Buries	....	production medic / technical advisor (18 episodes, 2007-2008)
Selma Al-Faqih	....	assistant to executive producer (17 episodes, 2007-2008)
Lindsay Mizrahi	....	key assistant location manager / assistant location manager (16 episodes, 2006-2007)
Gregg Pallini	....	production coordinator (16 episodes, 2006-2007)
Dailyn Rodriguez	....	story editor (16 episodes, 2006-2007)
Mark Adam Amos	....	accountant (14 episodes, 2006-2007)
Joey Castillo	....	post-production finance (14 episodes, 2006-2007)
Roger Fath	....	production assistant / production staff (14 episodes, 2006-2007)
Arek Bagboudarian	....	production assistant / set production assistant (14 episodes, 2007-2008)
James Dunham	....	production assistant (13 episodes, 2007-2008)
Jim Kiley	....	key construction medic (11 episodes, 2006-2007)
Janet Latham	....	production accountant (10 episodes, 2006-2008)
Chris Keslar	....	production assistant (10 episodes, 2007-2008)
Jordan Macadangdang	....	production staff / production coordinator (7 episodes, 2006-2008)
Ryan Williams	....	production assistant (7 episodes, 2007)
Joshua Dinner	....	production staff (6 episodes, 2006-2007)
David Grubstick	....	production staff (6 episodes, 2006-2007)
Rachel Israel	....	production staff (6 episodes, 2006-2007)
David K. McGuire	....	production staff (6 episodes, 2006-2007)
Sechita McNair	....	production assistant (6 episodes, 2006-2007)
Kaitlin Mitchell	....	production staff (6 episodes, 2006-2007)
Matthew Vassallo	....	production staff (6 episodes, 2006-2007)
Rebecca Lindsey	....	set production assistant (6 episodes, 2008)
Stephanie Madonna	....	location coordinator (6 episodes, 2008)
Matthew S. O'Brien	....	assistant production coordinator (6 episodes, 2008)
Brian Ferguson	....	production staff (5 episodes, 2006-2007)
Brian Sherwin	....	production staff (5 episodes, 2006-2007)
Brian Tanen	....	production staff (5 episodes, 2006-2007)
Lindsay Hudson	....	medic (5 episodes, 2006)
David Park	....	key assistant location manager / assistant location manager (5 episodes, 2007)
Linda Rapoport	....	payroll accountant / assistant accountant (5 episodes, 2007)
John DeSilva	....	production assistant (5 episodes, 2008)
Victoria Kabakian	....	production secretary (5 episodes, 2008)
Summer Marsh	....	production assistant (5 episodes, 2008)
Blythe Robe	....	production staff (4 episodes, 2006)
Rob Hoffman	....	additional set production assistant (4 episodes, 2007)
David Shupp Jr.	....	construction office production assistant (4 episodes, 2008)
Taii K. Austin	....	production staff (3 episodes, 2006-2007)
Sandy Parker	....	additional script supervisor (3 episodes, 2006-2007)
Julia Sevier	....	production staff (3 episodes, 2006-2007)
Michael Bruce Aaron Cummings	....	production assistant (3 episodes, 2006)
Clara Juhn	....	production staff (3 episodes, 2006)
Tanit Lee Lascelles	....	assistant production coordinator (3 episodes, 2006)
Jenna Spesard	....	production assistant (3 episodes, 2006)
Dana Davidson	....	production assistant (3 episodes, 2007)
Tom Just	....	production staff (3 episodes, 2007)
Heather Verbeke	....	production assistant (3 episodes, 2008)
Caron Tschampion	....	production staff (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Lisa Schomas	....	production coordinator / production supervisor (2 episodes, 2007-2008)
Ryan Growney	....	assistant: Richard Heus (2 episodes, 2007)
Adam Michael Gayheart	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 2008)
Jaime Fischer	....	publicist (unknown episodes)
Jim Gaston	....	production executive (unknown episodes)
Elizabeth Hannah	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Touchstone Television (2006-2007)
• ABC Video (2007-)
• Reveille Productions
• Ventanarosa Productions

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2006-) (USA) (TV)
• CITY-TV (2006-) (Canada) (TV)
• Channel 4 Television Corporation (2007-) (UK) (TV) (original airing)
• E4 (2007-) (UK) (TV) (repeats)
• RTL Klub Televízió (2007-) (Hungary) (TV) (original airing)
• Poén! (2008-) (Hungary) (TV) (repeats)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 1)
• Buena Vista Television (2006) (worldwide) (TV)
• Channel One Russia (2008) (Russia) (TV)
• Disney-ABC International Television (2007) (non-USA) (TV)
• Kanal 2 (2007-) (Estonia) (TV)
• Net5 (2007-) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Pop TV (2007-) (Slovenia) (TV)
• TF1 (2008) (France) (TV)

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chef Robért Catering  catering (Los Angeles crew)
• Executive Assurance  security
• Filmtools  expendables
• Henry's International Cuisine  catering
• Marshall/Plumb Research Associates  script research
• Movie Movers  trailers
• Paws for Effect  animals provided by
• Raleigh Studios  taped at
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  nextel cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  walkie rentals

Also Known As:

Betty the Ugly (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-14 (two episodes) | USA:TV-PG | Finland:K-11 (DVD) | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Singapore:NC-16 (season 1) | Argentina:Atp | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Touchstone Television

Trivia:

The success of Ugly Betty has inspired a Halloween costume in America after the series' debut.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Meet the Spartans (2008)

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.