Ugly Betty

75
Metascore
2006-2010
4 seasons
ABC
Comedy, Drama
TV-PG

Betty from Queens faces the world of New York fashion.

75
Metascore
2006-2010
4 seasons
ABC
Comedy, Drama
TV-PG

Betty from Queens faces the world of New York fashion.

9 Shows Like The Bold Type to Watch If You Miss The Bold Type

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Tue, Mar 8, 2022

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Ugly Betty Creator Silvio Horta Dead at 45

His body was found Tuesday in Miami

Wed, Jan 8, 2020

Ugly Betty Creator Silvio Horta Dead at 45

Queer Latinx TV Characters Helped Me See Myself When I Needed It Most

Justin from Ugly Betty deserved more, and so did I.

Tue, Oct 15, 2019

Queer Latinx TV Characters Helped Me See Myself When I Needed It Most

Whitney Houston's Mother Is Upset Over Lifetime's Upcoming Biopic: "Let Her Rest"

Whitney Houston's mother has expressed that the Houston family is not supporting Lifetime's upcoming biopic about the late singer, which stars Yaya DaCosta. Currently titled Whitney Houston, the movie will focus on...

Wed, Jul 23, 2014

Whitney Houston's Mother Is Upset Over Lifetime's Upcoming Biopic: "Let Her Rest"

Top Model's Yaya DaCosta to Play Whitney Houston in Lifetime Biopic

Yaya DaCosta has landed the lead role in Lifetime's Whitney Houston biopic, TVLine reports. Currently titled Whitney Houston, the movie will focus on...

Sat, Jun 7, 2014

Top Model's Yaya DaCosta to Play Whitney Houston in Lifetime Biopic

Oscar Winner Octavia Spencer to Star in Fox's Red Band Society

Octavia Spencer has been tapped to star in Fox's Red Band Society, TVGuide.com has learned. In this comedic young soap, a group of teenagers meet as patients in the children's wing of a hospital and become unlikely friends and allies. With Fox declaring pilot season dead, Red Band Society is a series prototype with additional scripts ordered beyond the pilot. The Oscar-winning actress will play...

Fri, Feb 14, 2014

Oscar Winner Octavia Spencer to Star in Fox's Red Band Society

The Vampire Diaries' Olga Fonda Engaged

The Vampire Diaries star Olga Fonda is engaged to Liam Waite, E! News reports. Waite...

Thu, Jan 9, 2014

America Ferrera Lands Hourlong Drama Pilot for CBS

America Ferrera has landed her first full-time, post-Ugly Betty role. According to Deadline, Ferrera will star in the hour-long dramaDemascus, which has been given a put pilot commitment from CBS. Ferrera will also executive-produce with Ugly Betty's Teri Weinberg. Nick Osborne will write.  

Wed, Oct 16, 2013

America Ferrera Lands Hourlong Drama Pilot for CBS

Can Once Upon a Time in Wonderland Save ABC's 8/7c Timeslot on Thursdays?

Just as Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.  has been tasked to open ABC's Tuesday night lineup, fellow new series Once Upon a Time in Wonderland has the dubious honor of filling the network's problematic Thursdays at 8/7c timeslot, which hasn't produced a hit since the Ugly Betty days. The Once Upon a Time spin-off, which tells the story of Alice (Sophie Lowes) returning to Wonderland to find her true love, will debut on Thursday, Oct. 10 in a slot that seems cursed over the last few years...

Wed, Oct 2, 2013

Can Once Upon a Time in Wonderland Save ABC's 8/7c Timeslot on Thursdays?

7 TV Gigs Tailor-Made for Lindsay Lohan --- Once She Leaves Rehab

With Lindsay Lohan starting a 90-day stint in rehab on Thursday, we're hoping that once she gets out in August, she can keep herself busy and gainfully employed with a return to TV. Lohan's last TV appearance on pal Charlie Sheen's Anger Management in April was a modest success. She played a caricature of her public persona -- named Lindsay, of course -- who consults Charlie (Sheen) for anger counseling, complete with shtick references to her notorious personal life, including drugs (donut powder mistaken for cocaine) and court dates. Despite receiving a mixed chorus of jeers, the Anger Management gig got this endorsement from Newsday: "There was an ember of something that seemed totally lost in all the coverage, headlines and nonsense of the last few years: Lohan actually has some talent."

Thu, May 2, 2013

7 TV Gigs Tailor-Made for Lindsay Lohan --- Once She Leaves Rehab

Scandal Swears In Ugly Betty's Eric Mabius

Olivia Pope & Associates' client list is quickly turning A-list on Scandal. Following news of Lisa Edelstein's upcoming appearance, Ugly Betty alum Eric Mabius has been tapped for a guest spot on the ABC political drama, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Scandal seduces House's Lisa Edelstein for guest spot As first reported by Mabius will play...

Wed, Feb 13, 2013

Scandal Swears In Ugly Betty's Eric Mabius

Ask Matt: How Scandal-ous, Smash's Crash, PBS Is Hot, Middle Graduation, More

Send questions and comments to askmatt@tvguidemagazine.com and follow me on Twitter! Question: [SPOILER ALERT for anyone who's fallen behind on Scandal] I'm a loyal reader of your column, and always enjoy hearing your well-thought-out and articulate opinions on TV's hottest topics. I'm writing to you for the first time now because I wanted to know your take on the latest installments of Scandal. I saw in your last column the tag line "Scandal is the new Revenge," and I agree Scandal has been far more gripping lately than Revenge.

Mon, Feb 11, 2013

Ask Matt: How Scandal-ous, Smash's Crash, PBS Is Hot, Middle Graduation, More

TNT Picks Up Private Investigator Series From NCIS: LA Showrunner

TNT has picked up a new series from NCIS: LA showrunner Shane Brennan centered on two former Secret Service agents-turned-private investigators, Deadline reports. The untitled series, starring Jon Tenney and Rebecca Romijn, received a 10-episode order and is set to premiere some time this summer. Adapted from characters by bes-tselling author David Baldacci, the show follows...

Wed, Jan 16, 2013

TNT Picks Up Private Investigator Series From NCIS: LA Showrunner

Kevin Sussman Promoted to a Series Regular on The Big Bang Theory

Stuart is here to stay on The Big Bang Theory. Actor Kevin Sussman, who plays the comic book store manager, has been promoted to a series regular for the CBS comedy's sixth season, Deadline reports.

Thu, Aug 23, 2012

Kevin Sussman Promoted to a Series Regular on The Big Bang Theory

Grant Bowler to Play Richard Burton Opposite Lindsay Lohan’s Elizabeth Taylor in TV Movie

True Blood alum Grant Bowler has been cast as legendary actor Richard Burton in the upcoming Lifetime TV movie starring Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Grant Bowler to Play Richard Burton Opposite Lindsay Lohan’s Elizabeth Taylor in TV Movie

Secrets of the Networks' Scheduling Rooms

Putting together a primetime lineup takes more than just throwing darts at an empty schedule. (Well, most of the time.) As the networks put together their fall plans, it's up to the scheduling executives to parse test-audience scores, research data, producer pleas and gut instincts to determine which new and returning series should make it and when they should air.But sometimes serendipity ...

Wed, May 2, 2012

Secrets of the Networks' Scheduling Rooms

Pilot Season: Vanessa Williams Moving to 666 Park Avenue

Time to pack her bags. Vanessa Williams is moving off of Wisteria Lane and into 666 Park Avenue for ABC. The complete pilot report: ABC's got Mandy Moore, Natalie Portman and Reba McEntire The Desperate Housewives star, 48, has joined the supernatural pilot about a young couple who agree to manage a historic...

Sat, Mar 10, 2012

Pilot Season: Vanessa Williams Moving to 666 Park Avenue

Pilot Season: Ugly Betty's Ana Ortiz Lands Lead in Marc Cherry's Devious Maids

Ana Ortiz has joined the new Marc Cherry pilot for ABC, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Deadline first reported the news. Pilot Season: Get the scoop! Devious Maids is an adaptation of a Mexican soap about four maids with ambitions and dreams of their own who work for the rich and famous in Beverly Hills. Ortiz...

Sat, Feb 18, 2012

Pilot Season: Ugly Betty's Ana Ortiz Lands Lead in Marc Cherry's Devious Maids

Pilot Season: Ugly Betty Alum Michael Urie to Co-Star in CBS' Partners

Ugly Betty's Michael Urie is returning to television in the CBS pilot Partners. The comedy pilot tells the personal story of two lifelong friends and business partners...

Fri, Feb 17, 2012

Pilot Season: Ugly Betty Alum Michael Urie to Co-Star in CBS' Partners

Pilot Season: Fox Orders Comedy from HIMYM's Craig Thomas, Carter Bays to Star Becki Newton

Becki Newton may have a regular TV gig soon. The Ugly Betty alum will star in The Goodwin Games, lifting the cast contingency on the comedy which Fox just ordered to pilot. Pilot Season: Get the scoop! The comedy, from How I Met Your Mother creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, follows...

Fri, Feb 10, 2012

Pilot Season: Fox Orders Comedy from HIMYM's Craig Thomas, Carter Bays to Star Becki Newton

Keck's Exclusives: First Look at Becki Newton on How I Met Your Mother

Beginning February 13, former Ugly Betty star Becki Newton will bring her sexy sass to How I Met Your Mother — and shove it in Barney's face (for the rest of this season and likely into the next).

Fri, Jan 20, 2012

Keck's Exclusives: First Look at Becki Newton on How I Met Your Mother

Glee Reveals Rachel's Dads!

After much speculation, Glee has cast (and revealed the identities of) Rachel's gay dads.Law & Order alum Jeff Goldblum and Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell have landed the roles, TVLine reports.

Wed, Jan 18, 2012

Ugly Betty, True Blood Alum Grant Bowler to Star in Syfy's Defiance

Grant Bowler has landed the leading role in Syfy's new series Defiance, the network announced Tuesday. According to the network's release, the science fiction series features a world where humans and aliens must learn to live together on an exotic new Earth that has been transformed by "alien terra-forming machines." Call it...

Tue, Jan 17, 2012

Ugly Betty, True Blood Alum Grant Bowler to Star in Syfy's Defiance

Ugly Betty's Becki Newton Suits Up for How I Met Your Mother

It looks like How I Met Your Mother's resident ladies' man won't be on the market for long. After Barney (Neil Patrick Harris)  — spoiler alert! — dumped Nora only to be rejected by Robin (Cobie Smulders), Becki Newton has been cast as his new potential love interest, TVLine reports. Watch full episodes of How I Met Your Mother The Ugly Betty alum, 33, will make her first appearance as Quinn in...

Wed, Nov 16, 2011

Ugly Betty's Becki Newton Suits Up for How I Met Your Mother

Ugly Betty's Ana Ortiz Welcomes Baby Boy

Now she has one of both! Ugly Betty alum Ana Ortiz and husband Noah Lebenzon welcomed a baby boy Saturday, Latina.com reports. Ana Ortiz expecting baby boy Rafael...

Sat, Sep 24, 2011

Ugly Betty's Ana Ortiz Welcomes Baby Boy

ABC Offers Fred Savage Happy Endings

Fred Savage is set to direct and guest-star in an episode of Happy Endings, Entertainment Weekly reports. The Wonder Years star will helm the second episode of ABC's sophomore comedy and...

Fri, Sep 16, 2011

Chuck Enlists Rebecca Romijn to … Take Down Chuck?

Rebecca Romijn is heading to Chuck, but her appearance is bad news for our hero, Entertainment Weekly reports The former Ugly Betty star will guest-star in the sixth episode this upcoming season as a...

Fri, Sep 16, 2011

Chuck Enlists Rebecca Romijn to … Take Down Chuck?

ABC Nearing Deal to Pick Up Kirstie Alley Comedy Pilot

In what would be her first network series since 2000, ABC is close to picking up a new comedy pilot starring Kirstie Alley, Deadline reports. The Manzanis, a multi-camera comedy, is described as a new take on Roseanne and would star Alley, 60, as an opinionated wife and mother who...

Thu, Aug 4, 2011

ABC Nearing Deal to Pick Up Kirstie Alley Comedy Pilot

Exclusive: Adrian Pasdar, Bryan Batt to Guest on Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent has recruited Heroes alum Adrian Pasdar and former Mad Men actor Bryan Batt to guest-star on an upcoming episode, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. Pasdar, 46, will play a wine collector named Mason Kent. Batt, 48, will portray a...

Mon, May 9, 2011

Exclusive: Adrian Pasdar, Bryan Batt to Guest on Law & Order: Criminal Intent

NBC (Finally) Schedules Love Bites

The hourlong comedy anthology Love Bites finally has an airdate. The NBC series, starring Ugly Betty's Becki Newton, will debut...

Fri, Apr 29, 2011

America Ferrera: "My Heart is Very Close" to Good Wife Guest Role

Less than year after retiring her signature braces and colorful poncho to bid adieu to Ugly Betty, America Ferrera is back on television, trading in the love triangles, murder trials and Meade family drama for a story line closer to reality — and Ferrera's heart. "I certainly didn't expect to jump into anything on TV that shortly after being off Betty," the Emmy-winning actress tells TVGuide.com of her guest stint on The Good Wife as graduate student and illegal alien Natalie. "For me, the appeal was just how [creators and executive producers Robert and Michelle King] were really interested in addressing this topic and having the character set in the world of these hot-button issues of immigrants in this country. My heart is very close to...

Tue, Mar 29, 2011

America Ferrera: "My Heart is Very Close" to Good Wife Guest Role

Ralph Macchio Hopes Nice Guys Don't Finish Last on Dancing

Ralph Macchio was the Dancing with the Stars cast member that almost wasn't this season. "I came in very late. Literally, the Friday before the Monday announcement was when we locked it, so I think I was the last guy in," he tells TVGuide.com. "But the truth is, if it was four weeks earlier, I don't know if I would've jumped...

Mon, Mar 21, 2011

Ralph Macchio Hopes Nice Guys Don't Finish Last on Dancing

Something Wicked This Way Comes to ABC: Salma Hayek Developing Miniseries

Salma Hayek and ABC have teamed up to develop an eight-hour miniseries adaptation of Wicked, Variety reports.Get the rest of today's newsThe project will not be a musical, but will rather be based on Gregory Maguire's best-seller, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which spawned the Broadway hit. Erik Jendersen (Band of Brothers) is writing the script.Hayek, who previously brought ...

Mon, Jan 10, 2011

Something Wicked This Way Comes to ABC: Salma Hayek Developing Miniseries

Exclusive: Erin Karpluk on U.S. Being Erica Adaptation: Do Being Eric!

Being Erica, the Canadian dramedy about a time-traveling therapy patient, is the latest import to be adapted for American audiences. ABC is developing a U.S. version, which will be written by Eastwick's Maggie Friedman. It's executive-produced by David Fortier and Ivan Schneeberg of Temple Street Productions, who also produce the original. Being Erica airs on the CBC in Canada and SOAPnet in America. The third season of the series will premiere in the U.S. on Wednesday, Jan. 26. Being Erica returns for Season 3 in January The original Erica stars Erin Karpluk as a therapy patient who travels back in time to fix her past mistakes. The show averages around half a million viewers in Canada. The series is a hot commodity across the globe, airing in more than 160 countries, including the U.K. and Spain. Karpluk told TVGuide.com on Thursday that she was initially nervous about someone else playing Erica Strange. "Hold on! There's only one Erica, here," the actress recalls saying during format pitch meetings. Still, if the story line and formatting turn out great, Karpluk says...

Fri, Dec 17, 2010

Exclusive: Erin Karpluk on U.S. Being Erica Adaptation: Do Being Eric!

Ugly Betty Actor Charged With Mother's Slaying

Actor Michael Brea, who appeared on episodes of Ugly Betty and in the feature film Step-Up 3D, was charged Tuesday with stabbing his mother to death, The Associated Press reported. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told the AP that officers found 55-year-old Yannick Brea kneeling in the...

Tue, Nov 23, 2010

Ugly Betty Actor Charged With Mother's Slaying

Exclusive: Undercovers Recruits Alan Dale for Recurring Role

Alan Dale has signed on for a recurring role on NBC's Undercovers, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. The 63-year-old actor will play James Kelvin, the boss of Shaw (Gerald McRaney) and the man responsible for bringing Steven and Samantha Bloom back...

Sat, Oct 30, 2010

Exclusive: Undercovers Recruits Alan Dale for Recurring Role

Top Moments: Crazy Love on Parenthood, Mad Men and The Good Wife

In the pursuit of TV love, our favorite characters employed some really weird tactics this week. On Boardwalk Empire, Margaret got Nucky's attention by dropping a dime on him. Crosby proposed with a plastic novelty ring while wearing a tacky jumpsuit on Parenthood. House's cranky doc even agreed to — gasp! — babysit. Don Draper's impromptu proposal on Mad Men's finale caught us off guard. But it's Kalinda and Blake's destructive flirtation on The Good Wife that perhaps most eloquently underscored that love may be a many-splendored thing, but there's nothing hotter than taking a baseball bat to your intended's automobile. Welcome to Top Moments: Love Is Strange Edition.

Fri, Oct 22, 2010

Top Moments: Crazy Love on Parenthood, Mad Men and The Good Wife

Rachel Bilson and Josh Schwartz Pilot Lands at NBC

It's an O.C. reunion for creator Josh Schwartz and actress Rachel Bilson: The two are teaming up for a new project at NBC, Deadline , a rep for the network confirms. Ghost Angeles will star Bilson as a young woman in L.A. who talks to the dead and helps out ghosts as they help her. Schwartz will co-write it with Ugly Betty producer Henry Alonso Myers.

Tue, Sep 28, 2010

Rachel Bilson and Josh Schwartz Pilot Lands at NBC

Watercooler: Vanessa Williams Heats Up Housewives

Oh yeah... this is gonna be good. For those of you who may have given up on Desperate Housewives over the past few seasons, it's time to come back home. Because last night marked a return to its previously fiesty form (as well as a return of several original characters aside from just Paul Young) with the arrival of ...

Mon, Sep 27, 2010

Watercooler: Vanessa Williams Heats Up Housewives

Covert Affairs' Christopher Gorham: "You See a Deepening of the Auggie-Annie Relationship"

Awkward work encounters between exes are becoming a trend on Covert Affairs.Weeks after a communications blackout reunited enigmatic blind tech expert Auggie (Christopher Gorham) with his computer hacker ex, Natasha, CIA newbie Annie (Piper Perabo) will be forced to work with her former beau, rogue agent Ben, on Tuesday's two-hour season finale of the spy drama."The finale is Annie's version of the Auggie episode. [That] was such an overwhelming and emotional ...

Tue, Sep 14, 2010

Covert Affairs' Christopher Gorham: "You See a Deepening of the Auggie-Annie Relationship"

Video: Wilhelmina Meets the Wild West in New Desperate Housewives Promo

She may have retired Wilhelmina Slater's Botox prescriptions and killer heels after the demise of Ugly Betty, but that doesn't mean Vanessa Williams has completely shed her alter-ego for her role on Desperate Housewives. Judging by this new promo for the ABC drama's seventh season, our favorite scheming and self-absorbed Mode editor seems...

Tue, Aug 31, 2010

Video: Wilhelmina Meets the Wild West in New Desperate Housewives Promo

Getting to Know Covert Affairs' Christopher Gorham

Auggie Anderson — the girl-crazy CIA agent on USA's new spy-games hit Covert Affairs (Tuesdays, 10/9c, USA)— may be blind, but TV fans sure have gotten an eyeful of the actor who plays him. In the past six years, Christopher Gorham has starred in as many series — some successful, some not so much. He was the titular human computer in Jake 2.0, the black sheep in a family of docs in the short-lived sitcom Out of Practice, a young M.D. in Medical Investigation and the secret killer on Harper's Island. But most famously, he romanced one Betty Suarez ...

Tue, Aug 24, 2010

Getting to Know Covert Affairs' Christopher Gorham

CBS Brings On the Chaos

CBS has ordered Chaos, a new drama from executive producers Brett Ratner (Prison Break) and Tom Spezialy (Desperate Housewives), the network has announced. Without a Trace's Eric Close to cause a little Chaos Chaos follows ...

Thu, Jul 22, 2010

July Fourth Weekend TV Marathon Roundup

Too hot outside? If you'd rather spend July Fourth on a couch, there's plenty of TV to watch. Check out our marathon roundup for the holiday weekend: (All times are ET/PT and subject to change) Monday, July 5Real Housewives of New Jersey marathon (3 p.m.-Midnight, Bravo)Cake Boss marathon (6 a.m.-8 p.m., TLC)

Fri, Jul 2, 2010

Keck's Exclusives: Latin Beauty Spices Up Pains and Eastbound

Royal Pains goes Cuban for a two-parter kicking off Thursday (June 24, 10/9c, USA), with special guest stars Tony Plana (Ugly Betty) and Mexican sensation Ana de la Reguera (Cop Out), who will also be seen as Danny McBride's season-long love interest on HBO's returning Eastbound & Down.Want more of Keck's Exclusives: Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine.The Royal Pains action begins with Hank (Mark Feuerstein) heading to a Cuban hacienda, where Boris (Campbell Scott) is ailing. There, he meets a sexy bartender named Carmen...

Wed, Jun 23, 2010

Keck's Exclusives: Latin Beauty Spices Up Pains and Eastbound

Keck's Exclusives: Vanessa Williams' Desperate Housewives Character Revealed

As I first reported last month, Vanessa Williams has inked a lucrative contract to stay within the ABC family as the newest of Wisteria Lane's Desperate Housewives. Now here are the exclusive first details about a character that couldn't be more different from Vanessa's Ugly Betty witch, Wilhelmina Slater...

Fri, Jun 18, 2010

Keck's Exclusives: Vanessa Williams' Desperate Housewives Character Revealed

Ugly Betty's Vanessa Williams Joins Desperate Housewives Cast

Vanessa Williams — who played diva Wilhelmina Slater on Ugly Betty — will be moving onto Wisteria Lane as a regular on next season's Desperate Housewives, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Desperate Housewives searching for the new Edie Details of her role...

Tue, May 18, 2010

Ugly Betty's Vanessa Williams Joins Desperate Housewives Cast

Greg Grunberg Made Series Regular on NBC's Love Bites

Greg Grunberg will be sticking around on NBC for at least another season. NBC picks up three more series for 2010-11 season Since Heroes has been canceled...

Tue, May 18, 2010

Greg Grunberg Made Series Regular on NBC's Love Bites

Actress Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67

Lynn Redgrave, best known for her roles in the film Georgy Girl and Broadway shows Shakespeare for My Father and Nightingale, has died after battling breast cancer. She was 67. See other celebrities who've died this year The actress died Sunday night at her Connecticut home, her publicist Rick Miramontez said. She was treated for breast cancer in 2003. "Our beloved mother Lynn Rachel passed away peacefully after a seven-year journey with breast cancer," Redgrave's children — Ben, Pema and Annabel — said in a statement Monday. "She lived, loved and worked harder than ever before. The endless memories she created as a mother, grandmother, writer, actor and friend will sustain us for the rest of our lives." Corin Redgrave dies at 70 Born in London, Redgrave was a member of the illustrious Redgrave family of actors. She was the youngest ...

Mon, May 3, 2010

Top Moments: Betty, 24's Renee --- and Who Else? --- Say Goodbye

Lots of things came to an end this week on TV — for better and for worse. Blair dumped Chuck on Gossip Girl and House's Cameron and Chase signed their divorce papers. Jack got up for a glass of water, and in an instant, his 24 lady-love Renee was killed by a sniper. But not all the endings were bad. Dean finally outsmarted Zachariah on Supernatural, Betty Suarez got her happily-ever-after, and Melrose Place went out — we think — with a slap. Welcome to Top Moments: Hard to Say Goodbye Edition.

Fri, Apr 16, 2010

Top Moments: Betty, 24's Renee --- and Who Else? --- Say Goodbye