Ugly Betty

Ugly Betty is a Golden Globe- and Peabody Award-winning American comedy-drama television series. It stars America Ferrera,^[1] Vanessa Williams, and Eric Mabius. It premiered on September 28, 2006, on ABC in the United States. The series follows the life of Betty Suarez (Ferrera), and her incongruous job at the ultra-chic New York City fashion magazine "Mode". Betty's status as a "fish out of water" drives much of the plot. Ugly Betty ended on April 14, 2010 after low ratings during season 4.^[2]

Ugly Betty
Created by	Fernando Gaitán
Developed by	Silvio Horta
Starring	America Ferrera Eric Mabius Rebecca Romijn Tony Plana Ana Ortiz Ashley Jensen Becki Newton Mark Indelicato Alan Dale Vanessa Williams Michael Urie
Theme music composer	Jeff Beal
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	85 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Salma Hayek, Silvio Horta, Ben Silverman
Production locations	New York City, New York, ("Pilot") USA Los Angeles, California, USA (rest of the series)
Running time	60 min (approx. 42 min without commercials)
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 28, 2006 (2006-09-28) – April 14, 2010 (2010-04-14)
Related
Remake of Betty la Fea

Seasons

USA TV ratings

Based on average total viewers per episode of Ugly Betty on ABC:

Season	Timeslot (EDT)	Season premiere	Season finale	TV Season	Rank	Viewers (in millions)	18-49 (Rank)[3]
1	Thursday 8:00 P.M.	September 28, 2006	May 17, 2007	2006-2007	#22	11.3	3.7/10 (#40)[4]
2	Thursday 8:00 P.M.	September 27, 2007	May 22, 2008	2007-2008	#53	9.4[5]	3.6
3	Thursday 8:00 P.M.	September 25, 2008	May 21, 2009	2008-2009	#64[6]	8.0[6]	2.8[6]
4	Friday 9:00 P.M. (2009) Wednesday 10:00 P.M. (2010)	October 16, 2009[7]	April 14, 2010	2009-2010	#82	5.5[8]	1.5

In popular culture

Since the show's debut, the main characters have become the latest fixures in the lexicon of pop media culture. They have already had parodies, news media stories and art-imitating-life situations, as well as recognition from the United States Congress itself.