Ugly Betty

By Dustin So even though “Ugly Betty” has basically turned into a ratings disaster on Fridays, the show has never been better. I’m glad, because honestly after the last season Betty was getting a little boring. Not now, the show is on fire! This latest episode was a real tear jerker because of the story...

By Dustin Most of you have read this in the shoutbox or tweet bars, but just in case, ABC officially canceled “Eastwick.” No more episodes past the initial 13 (which I believe they were just filming this week) will be produced. As of yet, no word on another network saving the show. Kristin at E! is saying t...

By Dustin In last week’s “Ugly Betty,” Betty was swamped doing stuff people had given her and falling behind in her idea for a story for the magazine. The story was the uniforms of the top ten most thankless job in New York. Because she needed help, and Willy was tired of Marc nosing around Nico, she [...] In l...

By Dustin UGLY BETTY – “Level (7) with Me” — Daniel lets the leaders from the Community of the Phoenix call the shots at Mode, and Bennett’s promises to reunite Daniel with his dead wife prompt Betty to action. She schemes with Claire on breaking through to him with an ingenious plan and finds unlikely...

By Dustin “Backseat Betty” – Hilda’s bad-boy high school flame and Betty’s schoolgirl crush — Bobby Talercio (Adam Rodriguez) — teaches at Justin’s school, causing the sisters to both doubt their feelings for “nice guys” — such as Archie (Ralph Macchio), in Hilda’s case. Justin is struggling to f...

By Dustin Meanwhile, Daniel ended up bonding with a punk-rock woman (Jamie-Lynn Sigler) at a support group. They were cute together, but I don’t want Daniel falling in love with anyone anytime soon. He needs to make sure Willie doesn’t succeed in taking over “Mode.”

By Dustin “Plus None” – Matt asks someone else to be his “plus one” at Wilhemina’s fund-raiser for Tibetan orphans, and Daniel hires his new BFF Natalie as his assistant, making Betty feel obsolete. Amanda keeps a secret from Betty, and Daniel discovers that his mother, Claire, has history with Cal...

By Dustin Speaking of Willie, Claire is the new CEO of Meade, and she and Matt’s dad decided not to fire as she is irreplaceable. She is still planning to find Connor, get the money he stole and use it to buy out controlling interest. Umm, yeah I had a problem with this plan last season too. She’s using money...

By Dustin “The Wiener, the Bun and the Boob” – Betty is overwhelmed with her editorial work, so Wilhemina assigns Marc to be Betty’s temporary assistant. Betty’s story idea to cover the worst jobs in New York goes south when she has to dress up as a hot dog and do a Bollywood dance number. Meanwhile, Marc...

By Dustin “UGLY BETTY” KICKS OFF ITS FOURTH SEASON WITH TRANSFORMATIONS GALORE AND A NEW LOOK FOR BETTY IN A TWO-HOUR PREMIERE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 ON ABC “Ugly Betty” returns for a fourth season with a two-hour season premiere, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

By Dustin “Blue on Blue” – Betty fires on all cylinders to get a big scoop with Gucci’s new designer, Evan York (Hamish Linklater, “The New Adventures of Old Christine”), with the help of Hilda’s connected customer, Sammy (Adam Ferrara, “Rescue Me”). But Marc plots to sabotage her, enlisting a clue...

By Dustin THE SUAREZ FAMILY MEETS MATT’S BILLIONAIRE DAD, AND WILHELMINA WONDERS — IS BABY WILLIAM REALLY HERS? — ON ABC’S “UGLY BETTY” BABY WILLIAM IS KIDNAPPED IN THE MIDST OF MODE’S BAILOUT ATTEMPTS, ON ABC’S “UGLY BETTY” IT’S MEREDITH AND DEREK’S WEDDING DAY, ON ABC’S “GREY’S ANATOMY”

By Dustin Ausiello scooped that Ashley Jensen (Christina) will be involved in a kidnapping, a paternity test and a reunion with the two men in her life. Meanwhile Osoyou.com has posted a photo of Betty in handcuffs, a recently filmed scene that also involves Christina’s character.

By Dustin Also one of the funnier moments came from Justin, who pan handled in time square and made 300 dollars. When Hilda and Betty found out he skipped school to panhandle Betty told him he was a very bad boy! When they found out he made 300 bucks, Hilda told him he was a very good boy! Loved it!

By Dustin “The Sex Issue” - Daniel and Wilhelmina hope that an issue of Mode devoted to sex will turn their fortunes around. Meanwhile, when Matt seems a little shy about taking his romance with Betty to the next level, Marc and Amanda team up to give Betty a sexy makeover, and Hilda is uncertain she wan...

By Dustin “A Mother of a Problem” - Betty meets Matt’s mother (guest star Christine Baranski) but things don’t go as she expects. Meanwhile, Wilhelmina gets creative to solve a cash flow problem, Daniel deals with the latest wrinkle in his relationship with Molly, and the Suarez family conspire to...

By Dustin “Sugar Daddy” - The Suarez family try to come up with the cash to buy their rental home after their landlord decides to sell, with Ignacio even entering a TV cook-off with celebrity chef Frankie Burrata (Steve Schirripa, “The Sopranos”). Meanwhile, the Mode staff deals with the shocking a...

By Dustin “Things Fall Apart” - Betty makes a surprising discovery when an assignment from YETI finds her and Marc analyzing Mode’s budget for the past year. Meanwhile she has to deal with increased attention from Matt (Daniel Eric Gold) and the knowledge that old flame Henry has posted some unexpe...

By Dustin Marc of course ended up taking over Betty’s part of the rent and moved in with Amanda. Marc and Amanda again were the best part of the episode as they helped Betty decide if Jesse liked her or not. However when they pretended to be Marc and Betty and kissed, it was awkward. I think Amanda needs a man...

By Dustin FASHION WEEK BRINGS CHAOS TO THE MODIES, ON ABC’S “UGLY BETTY” Guest starring are Bernadette Peters as Jodie, Grant Bowler as Connor Owens, Sarah Lafleur as Molly, Lauren Velez as Elena, Daniel Eric Gold as Matt, Alec Mapa as Suzuki St. Pierre and Michael Stuhlbarg as Heinrich.

By Dustin “The Courtship of Betty’s Father” - Betty tapes a video tribute for Claire Meade’s 60th birthday that’s very revealing, just not in the way she planned. But the real shocker comes when Betty accidentally leaves the camera on at home and discovers some revealing footage about Ignacio. Mean...

By Dustin By the end of the episode, Betty realized she couldn’t balance both work and family, she told Amanda she was moving out and back home. I hate this! I have actually loved the relationship Betty and Amanda have formed the past few episodes. As it was commented to me, basically they turned Amanda...

By Dustin Official ABC spoilers for “Private Practice” and “Samantha Who.” “Grey’s” is a repeat of Erica Hahn’s last episode. “Ugly Betty” is a repeat of the episode in which Gio returned. No releases for “DH” or “B&S” yet. End of January looks like a week of repeats on ABC. TO ATONE FOR SINS OF THE PAST...

By Dustin Marc helped Betty with one of their Yeti assignments, networking and making 40 new contacts. However one of the contacts was an assistant at Elle, who stole info from Betty and a dress they got for their cover. By stole I mean literally stole it from the designer by pretending to be Betty! Marc...

By Dustin The LA Times has reported that Bernadette Peters (last seen on the season premier of Grey’s) will join “Ugly Betty” as Jodie Papadakis, the editor of a rival magazine. The role may be for a few episodes, it’s not yet known. Both Betty and Marc try and woo her for a job. Don’t look for her until some...

By Dustin Weekly spoilers from ABC for several shows, including “Brothers and Sisters” (the return of Steven Weber!), “Desperate Housewives,” “Dirty Sexy Money” (the return of Samaire Armstrong!), “Private Practice,” (Grant Show’s episode as Addison’s brother) and “Samantha Who.”

By Dustin Official ABC listings for “Brothers and Sisters,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Samantha Who,” “Ugly Betty” and “Grey’s Anatomy.” Read on to be spoiled . . . BETTY RACES TO PREVENT A PR DISASTER FOR MODE — WILL SHE REACH DANIEL IN TIME? — ON ABC’S “UGLY BETTY”

By Dustin In last week’s episode of “Ugly Betty,” Alexis told Daniel she knew he wasn’t DJ’s father, but she was, and she apologized. She planned to give up her parental rights and wouldn’t say anything. Alexis got community service, thanks to a campaign contribution to the Assistant DA from Claire,...

By Dustin Daniel asked Betty to return a jacket to Alexis, she had borrowed it from him and he said it looked better on her. He had it cleaned as it was dirty on the bottom. That was the clue Betty needed, she realized Alexis did it. The dirt was from the stairwell, she was also a size 11 shoe just like Daniel. Al...

By Dustin “Betty Suarez Land” - Gio returns and Betty tries to make amends, but he’s not having it. Meanwhile, Daniel struggles with some shocking family news, on ABC’s “Ugly Betty,” THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

By Dustin All in all, aside from the fact that I HATE Betty and Daniel’s new job, good show! “Ugly Betty” returned tonight with the third season premier. A quick recap and my initial thoughts on the start of the season follows. The show opened with Betty choosing neither Gio nor Henry and going on the tri...

By Dustin “Ugly Betty” stars America Ferrera as Betty Suarez, Eric Mabius as Daniel Meade, Tony Plana as Ignacio, Ana Ortiz as Hilda, Ashley Jensen as Christina, Becki Newton as Amanda, Mark Indelicato as Justin, Michael Urie as Marc, Judith Light as Claire Meade and Vanessa Williams as Wilhelmi...

By Dustin “Filing for the Enemy” - Wilhelmina, prepping her first issue of the magazine as editor, tries to lure Betty over to the dark side by offering her a job at Mode as her assistant. Meanwhile, Daniel discovers he faces a custody battle if he wants to keep Daniel Jr. (guest star Julian de la Celle) i...

So the show opened with the triumphant (in her mind) return of Wilamena to Mode. Uhg, I can’t wait until Christina drops the bomb about how she really got pregnant, but I am not expecting that till next season. Daniel and Alexis are scared of her and made a pact not to make a move without each othe...