SummaryBetty Suarez has always had one goal in life: to make it into the publishing business. Despite being smart, hard-working, and productive, her dream has always been shadowed by the fact that she isn't as traditionally beautiful as her cover ready colleagues. But despite it all, she is determined to do whatever it takes to fulfill that ultimate dre... Read More
Created By:Silvio Horta
❮ Ugly Betty
Season 1
Season Premiere:
Sep 28, 2006
Metascore
Generally Favorable
75
User score
Generally Favorable
7.9
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
75
86% Positive
25 Reviews
25 Reviews
10% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
100
As Betty Suarez, a beautiful dreamer with a heart full of soul, America Ferrera gives the breakout new star performance of the season. And "Ugly Betty," fizzy, smart and colorfully styled, is looking fine.
88
The driving force behind the show's appeal is Ferrera, who gives a pitch-perfect, killer performance in the opening episodes.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.9
80% Positive
28 Ratings
28 Ratings
9% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
11% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
Sep 29, 2011
10
i only like this series because is originally colombian, viva colombia hpta
Feb 27, 2011
10
It started off strong but after the first season, it had a mixture of good and bad writing in it. the lack inconsistency in terms of character development was evident throughout. season 2 began well, but by the middle of it and onwards descended into a silly, childish farce with an irritating love triangle involving the main protagonist. it was my most disliked season out of the 4. season 3 was disliked by many, but i enjoyed it a lot; probably more-so for the developing friendship between Betty, Amanda and Marc. season 4 i thought was ok at best; first half didn't impress me very much, second half was a slight improvement. however, the laughs, humour were absent throughout that final season. where was Marc and Amanda? compared to my other favourite shows that i like, this isn't my absolute favourite, due to the sloppy writing, inconsistent levels of writing and for it not being utterly funny. which it wasn't. ugly Betty was great at highlighting social, moral, cultural issues as a show, but in terms of the story lines, writing, sadly it just didn't hit the mark. the series ended a little dissapointingly for me; nonetheless, i would be lying if i said the series didn't make me think, question things about appearances and looks. because it did. in all, ugly Betty will live on in memory in fans hearts- great performances by the cast members throughout; if only the show was handled a bit better than it was by the writers, producers, this would've lasted a few more seasons, and perhaps we'd get a better conclusion to the series too.
80
This fall's most satisfying series delight.
75
Even though "Ugly Betty" tends to go for very broad humor when subtlety would serve better, it is easily watchable.
70
“Ugly Betty” is a sweet, funny show. It’s worth watching. And we’ll see.
70
"Betty" walks a fine line between satire and drama and, astonishingly, it doesn’t fall off that razor’s edge very often.
38
Week in, week out, Ugly Betty subjects its audience to the same recycled crisis.
Sep 18, 2010
9
This show works well as an hour of light, enjoyable television. The acting is great, from America pulling off the character of Betty Suarez like no one else could, to Vanessa Williams excellent portrayal of the 'baddie' Wilhelmina Vivian Slater. A joy to watch, laughs come easily, and it's touching at all the right bits. Excellent, a television show with a real message!
Mar 27, 2011
5
Entertaining at times, but the show is so predictable and cheeky. I have to *face palm* every time the writers use some cliche, ridiculous and over-used scene in the show. Plus the conflicts are often unimaginative, overworked and juvenile. Sometimes I laugh, other times I shake my head in agony and turn it off. I also can't handle Betty's naivete and social intelligence; her character is one of many that's shallow and inconsistent. I'm watching season 4 on Netflix. I don't want to finish it, but I feel like I've already put this much time into (which I'll never get back), so why not finish and say I watched the whole God-awful thing. But it is sorta funny sometimes.
Jan 3, 2022
2
Truest example of "did not age well. It's cinematography is dreadful and despite being framed as a comedy it's humorless. There is nothing remotely exciting about it.
