
Scripted series · ABC
Ugly Betty
Ugly is the new beautiful.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Ugly Betty actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Ugly Betty reads strongest on Character Depth, Humour and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Wannabe writer Betty Suarez is a plain girl from Queens, who is smart, hardworking and savvy but lacks a fashionable sense of style. When publishing mogul Bradford Meade puts his son Daniel in charge of Mode magazine, he hires Betty to be Daniel's new assistant -- mostly because he knows that she may be the only woman in Manhattan with whom the younger man won't sleep.
The run
Seasons
4 seasons · 85 episodes.

Season 0 · Complete
Specials
200721 episodes

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
200623 episodes
7.1IMDbBest episode · S01E16 Derailed

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
200718 episodes
6.8IMDbBest episode · S02E17 The Kids Are Alright

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
200824 episodes
6.8IMDbBest episode · S03E09 When Betty Met YETI

Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
200920 episodes
6.8IMDbBest episode · S04E19 The Past Presents the Future
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E10
Fake Plastic Snow
While everyone at Mode is celebrating Christmas, Betty is questioning her relationship with Walter and the feelings she has for Henry. Meanwhile, Daniel is sure of his love for Sofia, and Amanda, in order to get Betty's position, is planning a perfect Mode holiday party that fills the office with Styrofoam snow and holiday wishes.
- Directed by James Hayman
- Written by Sarah Kucserka

S01E02
The Box and the Bunny
Betty loses a book, which is the complete new edition of the magazine and is containing un-retouched photos of a popular actress. She has to find the book before the photos get out to the rest of the press. Meanwhile, Wilhelmina plots to use the snafu to bring Daniel down and Bradford Meade secretively inquires about Fey Sommers' final effects.
- Directed by Sheree Folkson
- Written by Silvio Horta

S01E04
Fey's Sleigh Ride
After Mode is forced to abandon its big Christmas photo shoot because another magazine has copied the idea, Betty forms an uneasy alliance with Marc and Amanda. The three fear they may have leaked the idea to someone at the rival mag. Meanwhile, Daniel and Wilhelmina reluctantly work together to come up with a new photo spread as Mode's deadline looms, and Betty's nephew, Justin, is oblivious to the turmoil as he spends a day at the magazine for a class project.
- Directed by Tricia Brock
- Written by Sheila R. Lawrence

S01E03
Queens for a Day
Betty uses her Queens connections to lure big time photographer Vincent Bianchi to shoot for the magazine. When Bianchi insists that Betty meet him at a posh restaurant, she gets a makeover but things don't quite turn out as planned. In the mean time, Bradford tries to get his hands on Fey Sommers' death car and Wilhelmina primps for a big date.
- Directed by James Hayman
- Written by Marco Pennette

S01E07
After Hours
Betty takes a break from her escalating family troubles when she's assigned to review a posh new hotel. Meanwhile, Daniel is dismayed when Sofia Reyes and her team take up residence in the Mode conference room, and Wilhelmina goes a little bit country to woo a mega rich Texan to advertise his stores in Mode.
- Directed by James Hayman
- Written by Dailyn Rodriguez

S01E01
Pilot
Betty has always dreamed of working in the publishing world, but it seems as though there's no place for the non-thin and non-beautiful in the business. People already have their minds set in the idea that beautiful women are only the thin and perfect! Betty really wants a job in that wonderful, yet cruel, world. But can she really find a place in it?
- Directed by Richard Shepard
- Written by Silvio Horta
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S04E20
Hello Goodbye
- Directed by Victor Nelli, Jr.
- Written by Silvio Horta



S04E17
Million Dollar Smile
- Directed by Paul Holahan
- Written by Chris Black, Henry Alonso Myers

S04E16
All The World's A Stage
- Directed by Andy Wolk
- Written by Abraham Higginbotham

Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Silvio Horta
Showrunner

James D. Parriott
Executive producer

Salma Hayek Pinault
Executive producer
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Sheila R. Lawrence
Executive producer
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Teri Weinberg
Executive producer

James Hayman
Executive producer
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José Tamez
Executive producer

Marco Pennette
Executive producer
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Henry Alonso Myers
Executive producer

Ben Silverman
Executive producer

Donald Todd
Writer
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Sarah Kucserka
Writer
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Veronica West
Writer
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Tracy Poust
Writer
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Charles Pratt, Jr.
Writer

Chris Black
Writer

Bill Wrubel
Writer
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Cameron Litvack
Writer
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Harry Werksman
Writer
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Jon Kinnally
Writer
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Abraham Higginbotham
Writer
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Gabrielle Stanton
Writer
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Myra Jo Martino
Writer
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Joel Fields
Writer
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Erika Johnson
Writer
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Dailyn Rodriguez
Writer
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Oliver Goldstick
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- James D. ParriottExecutive Producer
- Salma Hayek PinaultExecutive Producer
- Sheila R. LawrenceExecutive Producer
- Teri WeinbergExecutive Producer
- James HaymanExecutive Producer
- Silvio HortaExecutive Producer
Writing
- Donald ToddWriter
- Sarah KucserkaWriter
- Veronica WestWriter
- James D. ParriottWriter
- Tracy PoustWriter
- Sheila R. LawrenceWriter
Direction
- Matthew DiamondDirector
- Paul HolahanDirector
- John TerleskyDirector
- Rose TrocheDirector
- Ron UnderwoodDirector
- Bethany RooneyDirector
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