ABC benches ‘Ugly Betty’
Things are looking pretty gloomy for Ugly Betty.
In a just-announced Thursday night scheduling tweak, ABC is benching Betty beginning March 26 and replacing it with episodes of Samantha Who? and the new Megan Mullally-Cheryl Hines comedy In the Motherhood. The network’s release concludes by saying, “Ugly Betty will return to Thursday nights at 8:00 p.m. following the run of In the Motherhood and Samantha Who?”
After crunching the numbers, that puts Betty’s return (provided Sam Who/Motherhood don’t tank) sometime around (gulp) June — a.k.a. outside the regular season. Now, granted, Betty hasn’t exactly been killing it in the ratings this season, but it’s still one of ABC’s signature shows.
“The Thursday night block is a good opportunity to launch these comedies,” counters an ABC spokesperson. “That said, Betty is a solid performer and there is no question that it will definitely be back to complete its season, just without repeats.”
January 26th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
This pisses me off… I really like this show. The others sound like losers. and Samatha Who is barely passable as a replacement.
July 2nd, 2009 at 8:51 am
We need more sitcoms! Betty is a cute show but men can\’t relate. Reality shows cheaper. Sick of them Depressing. Always about serial killers, murderers, pedophiles etc. Cable is disgusting too! Dexter-OMG! Always filthy language, blood spurting, going to the bathroom, screwing comedians grabbing their crotch—No wonder so many people are on anti-depressants! Nothing uplifting to watch. Pornographic gut smut.I\’m reading books again.