Ugly Betty

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 28, 2006
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 29
  3. Negative: 1 out of 29
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Critic Reviews

  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    60
    Ferrara... is consistently endearing, bringing heart and soul to a character that could easily be a cartoon. Too bad that doesn't extend to the rest of the series, which oscillates from screwball comedy... to florid soap elements.
  2. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    60
    As enjoyable as this first episode is, its premise may be too slight to sustain a long-running series.
  3. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    50
    Calling it ''good'' might be a bit of a stretch, but Ugly Betty's comic-melodrama formula is so cannily executed that audiences may find it irresistible.

Awards & Rankings

17
#17 Best TV Season of 2006
20
#20 Most Discussed TV Season of 2006
42
#42 Most Shared TV Season of 2006

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User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 169 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 142 out of 169
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 169
  3. Negative: 20 out of 169
  1. All_ButTrU4
    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 nothingTruest 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.… Full Review »
  2. carlos28200
    Sep 29, 2011
    10
    i only like this series because is originally colombian, viva colombia hpta
  3. cinderella
    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 andEntertaining 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.… Full Review »
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