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Ugly Betty: Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 28, 2006
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
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Metascore
75 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 143 Ratings

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  • Starring: Rebecca Romijn, Vanessa Williams, Tony Plana
  • Summary: Salma Hayek is an executive producer for this English-language adaptation of the Colombian telenovela about an "ordinary" girl (America Ferrera) who works for a fashion magazine.
  • Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 29
  3. Negative: 1 out of 29
  1. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    100
    [A] delicious over-the-top comedy. [2 Oct 2006, p.45]
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  2. 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.
  3. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Ed Gonzalez
    38
    Week in, week out, Ugly Betty subjects its audience to the same recycled crisis.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 80 out of 96
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 96
  3. Negative: 13 out of 96
  1. carlos28200
    10
    i only like this series because is originally colombian, viva colombia hpta
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  2. cinderella
    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.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. MisterR
    3
    Formulaic, predictable, dumb "office-intrigue" storyline, one-dimensional characters. Betty herself is wonderful, and very well-played by America Ferrara, but the scripts let her down. Ugly Betty absolutely does not live up to its hype.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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