Watching Ugly Betty

Ratings for Ugly Betty’s “Secretaries Day” scored a 7.1/12, an improvement over recent episodes. Survivor:Fiji still came in first at the hour but Ugly Betty’s newest episode held its own this week and managed to improve over the softer ratings recent episodes have been getting. With Ugly Betty and the two hour episode of Grey’s Anatomy ABC was able to win the ratings war for Thursday night and win in the 18-49 demographic.

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Ratings for Ugly Betty still seem to be stuck in third gear! The Feb 26, episode of Petra-Gate scored a 6.7/11 ratings and was well behind Survivor: Fiji on CBS. Although the show came in second place for its time slot it came in fourth place among the key demographic (18-24 year olds). Let’s hope as the season finale loams the Ugly Betty fans will come back in full gear!

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Where are my fellow Ugly Betty viewers? Ratings for last Thursdays new episode were some of the lowest since the show went on the air! Ugly Betty was in the number two spot for its hour with a 6.7/11. Survivor Fiji won the ratings race with an 8.1/13.

The powerhouse of the Survivor brand is partially to blame but ABC’s repeated mini hiatuses did not help at all! Ugly Betty only has 4 more episodes to go and then the first season is over. The only good thing about that is no more breaks! Ugly Betty will be all new episodes until May 17, when the season finale airs.

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Ugly Betty’s special episode of the best clips from the season so far came in third place for the 8pm time slot. The Beautiful World of Ugly Betty scored a 5.6/10 in the ratings close behind FOX’s Are You Smarter Than a Fifth-Grader? which had a 5.8/10; Survivor: Fiji dominated the hour. New episodes of Ugly Betty return this Thursday (and should give a boost to the ratings). Stay tuned for episode previews and information on guest stars!

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Last Thursday’s episode of Ugly Betty, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell took first place in Nielsen ratings for its hour! In a very close race Ugly Betty came in first with 7.4/12, with NCAA basketball taking a close second and FOX’s Are You Smarter Than A Fifth-Grader? not too far behind. Ugly Betty helped ABC easily win the night over the competition.

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Ugly Betty fans can rest easy it’s already received early renewal over at ABC! In it’s time period Ugly Betty ranks number one among women 18-34.

Last Thursday’s ratings for Ugly Betty (episode #17) were down some from before it went on hiatus. Ugly Betty scored a 7.4/12, thanks in part to FOX’s Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (which won the hour) and NCAA basketball coverage.

Another factor could be the continued interruptions. Even though Ugly Betty will be all new tonight once again the show will go on hiatus until near the end of April. Why you ask? So the show can end in May to help out for sweeps and in part because its traditional to end shows in May. Hopefully season two will be more consistent.

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Last Thursday’s episode of Ugly Betty was another ratings winner with 9.1/14 rating. The combined talents of Lucy Liu, Jerry O’Connell and Judith Light in high profile guest starring roles kept the viewers tuned in and delivered ratings consistent from the previous week.

I hoped you tuned in since “Derailed” was the last new episode of Ugly Betty we will probably see until April! Ugly Betty helped ABC score 2nd in the ratings, once again Survivor was in the top spot for the hour with a 9.7/15 rating.

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Tonight’s episode of Ugly Betty is almost here! But before it gets here let me take a moment and reassure you that last Thursday’s episode of Ugly Betty delivered well in the ratings. The new season of Survivor premiered last Thursday and took first place at the 8 p.m. hour with a 9.9 rating but Ugly Betty held its own and came in second place with a 9.1 rating only slightly down from the week before where it had a 9.3 rating.

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Last Thursday’s episode of Ugly Betty, “I’m Coming Out” marked the beginning of February sweeps, and the episode helped ABC win the night in total ratings. Ugly Betty had a rating of 9.3 beating out an episode of CSI to win the 8pm time slot. The addition of Rebecca Romijn to the cast helped the show score a 4.8 rating among adults the highest the show has scored since the first two episodes premiered.

*Bonus: Here’s a link to a wonderful article about how Ugly Betty has broken stereotypes and changed the face of Latin women in Hollywood. The Future of TV

My favorite quotes/moments from episode #14.

”You want that green card you don’t have a choice man ride that squishy train until you reach your destination” Tucson to Ignacio on how he should handle his situation with Constance.

Constance is making gumbo for Ignacio and asks him…” where you keep the peppa sugar, cause we need something spicy, oh wait here I am”.

“She’s a model shiny things confuse her” Amanda to Marc on how to distract the model whose dress they are trying to steal.

“If this is anything like my prom night you’re paying for the therapy” Marc to Amanda when she tells him to come on to the model.

“Seeing eye gay” Wilhelmina to Marc when she tells him she needs him to lead her around fashion show after her eyes becomes swollen from cosmetic surgery.

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