Bye Bye Betty.

Le sigh. This is tragic, although not unexpected. ABC has canceled "Ugly Betty", and it is going the way of my other favorite ABC brightly colored series, "Pushing Daisies". When will people smarten up and stop watching "Dancing with the Stars" or other crap like that? That is why these shows fail. Because everyone expects ABC to show fluff that takes no brain power and costs less than nothing to make.

What am I going to do without my Mark and Amanda fix? Granted, last season was rough, but this season was really, really getting good! Well, one reason I like ABC despite their constantly difficult online stream is that they gave Betty a chance despite the absolutely horrible ratings. If it was at NBC it would never have lasted even this long. And they are giving the show sufficient time to make a satisfying conclusion. Although this season has been cut from 22 to 20 episodes, I can live with it.

Exec producer Silvio Horta and ABC president Steve McPherson confirmed as much in this joint statement:  “We’ve mutually come to the difficult decision to make this Ugly Betty’s final season, and are announcing now as we want to allow the show ample time to write a satisfying conclusion. We are extremely proud of this groundbreaking series, and felt it was important to give the fans a proper farewell.”

Cry cry cry. I shall move on though...hopefully there will be bigger and better things in the future. These past few years have made me tough.
-CE
Photo courtesy of EW.