Ugly Betty season 2

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The season was originally set to include minimum 20 episodes, but due to the 2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike, it was shortened to 18 episodes.

Season 2 was the last to be produced in Los Angeles as the show returned to New York City, where the pilot episode had been shot, for seasons 3 and 4.

Cast

All of the main cast from the show's first season returned for the second season, with the exception of Kevin Sussman (who had portrayed Walter). In addition, Christopher Gorham (Henry) and Judith Light (Claire) were upgraded to the main cast.

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The second season also contained cameo appearances by Victoria Beckham, Bow Wow, Naomi Campbell, Kenneth Cole, Nina García, Larry King, Roberta Myers, Omarion, Gene Simmons, Christian Siriano, Vera Wang, Betty White and Joe Zee, all appearing as themselves. In addition, Megan Hilty and Eden Espinosa, stars of the stage musical Wicked, appear as their Wicked characters.

Broadcast history

Mika’s song, "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)", a top-10 hit in the UK, was used as a promotional tool for the second season, with the altered lyric "Hey Betty, you are beautiful" and a music video featuring the cast.

In Australia, the show was put on hiatus after the July 2, 2008, episode due to the 2008 Summer Olympics. However, after the Olympics, only one episode, "Bananas for Betty", was shown on August 28, 2008, before the show was cancelled for no apparent reason. After the Australian network received complaints, the show went back to air on December 2, 2008, where it aired twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The final episode aired on Thursday, January 15, 2009.

Episodes

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DVD release

DVD name Ep # Release dates Additional Features
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
The Complete Second Season – Brighter, Bolder, Bettyer 18 September 9, 2008 November 10, 2008 November 10, 2008 This five disc box set contains all 18 episodes from the second season.

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment release of Ugly Betty Season Second, subtitled "Brighter, Bolder, Bettyer", would be September 9, 2008 in the United States and Canada. All 18 episodes were included in the set, along with additional bonus tracks.

Among the features:

  • On Set With The Besties
  • The Suarez Tour
  • Wihelmina Slater: Love to Hate Her
  • Las Pasiones De Telenovelas
  • I ♥ Betty
  • Bettly Bloops
  • Deleted Scenes

Ratings

United States

Episode # Title Airdate Rating Share 18–49 Viewers
(millions) 		Rank
24 "How Betty Got Her Grieve Back" TVPG-DL September 27, 2007[1] 7.4 12 3.9 11.16 #28
25 "Family/Affair" TVPG-DLSV October 4, 2007[2] 7.4 11 3.4 9.78 #31
26 "Betty's Wait Problem" TVPG-DLV October 11, 2007[3] 7.3 11 3.5 10.35 #29
27 "Grin and Bear It" TVPG-L October 18, 2007[4] 7.8 12 3.1 9.67 #35
28 "A League of Their Own" TVPG-L October 25, 2007[5] 7.7 12 3.2 9.84 #34
29 "Something Wicked This Way Comes" TVPG-DL November 1, 2007 7.3 12 3.4 9.90 #27
30 "It's a Nice Day for a Posh Wedding" TVPG-LS November 8, 2007[6] 7.7 13 3.5 10.89 #25
31 "I See Me, I.C.U." TVPG-DL November 15, 2007[7] 7.6 14 3.5 10.73 #29
32 "Giving Up the Ghost" TVPG-DL November 22, 2007[8] 5.3 9 2.2 7.49 #50
33 "Bananas for Betty" TVPG-DLV December 6, 2007[9] 6.4 10 2.8 9.34 #26
34 "Zero Worship" TVPG-DL January 10, 2008[10] 6.7 11 3.2 9.89 #27
35 "Odor in the Court" TV14-DL January 17, 2008[11][12] 6.4 10 3.0 9.52 #25
36 "A Thousand Words Before Friday" TVPG-DL January 24, 2008[13] 6.2 10 3.0 8.92 #23
37 "Twenty Four Candles" TVPG-DL April 24, 2008[14][15] 6.0 10 2.5 8.52 #32
38 "Burning Questions" TVPG-LV May 1, 2008[16] 5.6 9 2.4 7.93 #37
39 "Betty's Baby Bump" TVPG-DLS May 8, 2008[17] 5.6 9 2.4 7.99[18] #36
40 "The Kids Are Alright" TVPG-DL May 15, 2008[19][20] 5.9 10 2.7 8.47[21] #29
41 "Jump" TVPG-DL May 22, 2008[22] 6.2 11 2.8 8.75[23] #17

United Kingdom

Ugly Betty was aired on Channel 4 on a usual time of Fridays at 9.00pm. These figures are official ratings released by BARB.

Episode # Title Airdate Viewers (millions)[24] Channel 4 weekly ranka
24 "How Betty Got Her Grieve Back October 5, 2007 2.82 1
25 "Family/Affair" October 12, 2007 2.11 18
26 "Betty's Wait Problem" October 19, 2007 2.19 9
27 "Grin and Bear It" October 26, 2007 2.11 19
28 "A League of Their Own" November 2, 2007 2.19 18
29 "Something Wicked This Way Comes" November 9, 2007 2.04 24
30 "It's a Nice Day for a Posh Wedding" November 23, 2007 2.42 18
31 "I See Me, I.C.U." November 30, 2007 1.92 28
32 "Giving Up the Ghost" December 7, 2007 2.16 22
33 "Bananas for Betty" December 14, 2007 1.75 28
34 "Zero Worship" September 5, 2008 3.12 8
35 "Odor in the Court" September 12, 2008 2.12 11
36 "A Thousand Words Before Friday" September 19, 2008 1.83 22
37 "Twenty Four Candles" September 26, 2008 1.66 27
38 "Burning Questions" October 3, 2008 1.7 30
39 "Betty's Baby Bump" October 3, 2008 1.65 31
40 "The Kids Are Alright" October 10, 2008 1.63 30
41 "Jump" October 17, 2008 1.68 30

a Ranks are for Channel 4 weekly, not for overall TV.

The gap between "Bananas for Betty" on December 14, 2007 and "Zero Worship" was taken for three reasons:

1. Channel 4 was originally scheduled to take a three-week break at Christmas and resume episodes in January; this hadn't happened.

2. The 2007–2008 WGA strike meant only three episodes were left after the last episode, so Channel 4 decided it was pointless to resume them for just a couple of weeks in late January unless there were no more episodes to be produced. The WGA strike was resolved in February, so Channel 4 had promised viewers the series would return later on in the year with new episodes, but had no idea of when to return them, as the next six months (February–August 2008) was already filled.

3. Channel 4 decided to wait until September after Big Brother 2008 had finished airing, as the episodes took up approximately 100 minutes of airtime on a Friday night, which filled Betty's slot. Prior to Big Brother, March–May was filled with the whole first season of Dirty Sexy Money, which occupied Betty's slot whenever it was not on, and moved accordingly. Betty made its return to Channel 4 on Friday 5 September 2008 between the two season finale episodes of Big Brother. Unlike Desperate Housewives' 3rd-season premiere, Betty's timeslot for that week was not changed as the first show finished at 9pm and resumed with episode 2 at 10pm, meaning that Betty could return to its normal slot. Episodes played straight through into season 3 without a break, and viewers who were desperate to see the next episode of the show could see it one night earlier on a Thursday instead of a Wednesday in its usual 9:00pm slot on E4. T4 then introduced weekend encore sessions on Sundays which replayed that week's episode from 1:30 pm–2:30pm.

Soundtrack

Despite never having a physical or digital release a soundtrack of the series, the following songs were included in the second season of the series.

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References

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  14. ↑ ABC Announces the Return of Television's Biggest Hit Shows, The Futon Critic, February 20, 2008
  15. ↑ Ratings for the week of April 21st–27th, 2008
  16. ↑ Ratings for the week of April 28 – May 4th, 2008
  17. ↑ Ratings for the week of May 5th–11th, 2008
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  21. ↑ Breaking News – Quick Take for Thursday, May 15, 2008 (Fast Affiliate Live + Same Day Ratings) | TheFutonCritic.com
  22. ↑ Ratings for the week of May 19th–25th, 2008
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See also

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