And now for something completely different... Ugly Betty news.
Season 3 of Ugly Betty begins September 25.
TVGuide is reporting that Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa will be in the first episode, and Ripa's husband Mark Consuelos will be in the third episode.
No doubt there will be more casting news later. Last spring, they were talking about a story arc for Lindsey Lohan. She appeared in a flashback as one of Betty's childhood tormentors.
I realize that ABC gets a lot more ratings kick for special guests than for bragging about great writing; however, it still bothers me that ABC shoehorns so many celebrity appearances into the show without regard for how these often-irrelevant digressions affect the flow of the episode or the development of the story arc. This can't be easy on the writers.
Ugly Betty didn't get any Emmy nominations for writing this year. I got a distinct impression that the strike really screwed up their plans for season 2; they salvaged it well, but it was clear that there were things missing, like an explanation of what happened to Ignacio when he was in Mexico.
America Ferrara and Vanessa Williams did get Emmy nominations, and the show also got nominations for casting, costuming, hair, and art direction.
I agree about the actresses, casting, and art direction nominations.
The costuming one seems inevitable - actually, a little too easy, almost lazy - given the fashion tie-ins; on the other hand, it takes some real skill to dress Betty as badly as they do.
I had my doubts about the hair styling, but then I remembered a few months ago when all the women on General Hospital suddenly had straight-cut bangs across their foreheads. Then I thought, yeah, the hair in UB isn't so bad.
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