Good news! The crazy-good creative surge on ABC’s Ugly Betty hasn’t stopped. Last night’s episode—the final new hour of 2009, before the show moves to its new Wednesday night timeslot on Jan. 6—packed quite the emotional punch, between (SPOILER ALERT!) the double-threat of pregnancies for the Suarez sisters, Hilda and Archie’s break-up, and Claire’s trip to South Dakota to find her long-lost son. And, damn, damn, damn Adam Rodriguez! Your smokin’ self would keep me coming back no matter what else was going on with the show. Good riddance to Archie! (Even though I do love you Ralph Macchio!)

Seriously, Betty couldn’t be moving to a better timeslot at a more opportune time, with all it’s got going on. Let’s just hope that those Modern Family and Cougar Town viewers stick around to see what’s up with the Suarez clan and everyone else at Mode, come January.

Wednesdays are about to get “Ugly” on ABC.

The network is set to move the America Ferrera comedy, “Ugly Betty,” to Wednesday nights, creating an all-laugher line-up, according to Variety.

The network is apparently hoping the switch will give “Betty” a ratings boost. The Friday after Thanksgiving saw viewership at an all-time low of 3.3 million, lower than a rerun of Jay Leno.

“Betty” will follow Courteney Cox’s “Cougar Town,” replacing “Eastwick,” which was cancelled last month.

Also on Wednesdays is ABC’s break-out comedy hit, “Modern Family.”

“Ugly Betty” currently airs on Friday nights, between “Supernanny” and “20/20,” which if ratings mean anything is no longer a good slot for it.

The move is effective in January.

Because of its new Friday timeslot, there is some buzz that the fourth season of “Ugly Betty” may be the final season. So, ET checked in with series’ star America Ferrera to find out if that should be the case, does she want to see Betty turn into a swan?

“I have always [seen the character] as transformative,” she tells ET. “A caterpillar who has to grow into her own skin — into the version of herself that she is most comfortable with. I never see Betty turning into a supermodel, or one of a million cookie-cutter girls. I do see her as blossoming into a more mature version of herself.”

That said, sometime this season, Betty finally gets her braces off, and she has already started dressing more chicly for her new job as a non-poncho-wearing assistant editor.

“I think the new look was a natural progression for Betty,” America says. “It was less a choice to become something else than it was to let the growth take its course. Her bangs grew out. She accepts it. She says, ‘They are changing. I will see where it goes.’”

Fans of “Ugly Betty” should find this fourth season a bit more reminiscent of the first, because Betty’s promotion has once more put her in a situation where she is out of her comfort zone.

“She gets this promotion, which turned a lot of people against her,” America explains. “She is back at the bottom. It is a re-setting to how it was in the beginning, but now she is a little more mature, confident and can handle it more.”

“Ugly Betty” airs Fridays at 9 p.m. on ABC.

Despite previous announcement saying that “Ugly Betty” is going on hiatus, ABC reportedly reveal their plan to renew the fourth season of detthe TV series starring America Ferrera. Spilling the beans to public is Entertainment Weekly, which unfortunately has no further ails on how the TV series will get its renewal.

Beside planning to renew the fourth season of “Ugly Betty”, ABC have also reportedly approved the filming of another season for “Grey’s Anatomy”, “Desperate Housewives”, “Brothers & Sisters”, “Extreme Makeover Home Edition”, “America’s Funniest Home Videos” and “The Bachelor”. However, the net “is not ready to announce any pick-ups at this point,” the network’s publicist says.
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The 2009 Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards nominations have been announced. America is nomited for Favorite Television Actress.

She’ll be up against the following actresses.

Miranda Cosgrove, iCarly
Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana
Selena Gomez, Wizards of Waverly

Officials at U.S. TV network ABC have slammed rumours claiming that hit TV series Ugly Betty will be cancelled.

ABC had announced that the programme, starring America Ferrera, will be taken off-air in March, prompting fears that the series would be axed following the season three finale.

However, TV executives have now issued a statement assuring fans the show will be back.

“Ugly Betty will return following the run of In the Motherhood and Samantha Who? The Thursday night block is a good opportunity to launch these comedies. That said, Betty is a solid performer and there is no question that it will definitely be back to complete its season, just without repeats.” The Daily Express quoted an ABC spokesperson as saying. (ANI)

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Ugly Betty is nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. It’s up against the following shows.

Desperate Housewives (ABC)
Greek (ABC Family)
Reaper (The CW)
Skins (BBC America)

The GLAAD Media Awards - will be presented at three separate ceremonies: in New York on March 28, in Los Angeles on April 19 and in San Francisco on May 9.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 will be hitting cinema’s in Ireland this weekend. Here’s a interview that America and Blake Lively have done with movies.ie.

While all eyes were on the auto bailout last week, another bailout of sorts was taking shape: One for Sen. Hillary Clinton, who has racked up $7.5 million in campaign debt.

In this case, it’s not the government who will be pitching in, but instead, “Ugly Betty” star America Ferrera.

On Dec. 15, Ferrera will serve as master of ceremonies at a debt-retirement “conversation” with the former first lady at New York City’s Manhattan Center Studios.

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An awaited sequel (“The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2”), an outrageous comedy (“Tropic Thunder”) and an animated smash (“WALL-E”) are among the new releases at DVD outlets on this pre-Thanksgiving weekend.

The top DVD rental and sales offerings are:

Best renters

3. “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2” (PG-13); Grade: B; with America Ferrera, Blake Lively, Alexis Bledel and Amber Tamblyn returning in the awaited sequel about four friends facing questions about romantic entanglements, family matters and career paths.

Best Sellers

4. “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2” (PG-13); Grade: B; $28.99, DVD; $38.99, Blu-ray Disc

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