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We can all agree that pretty much everyone couldn’t get over America Ferrera’s performance in the super-successful 2023 comedy Barbie, which, of course, earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. But even before her involvement in the pic, many regarded her as one of Hollywood’s major talents, which in part is thanks to her role in the ABC comedy-drama series Ugly Betty. She portrayed the title character in the series that ran from September 28, 2006, to April 14, 2010, before heading to Netflix on August 1, 2023.

Now, two years after debuting on Netflix, Ugly Betty will sadly be leaving the streamer with all four seasons. According to What’s on Netflix, the comedy won’t be available to subscribers starting August 1, 2025, as it currently indicates its last day to watch as July 31, 2025. That means Netflix had a license to stream the series for twenty-four months, and between 2023 and 2024, all...

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Jane the Virgin is a romantic comedy-drama series created by Jennie Snyder Urman. Based on the Venezuelan telenovela Juana la virgen by Perla Farías, The CW series follows Jane Gloriana Villanueva, a devout young woman who is shocked to find out that she is pregnant because of an accidental artificial insemination, which hits her harder because she is a virgin. Jane the Virgin stars Gina Rodriguez, Andrea Navedo, Yael Grobglas, Justin Baldoni, Ivonne Coll, Brett Dier, Jaime Camil, and Elias Janssen. So, if you loved the hilarious comedy, feel-good story, and compelling characters in Jane the Virgin, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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New Girl is a sitcom series created by Elizabeth Meriwether. The Fox series follows Jessica Day, an optimistic but naive young woman who moves into a loft...

Exclusive: Netflix has snapped up Yo No Soy Mendoza for Latin America. The humorous drama is the last original story from Fernando Gaitán, the late Colombian screenwriter and producer who created shows including Yo Soy Betty, La Fea.

The Sony-produced and distributed series is set in Mexico City. It turns on the story of Julian Garcia, an unassuming debt collector whose life takes a shocking turn when he is kidnapped and forced to assume the identity of a wealthy businessman with a dangerous past.

The synopsis elaborates: Thrust into a world of luxury and deadly secrets, Julian must navigate Mendoza’s complicated life, including a forced marriage to Laura Santander and the powerful enemies who want him dead.

Vadhir Derbez (The Seventh Day), plays the dual roles of Garcia and Mendoza. Laura Londoño (Café con Aroma de Mujer) stars as Laura.

Gaitán had inked a development deal with Sony...

Reboots are a dime a dozen in Hollywood. But with the smashing success of Prime Video’s “Betty La Fea: The Story Continues,” better known in the U.S. by its English version “Ugly Betty,” Amazon found untapped enthusiasm for beloved Latin American IP over 20 years after it first aired, underlining the benefit of international expansion in the midst of the streaming wars.

Created by Fernando Gaitán for the Colombian network Rcn, “Yo soy Betty, la fea” followed the adventures of Beatriz Pinzón Solano (Ana María Orozco), a secretary with braces, bad bangs and an even worse wardrobe, who falls in love with her playboy boss Armando Mendoza (Jorge Enrique Abello). The show followed Betty’s transformation from an eager assistant helping her supervisor hide financial wrongdoing, into a confident and beautiful executive who takes over as president of the clothing manufacturing company where she works — while her playboy reformed into a doting husband.

Ana Mara Orozco returns as Betty, breathing new life into the beloved character from the hit Colombian series Yo soy Betty, la fea. The new sequel, Betty La Fea: The Story Continues, reunites Betty with familiar faces and explores new storylines in a modern setting. Orozco discusses the evolution of Betty and Armando's dynamic, the impact of societal norms, and the possibility of future seasons.

American viewers know her as Ugly Betty, but before America Ferrera graced our lives, Ana Mara Orozco lit up the screen in the smash hit Colombian series Yo soy Betty, la fea. Created by Fernando Gatn in 1999, the telenovela took hold of not only Latin America, but the entire world resulting in over 20 international remakes. The woman who started it all is back after a quarter century in Prime Video's exciting new sequel, Betty La Fea: The Story Continues.

While the original story saw...

Geek Girl is a British teen comedy-drama series directed by Declan O’Dwyer. Based on a 2013 young adult novel of the same name by Holly Smale, the Netflix series follows the story of an awkward teen girl Harriet Manners whose life turns upside down when she is suddenly thrust into the fashion world after she is spotted to be a model. Geek Girl stars Emily Carey in the lead role with Emmanuel Imani, Sarah Parish, Liam Woodrum, Tim Downie, Zac Looker, Jemima Rooper, Sandra Yi Sencindiver, and Daisy Jelley starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the impossibly high heels, great fashion, and a cute supermodel in Geek Girl, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Ugly Betty is a teen comedy-drama series created by Silvio Horta. Based on a Colombian telenovela titled Yo soy Betty, la fea by Fernando Gaitán, the ABC...

Amazon’s Prime Video has set the premiere day for Betty la Fea, the Story Continues, the sequel to the Colombian telenovela that inspired ABC’s, Ugly Betty.

The new series will premiere on July 19 in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.

Betty la Fea, the Story Continues, will see Ana María Orozco reprise her role of Betty alongside Jorge Enrique Abello. Returning cast members include Julián Arango, Natalia Ramírez, Lorna Cepeda, Luces Velásquez, Marcela Posada, Mario Duarte, Julio Cesar Herrera, Ricardo Vélez, Alberto León Jaramillo and Estefanía Gómez.

Rodrigo Candamil, Juanita Molin, Zharick León and Sebastián Osorio join the cast.

Betty, la fea, the Story Continues is an Rcn Estudios production for Prime Video and tells the story of Beatriz Pinzón Solano 20 years after the conclusion of the original show. While an empowered and wiser Betty works hard on rebuilding her relationship with her teenage daughter Mila, her relationship with Armando begins to deteriorate,...

Ugly Betty, created by Fernando Gaitán and Silvio Horta, is a comedic drama based off a telenovela called, "Yo soy Betty, la fea.". The show starred America Ferrerra as Betty Suarez, an intelligent young woman who gets a job at a major fashion magazine, known as Mode. Early on after its premiere, Ugly Betty was praised for having a diverse cast and centering on the story of a Mexican woman pursuing her dreams, which wasn't common for TV shows at the time. The series ran on ABC for four seasons before it was abruptly canceled due to a decline in viewership. Despite its cancelation, the show has continued to be referenced in pop culture and gained a cult following long after it aired. Ugly Betty remains a bingeable and popular watch among fans who love to revisit the show's energetic characters and melodramatic plot reminiscent of telenovelas.

Barbie star America Ferrera is no stranger to big franchises. Before appearing in Greta Gerwig’s ode to womanhood and in NBC’s beloved sitcom Superstore, Ferrera got her start on a very relatable ABC primetime soap Ugly Betty.

First premiering in 2006, Ugly Betty ran for four season on network television and built up a devoted fanbase. The series, which is now streaming on Netflix, starred Ferrera as the titular “Ugly” Betty Suarez, a braces-wearing 22-year-old fashion neophyte from Queens. The show follows the awkward Betty as she lands a job at high fashion magazine Mode in Manhattan wear she works as a personal assistant under failson editor-in-chief Daniel Meade (Eric Mabius).

Ugly Betty was a lovely little series chock full of both drama and thoughtful commentary on how young women are expected to navigate their personal and professional lives. If that sounds like the kind of thing that would...

Ana María Orozco and Jorge Enrique Abello will reprise their roles in “Yo Soy Betty, La Fea” (“Ugly Betty”) in “Betty La Fea,” a sequel set to bow on Amazon’s Prime Video in 2024.

Produced by Colombia’s Estudios Rcn for Prime Video, the third season of the series picks up Betty’s story 20 years later when she’s a successful woman, mother and wife.

Still married to Armando (Abello) and trying to rebuild her relationship with her adolescent daughter, she battles the economic crisis of her family company and wonders whether the path she has chosen in life has really made her happy.

Directed by Mauricio Cruz Fortuna (“The Scent of Passion”), “Betty la Fea” is written by Marta Betoldi (“Ciega a Citas”), Juan Carlos Pérez (“Garzón”) and César Betancur (“Las Hermanitas Calle”).

The original series is hailed as the most successful telenovela of all time, having sold worldwide and spawning 20 remakes,...

In today’s Global Bulletin, Warner Bros. announces several local versions of Nippon TV’s “Mute It!”, “Ugly Betty” gets a Ukrainian makeover, Twickenham Film Studios plans a facelift of its own, Australia’s Stan hires Amanda Duthie and beIN Sports gets Ligue 2 soccer in France.

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Warner Bros. International Television Production has struck a deal with Japan’s Nippon TV to produce multiple local versions of Nippon TV’s studio-based comedy show “Mute it!”. The show involves 12 players, including one celebrity, attempting to pass through themed rooms and crazy obstacles without making a sound above 50 decibels.

Wbitvp has acquired the rights to produce local versions in all territories where it has a production company, including the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany and the Nordics. Sales in the rest of the world, including Asia and LatAm, continue to be handled by Nippon TV. Warner’s first local version...

Silvio Horta, creator of ABC comedy series “Ugly Betty,” was found dead in a Miami motel room Tuesday. His agent confirmed the news to Deadline but did not provide a cause of death. He was 45.

Horta’s reps did not respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.

The creator’s show was adapted from Colombia’s “Yo soy Betty, la fea,” becoming a breakout success with Horta serving as showrunner and head writer.

“Ugly Betty” starred America Ferrera and ran for 4 seasons from 2006 to 2010. Horta co-created the series with Fernando Gaitán. Salma Hayek was an executive producer.

The show aired more than 80 episodes over four seasons from 2006-10. Ferrera won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for the show’s lead playing Betty Suarez, a Mexican-American girl from Queens who lands a job at a fashion magazine in Manhattan. Betty embraced her unique look, sporting including bangs, heavy-rimmed glasses and...

Celebrated Colombian television scribe Fernando Gaitan, whose original telenovela “Yo Soy Betty, La Fea” (“Ugly Betty”), a global franchise hit, changed general perceptions about Colombian TV, died Tuesday of a heart attack. He was 58.

Considered by the Guinness World Records as the most successful telenovela in history, “Ugly Betty” aired in some 180 countries, was dubbed into 15 languages, and adapted in up to 28 territories, including China, India, South Africa, and the U.S.

Before its U.S. launch, Variety described “Ugly Betty” as “a Colombian ugly duckling [that] catapulted the telenovela genre out of its Latin American barrio and generated more clones than any other Latin sudser.”

Executive produced by Ben Silverman and Salma Hayek, the U.S. version of “Ugly Betty” garnered star America Ferrera an Emmy and Golden Globe for her role as Betty Suarez. It was a ratings and award-winning hit for ABC from 2006-2010.

Gaitan had just signed...

Spanish-language U.S. network MundoFox will announce 20 new original programs as part of its summer and fall schedules today during Fox Hispanic Media’s upfont presentation in NY. Among the highlights are the Spanish-language version of The X Factor, El Factor X, which will launch in the summer; Café Con Aroma De Mujer, a remake of the Colombian hit from Ugly Betty‘s original Betty La Fea creator Fernando Gaitán; FX’s series The Bridge starring Demian Bichir, part of the network’s weekend schedule; and the boxing docu-drama The Golden Boys from executive producers Mario Lopez and Oscar de la Hoya. Here’s the network’s full list of shows and specials: Summer • “El Factor X,” the original Spanish-language version of the worldwide phenomenon “The X Factor,” where U.S. Hispanic viewers will help choose the next young Latino superstar or breakout music group. In 30 one-hour daily weekday episodes produced by Fremantle,...

FreemantleMedia North American CEO and American Idol producer Cecile Frot-Coutaz, Colombian producer Fernando Gaitán, Fox president of station ops Dennis Swanson and Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner will receive the Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award at the next Natpe Market & Conference. The annual confab is set for January 23-25 at the Fontainebleau Resort in Miami; a cocktail reception to celebrate the honorees is January 24. The award recognizes professionals who “exhibit extraordinary passion, leadership, independence and vision in the process of creating television programming.”...