Ugly Betty Makes TVGuide’s ‘Biggest Moments’ List
December 26, 2008 by Tom
Here is video from TVGuide’s retrospective on the Biggest TV Moments of 2008. In part one, Ugly Betty makes the list at number 12.
It’s interesting to me, the moment they picked was the climatic confrontation between Wilhelmina and Kimmie in episode 3.06, Ugly Berry. I remember being surprised that Ugly Betty fans really weren’t interested in the whole Ugly Betty / Lindsay Lohan drama, and the ratings were only nominally helped. But, the entertainment press is going to choose a Lindsay Lohan or Britney Spears moment every time, especially if it involves conflict.
For me, the best Ugly Betty moment of 2008 was probably when Amanda sang ‘Gene Simmons is my Daddy’ at The Beer Hole (yes, there were great moments from season 2). But, that’s my gut impression, I want to think about it and post in a year end review before the new year.
Here is part 2 of TVGuide’s list, and here is part 3. I won’t argue with their top 2 moments, but if they are going to venture out of the entertainment world and include political TV moments, how could they NOT include the best, most exciting Super Bowl ever played? Regardless, I think it’s great that Ugly Betty made a list that included all shows, scripted, reality, and “real life”.
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Give me a break. Biggest moment, Willi and Kimmie? There was one moment in 2008 that had women all over the globe calling their friends and squealing, “Did you see THAT?” The most romantic moment in primetime since Friends’ Ross first kissed Rachel was: “I don’t want to be the rebound guy. I want to be the GUY.” Enough said.
To me, there were a few interesting, ‘big’ moments for UB in 2008: Claire getting acquitted of murder, Daniel finding out he had a son and then earlier this season, finding out the boy really belonged to Alexis…but the whole Wili and Kimmie thing meant nothing to me.
Also, no offense…and this is off topic – but I hated Ross/Rachel. The spark was there at first, but it got boring after a while with the whole on/off thing. Towards the end of the series, I actually didn’t care whether or not they ended up together. IMO, the most romantic pair on “Friends” was Monica and Chandler. Now, THEY were interesting. And that whole engagement episode really moved me.
As for UB, I think I’m still waiting for something big in the romantic department. Sorry, but I’m one woman on the globe who didn’t squeal over any of the Henry or Gio moments. -shrugs-