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There has been a lot of talk the last few days of ABC being on some kind of anti-gay crusade with moves at its shows and that Ugly Betty is part of it. I don’t know enough about the former, but I can tell you that the latter is ridiculous in the extreme.
Some background: on Grey’s Anatomy, lesbian couple Callie Torres and Erica Hahn were broken up, with Hahn leaving the show. Full disclosure: I don’t not watch Grey’s (I know many of you do). I’ll leave it to others to determine if …read more

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Ugly Betty producer Silvio Horta recently spoke with the Los Angeles Times,and in the process revealed some interesting specifics about the upcoming Ugly Betty Episodes. More on those in a bit, but first, let’s look at some of the other things Silvio said in the interview.
On the process that caused him to make moves to bring Betty back to its heart: “Well, I moved into a new place last year, so it was kind of bare and empty. So I started to actually furnish it. So …read more

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AfterElton.com has a two part, in-depth investigative story about the state of gays in prime time television, and Ugly Betty’s co-creator Silvio Horta is featured prominently. The story itself would have been worthy of a referencing post here, but it gets even more interesting because Horta drops a few little Ugly Betty spoiler-ish nuggets into the interview.
For one thing, Justin is gay.
OK, that sound you just heard was the sound of thousands of readers simultaneously saying, “ya’ think?”
Horta says, “It really just popped …read more

AfterElton has a very good post about the evolution of “the gay character” on television. It’s pretty interesting, and surprisingly, lists Ugly Betty’s Cliff as the pinnacle of the evolution of the gay character.
Of course, they’re right. I think that Cliff’s character may be the most groundbreaking aspect of the show, and that’s saying something. Think about the ways in which Ugly Betty is groundbreaking:
It features a nuclear latino family.
The head of that family is not the stereotypical uber-macho man.
The patriarch is (well, was) an illegal immigrant.
The show has multiple gay characters (as opposed to just a …read more

Brent Bozell III, syndicated columnist and founder of the Media Research Center (a media watchdog group), had some pretty sharp attacks on Ugly Betty (and Heroes)  in his weekly column.  Some of them, in my opinion are very unfounded and uncalled for.
A little background:  recently, the Family Friendly Programming Forum held its annual Family Television Awards on the CW Network.  As we previously told you, America Ferrera was a winner, and Ugly Betty was named Best Comedy Series.  In his January 2 column, Mr Bozell takes exception to this:
But “Ugly Betty” was an even less acceptable choice, because it was presented …read more

He is the calm in the middle of a million storms on Ugly Betty.  Actor Tony Plana plays Ignactio Suarez on the show, and although the character is a former undocumented immigrant and for years considered himself a murderer, he is by far the most “normal” person on the show.  With Santos gone, Ignacio is the much-needed grounding for the show, which would otherwise collapse of its own weight of eccentric characters.
Entertainment reporter Greg Hernandez recently interviewed Plana at the blog Out In Hollywood.  It is a very good read.  Here are some excerpts:
[about playing Ignacio] : It feels like …read more

The blogger who calls himself Kevin Kevin Arnold (wouldn’t the real Kevin Arnold be on Wordpress?) has a great commentary on the August 21 Entertainment Weekly review of the Ugly Betty Compete First Season DVD.  He delves into some interesting questions
 First the EW quote:
“This audacious twist solidifies Betty’s status as the gayest show on TV, in both senses of the word: Not only is it steeped in a queer aesthetic, but there’s palpable joy behind the sweet silliness of it all.”
Now, check out what Arnold says:
That’s right, one of my favorite shows has been called the “gayest show on tv.” …read more