This week’s print version of TV Guide has a blurb about Christopher Gorham and his new show, Harper’s Island.  You can view a scan here.

Gorham says, of his Ugly Betty character Henry’s relationship with Betty, “The show got us together and had to think of ways to keep us apart”. 

There’s really no disagreeing with that.  We can argue whether the producers jumped the gun with the Henry/Betty relationship (as much as I like him, I think they did – romantic tension is always better, dramatically, than a healthy relationship), but there’s no denying that the whole love triangle thing was not handled well. (This is assuming that the story just abruptly ends early in season 3)

Back to the blurb, it mentions that Gorham’s character on Harper’s Island, Henry Dunn, is a “dashing groom”.  The plot of the show has friends and family gathering on the island, only to get picked off one by one by a mysterious killer. The killer is revealed in the season finale.

But there’s an interesting Ugly Betty connection: Adam Campbell, who plays a guest and subsequently one of the suspects, is married to none other than Jayma Mays, who of course played the girl we loved to hate, Charlie.  Asked if she could be the killer, Campbell says, “I live with the girl, so I know she’s got a sinister side.  Nothing would surprise me.”

Source: SpoilerTV

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Wait, does that mean that we scooped Ausiello? I’ll be doggoned. You don’t see that very often. Of course, all we told you was some of the major plot points of the shows in the coming weeks. Ausiello gives us some concrete casting confirmation.

The question he answered:

Question: Any Ugly Betty scoop? Please? April 24 is so… far… away… [Wheeze, cough].— Meg

(This DOES seem like the longest delay in the history of work stoppages. But, I digress)

Ausiello’s answer after the jump!

Ausiello: Poor Meg. Sounds to me like someone’s dying… literally… [Snicker, guffaw] for some Betty prattle. So rather than delivering her last rites, let me give her some before it’s too late. A show rep confirms that Jayma Mays is signed, sealed and delivered — “delivered” perhaps being the operative word, given her character’s pregnancy — for two more episodes as Henry’s ex, Charlie. Meanwhile, a little bird also confirms for me that what the mom-to-be will be bringing her former beau and Betty won’t be so much a bundle of joy as a bundle of trouble. Speaking of trouble, Freddy Rodriguez is back for four more episodes as Betty’s not-so-insta-crush, Gio. .

So, Gio will be in 4 of the 5 new spisodes. Charlie will be in two. We know that Gio will be in episode 2.14, so he’ll NOT be in one of the final four.

OK, this is going to get me in trouble, but – do you think it’s possible they might kill Gio off? Freddy Rodriguez is floating somewhere between “guest star” and “recurring character”. If Silvio decides to keep the drama up for the finale by killing off a character, Gio sure seems to be a choice that will generate a lot of heat.

But, then again, why would they get rid of the one character in the show (besides Charlie) who injects drama into the Betty/Henry relationship?

One more possibility (for season 3): perhaps Charlie doesn’t make it through delivery, and Betty suddenly becomes a (sort of) mom? But then again, we have Hilda’s character to supply to “struggling mom” story lines, so that might be redundant.

But, April 24 is getting closer, and the speculation is getting to be a lot more fun!

Source: Ausiello

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Jayma Mays, who plays the character we love to hate, or hate to love, Charlie, on Ugly Betty, will guest star on the new ABC show “Pushing Daisies”.

Funny SNL lady Molly Shannon whose 3 guest appearances on NBC’s legendary sitcom “Will & Grace”, I will never forget, has joined Pee Wee Herman and Jayma Mays (“Heroes,” “Ugly Betty”) as one of the guest stars in the upcoming ABC fantasy procedural “Pushing Daisies.”

But here’s the coolest thing of all:

Finally, Masi Oka’s unfortunate love on “Heroes” and Christopher Gorham’s conniving squeeze on “Ugly Betty” Jayma Mays will play Elsita, a woman who leads a life of windmillery (she lives and works in a windmill).

Oh, the dashing life of Windmillery! This is too funny.

Source: Televisionista

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