The first season of the American dramedy television series Ugly Betty began airing on September 28, 2006 and concluded on May 17, 2007.
In addition to the twenty-three regular episodes in season one, a special, "The Beautiful World of Ugly Betty", was aired on April 12, 2007. Another special, which was a half-hour update recapping the first ten episodes, aired during the month of January 2007 on local ABC affiliates and various cable networks.
Cast
For the first season of Ugly Betty, nine characters were initially included in the main cast.
Michael Urie and Kevin Sussman were originally credited as Special Guest Stars but were upgraded to regulars in episode 14. Although Sussman's character was written out almost immediately after, in episode 15, he was credited as a regular for the rest of the season.
Rebecca Romijn was added to the show’s main cast in episode 13, after her character was initially played by (a heavily disguised) Elizabeth Payne.
Main Cast
America Ferrera as Betty Suarez
Eric Mabius as Daniel Meade
Alan Dale as Bradford Meade
Tony Plana as Ignacio Suarez
Ana Ortiz as Hilda Suarez
Ashley Jensen as Christina McKinney
Becki Newton as Amanda Tanen
Mark Indelicato as Justin Suarez
Vanessa L. Williams as Wilhelmina Slater
Michael Urie as Marc St. James
Kevin Sussman as Walter
Rebecca Romijn as Alexis Meade (episode 13-23)
Recurring Cast
Kevin Alejandro as Santos
Bailey Chase as Beckett 'Becks' Scott
Brett Cullen as Ted LeBeau
Ava Gaudet as Gina Gambarro
Gina Gershon as Fabia
Christopher Gorham as Henry Grubstick
Max Greenfield as Nick Pepper
Salma Hayek as Sofia Reyes
Jowharah Jones as Nico Slater
Judith Light as Claire Meade
Jayma Mays as Charlie
Elizabeth Payne as the Masked Lady
Stelio Savante as Steve
Octavia Spencer as Constance Grady
Guest Cast
Kristin Chenoweth as Diane
Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Dr. Gabe Farkus
Cristián de la Fuente as Rodrigo Veloso
Rebecca Gayheart as Jordan Dunn
Kathy Griffin as a Fashion TV Host
Tim Gunn as a Fashion TV Reporter
Leslie Jordan as Quincy Combs
Lucy Liu as Grace Chin
Patti LuPone as Mrs. Jean Weiner
Debi Mazar as Leah Feldman
AnnaLynne McCord as Petra
Ivana Milicevic as Lena
Rita Moreno as Aunt Mirta
Jerry O’Connell as Joel
Teddy Sears as Hunter
Liz Torres as Evelyn
Lorraine Toussaint as Amelia ‘Yoga’ Bluman
Angélica Vale as Angelica
The first season also saw Katharine McPhee and Martha Stewart make cameo appearances as themselves.
Episodes
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Notes: "Swag" was originally scheduled to be aired as the 4th episode, but was moved to 11th by the network. The change resulted in a number of continuity problems, which were "fixed" by making most of the episode a flashback and adding scenes with Betty telling Christina the bulk of the story. In Italy, Denmark, Spain, India and the Philippines, the episode is retained as the 4th episode. On the season 1 DVD box set, "Swag" is listed as episode 4, without the scenes of Betty talking to Christina in a flashback. Other noticeable changes on the DVD were the reversed order of the show's episode chronology: "The Box and the Bunny", which is the second episode, is listed as the third episode, having swapped places with "Queens for a Day". However, "The Box and the Bunny" should be the second episode.</onlyinclude>
Ratings
United States
In the following summary, "Rating" is the estimated percentage of all televisions tuned to the show, and "Share" is the percentage of all televisions in use that are tuned in, "viewers" is the estimated number of actual people watching, in millions, while "ranking" is the approximate ranking of the show against all prime-time TV shows for the week (Sunday to Saturday).
United Kingdom
Ugly Betty was aired on Channel 4 on a usual time of Fridays at 9.00pm.