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The third season of the American
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television series ''
Ugly Betty ''Ugly Betty'' is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from September 28, 2006, to April 14, 2010. It is based on the Colombian telenovela ''Yo soy Betty, la fea' ...
'' was confirmed by
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on February 11, 2008. The season premiere aired on September 25, 2008, while the season ended with a special double episode on May 21, 2009. In Australia, season 3 premiered on 3 November 2009, as one of the first exclusive premieres on the new digital channel 7TWO, after two years on the
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. Season 3 premiered on Tuesday 13 January 2009 in South Africa and on Wednesday 24 June 2009 in the UK. The season would be the first to be produced in the show's actual setting,
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, in an attempt to take advantage of a credit change.


Cast

Most of the main cast from the show's second season returned for the third season, with former main characters
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(played by
Rebecca Romijn Rebecca Alie O'Connell ( , ; later Romijn-Stamos; born November 6, 1972) is an American actress and former model. She is known for her role as Mystique in the original trilogy (2000–2006) of the ''X-Men'' film series, as Joan from '' The P ...
) and
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(played by
Christopher Gorham Christopher David Gorham (born August 14, 1974) is an American actor. He is best known for his work on television, particularly for playing Henry Grubstick on the ABC comedy-drama series ''Ugly Betty'', Auggie Anderson on the action-drama serie ...
), becoming recurring characters.


Main Cast

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America Ferrera America Georgina Ferrera (; born April 18, 1984) is an American actress, director and television producer. She has received List of awards and nominations received by America Ferrera, numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golde ...
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Betty Suarez Beatriz U. Suarez is the protagonist of the American comedy-drama series ''Ugly Betty''. She is portrayed by America Ferrera, who won a 2007 Golden Globe Award and 2007 Screen Actors Guild Award for her portrayal of the character, as well as ...
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Eric Mabius Eric Harry Timothy Mabius (born April 22, 1971) is an American actor. Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, with a degree in cinema studies. After working in theater productions, M ...
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Judith Light Judith Ellen Light (born February 9, 1949) is an American actress. She made her professional stage debut in 1970, before making her Broadway debut in the 1975 revival of ''A Doll's House''. Her breakthrough role was in the ABC daytime soap oper ...
as Claire Meade *
Vanessa L. Williams Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963) is an American singer, actress, model, producer and dancer. She gained recognition as the first Black woman to win the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984. She would later res ...
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Wilhelmina Slater Wilhelmina Vivian Slater (born Wanda Slater) is a fictional character in the American dramedy series ''Ugly Betty''. She is played by Vanessa Williams, who received a supporting actress award at the 2007 and 2008 NAACP Image Awards, a Best TV Vi ...
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Becki Newton Becki Newton (born July 4, 1978) is an American actress known for her roles as Amanda Tanen on ''Ugly Betty,'' Quinn Garvey on ''How I Met Your Mother'', and Lorna Crane on '' The Lincoln Lawyer.'' Early life Newton is a first cousin once remove ...
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Ana Ortiz Ana Ortiz (born January 25, 1971) is an American actress and singer. Having pursued a career in ballet and singing from a young age, she eventually attended University of the Arts. Ortiz began her acting career in theatre, in early 2000s starred ...
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Hilda Suarez Hilda Suarez-Talercio is a fictional character in the American dramedy series ''Ugly Betty'', portrayed by Ana Ortiz. Description ''U.S. Catholic'' magazine describes the character of Hilda Suarez as a "strong, responsible single mom". An anal ...
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Ashley Jensen Ashley Jensen (born 11 August 1969) is a Scottish actress and narrator. She is best known for her roles as Maggie Jacobs in '' Extras'' (2005–2007, for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award), Christina McKinney in ''Ugly Betty'' (2006â ...
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Christina McKinney Christina McKinney is a fictional character on the American dramedy ''Ugly Betty'', which aired on ABC between 2006 and 2010. Christina was portrayed by Ashley Jensen. Introduced as a seamstress for the fashion magazine ''MODE'', she is a close fr ...
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Tony Plana José Antonio Plana (born April 19, 1952) is a Cuban-American actor and director. He is known for playing Betty Suarez's father, Ignacio Suarez, on the ABC television show ''Ugly Betty'' and for voicing Manuel "Manny" Calavera in the video ga ...
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Michael Urie Michael Lorenzo Urie (born August 8, 1980) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Marc St. James on the ABC comedy drama television series ''Ugly Betty'' and Brian on the Apple TV+ series '' Shrinking'', a role for which he won ...
as Marc St. James *
Mark Indelicato Mark Indelicato (born July 16, 1994) is an American actor, singer, fashion blogger, and photographer best known for his role in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC comedy series ''Ugly Betty'', as Justin Suarez, the fashion-obsessed nephew o ...
as
Justin Suarez Justin Suarez is a fictional character on the American comedy-drama series ''Ugly Betty'' (2006–2010). Portrayed by actor Mark Indelicato, Justin is raised by his single mother Hilda, both of whom live with his aunt Betty and grandfather Igna ...


Recurring Cast

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Christine Baranski Christine Jane Baranski (born May 2, 1952) is an American actress. She received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Maryann Thorpe in the sitcom ''Cybill'' (1995–1998). Baranski is als ...
as Victoria Hartley * David Blue as Cliff St. Paul *
Grant Bowler Grant Bowler (born 18 July 1968) is a New Zealand-Australian actor and television presenter who has worked in American, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian film, television, and theatre. He is known for playing the role of Constable Wayne ...
as Connor Owens * Julian de la Celle as Daniel Jr. *
Eddie Cibrian Edward Carl Cibrian ( ; born June 16, 1973) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Cole Deschanel on the television series ''Sunset Beach (TV series), Sunset Beach'' and List of Third Watch characters#James 'Jimmy' Doherty, Jimmy ...
as Coach Tony Diaz *
Val Emmich Val Matthew Emmich ( ; born 1979) is an American writer, singer-songwriter, and actor. He has had roles on HBO's ''Vinyl (TV series), Vinyl'', NBC's ''30 Rock'', Showtime (TV network), Showtime's ''The Big C (TV series), The Big C'', and America ...
as Jesse *
Daniel Eric Gold Daniel Eric Gold (born September 19, 1975 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. He attended Lee Strasberg's Theater Institute as a teenager, and went on to graduate from Penn State in 1996, with a degree in Theater Arts. Career ...
as Matt Hartley *
Christopher Gorham Christopher David Gorham (born August 14, 1974) is an American actor. He is best known for his work on television, particularly for playing Henry Grubstick on the ABC comedy-drama series ''Ugly Betty'', Auggie Anderson on the action-drama serie ...
as
Henry Grubstick This article lists the characters featured in the American ABC comedy-drama series ''Ugly Betty''. Overview Main characters Betty Suarez Betty Suarez, played by America Ferrera, is the main protagonist. Aims to run her own magazine in the f ...
* Sarah Lafleur as Molly *
Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Dee Lohan ( ; born July 2, 1986) is an American actress, singer, producer, and businesswoman. Born in New York City and raised on Long Island, Lohan was signed to Ford Models at age three. She appeared as a regular on the soap opera ' ...
as Kimberly ‘Kimmie’ Keegan *
Ralph Macchio Ralph George Macchio Jr. ( , ; born November 4, 1961) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Daniel LaRusso in the ''Karate Kid'' films (1984–1989, 2025), a role he reprised in the martial arts series ''Cobra Kai'' (2018–2025). F ...
as Councilman Archie Rodriguez *
Alec Mapa Alejandro "Alec" Mapa (; born July 10, 1965) is an United States, American actor, comedian and writer. He got his first professional break when he was cast to replace B. D. Wong for the role of Song Liling in the Broadway theatre, Broadway product ...
as Suzuki St. Pierre *
Bernadette Peters Bernadette Peters ( ''née'' Lazzara; born February 28, 1948) is an American actress and singer. Over a career spanning more than six decades, she has starred in musical theatre, television and film, performed in solo concerts and released reco ...
as Jodie Papadakis *
David Rasche David Rasche ( ;) (born August 7, 1944) is an American theater, film, and television actor who is best known for his portrayal of the title character in the 1980s satirical police sitcom '' Sledge Hammer!''. Since then he has often played characte ...
as Calvin Hartley *
Derek Riddell Derek Riddell (born 11 January 1967) is a Scottish television and theatre actor. He is best known for the portrayal of Richard Cawood in the BBC One television series '' Happy Valley''. He is also known for '' Gentleman Jack'', '' Industry'' ...
as Stuart *
Rebecca Romijn Rebecca Alie O'Connell ( , ; later Romijn-Stamos; born November 6, 1972) is an American actress and former model. She is known for her role as Mystique in the original trilogy (2000–2006) of the ''X-Men'' film series, as Joan from '' The P ...
as
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*
Lauren Vélez Luna Lauren Vélez (born November 2, 1964) is an American actress. Her most notable television roles are as María LaGuerta on Showtime (TV network), Showtime's ''Dexter (TV series), Dexter'', Detective Nina Moreno on Fox Broadcasting Company, F ...
as Elena Sanchez


Guest cast

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Nikki Blonsky Nicole Blonsky (born November 9, 1988) is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing Tracy Turnblad in the film ''Hairspray'' (2007), for which she won two Critics' Choice Awards and nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a Scre ...
as Teri O’Shoughnessy *
Barry Bostwick Barry Knapp Bostwick (born February 24, 1945) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Brad Majors in '' The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' (1975) and Mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom '' Spin City'' (1996–2002). Bostwick has also ...
as Roger Adams *
Mark Consuelos Mark Andrew Consuelos (; born March 30, 1971) is an American actor and talk show host. He rose to prominence as a television actor on the ABC soap opera ''All My Children'' for his portrayal of Mateo Santos (1995–2002, 2010), and subsequently ...
as Det. Averaimo *
Rachel Dratch Rachel Susan Dratch (born February 22, 1966) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. After she graduated from Dartmouth College, she moved to Chicago to study improvisational theatre at The Second City and ImprovOlympic. Dratch's breakthr ...
as Penny Meadows & Mindy Meadows *
Max Ehrich Max Lewis Ehrich (born June 24, 1991) is an American actor, singer, and dancer. Life and career Ehrich was raised in Marlboro Township, New Jersey, in a Jewish family with mother Rhonda Ehrich and father Bruce Ehrich. He made his film debut st ...
as Randy *
Max Greenfield Max Greenfield (born September 4, 1979) is an American actor and author. He appeared in recurring roles in ''Veronica Mars'' and ''Ugly Betty''. He co-starred as Schmidt in the Fox sitcom ''New Girl'', for which he received nominations at the Pri ...
as Nick Pepper *
Cheyenne Jackson Cheyenne David Jackson (born July 12, 1975) is an American actor and singer. His credits include leading roles in Broadway musicals and other stage roles, as well as film and television roles, concert singing, and music recordings. After beginn ...
as Timothy D’Artagnan *
Mo Rocca Maurice Alberto "Mo" Rocca (born January 28, 1969) is an American humorist, journalist, and actor. He is a correspondent for ''CBS Sunday Morning'', the host and creator of ''My Grandmother's Ravioli'' on the Cooking Channel, and also the host of ...
as the Kitchen Rumble Host * Freddy Rodriguez as Giovanni ‘Gio’ Rossi *
Steve Schirripa Steven Ralph Schirripa ( ; born September 3, 1957) is an American actor. He is regularly credited as Steven R. Schirripa, including his total of over 300 total appearances in three long running series, playing: Bobby Bacala on ''The Sopranos''; ...
as Frankie Burrata *
Michael Stuhlbarg Michael Stuhlbarg ( ; born July 5, 1968) is an American actor. Known for his character roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including a Drama Desk Award, an Obie Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition ...
as Heinrich *
Heather Tom Heather Tom (born November 4, 1975) is an American actress and director. She is best known for her roles as Victoria Newman on ''The Young and the Restless'' (1990 to 2003), Kelly Cramer on ''One Life to Live'' and ''All My Children'' (2003 to ...
as Holly Wright In addition, the season featured cameo appearances by
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, Mark Badgley and James Mischka, Nigel Barker,
Joy Behar Josephine Victoria "Joy" Behar (; née Occhiuto; born October 7, 1942) is an American comedian, television host, and actress. She co-hosts the ABC talk show '' The View'', on which she has appeared since the beginning of the series. For her wor ...
and
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,
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,
Adriana Lima Adriana Lima (; born 12 June 1981) is a Brazilian model. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 1999 to 2018. She was the longest-running model and named "the most valuable Victoria's Secret Angel" in 2017. She is also known as a spokesmodel fo ...
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Rachel Maddow Rachel Anne Maddow ( ; born April 1, 1973) is an American television news program host and liberal political commentator. She hosts '' The Rachel Maddow Show'', a weekly television show on MSNBC, and serves as the cable network's special event ...
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Isaac Mizrahi Isaac Mizrahi (born October 14, 1961) is an American fashion designer, actor, singer, television presenter and chief designer of the Isaac Mizrahi brand for Xcel Brands. Based in New York City, he is best known for his eponymous fashion lines. M ...
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Roberta Myers Roberta "Robbie" Myers (born November 10, 1964) is the longest-serving editor-in-chief and vice president of brand content of the US edition of the fashion media brand ''Elle''. Myers led Elle for nearly eighteen years, having been named editor- ...
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Kelly Ripa Kelly Maria Ripa (; born October 2, 1970) is an American actress and talk show host. Since 2001, she has been the co-host of the syndicated morning talk show '' Live! with Kelly and Mark'' in various formats. Her co-hosts have included Regis ...
,
Zac Posen Zachary E. Posen (; born October 24, 1980) is an American fashion designer. Early life Zachary E. Posen was born and raised in a American Jews, Jewish family in New York City, residing in the SoHo neighborhood of lower Manhattan. He is the son ...
, Antonio Sabàto Jr., Liz Smith,
Robert Verdi Robert Verdi (born August 28, 1968) is an American Entrepreneur and TV personality. He is considered a leading style expert in fashion and home design. Verdi is known as the "friendly fashionista" and gained popularity hosting the home renovatio ...
, and
Joe Zee Joe Zee (born November 23, 1968) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian fashion stylist, journalist, and producer, known for ''Entertainment Tonight'' (1981), '' FABLife'' (2015) and ''Celebrity Style Story'' (2012). Zee served as creative director of '' El ...
as themselves.


Music

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released a promotional video featuring the cast singing "
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". * Australian singer
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made a music video of "
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" showing never-before-seen footage from the third season of ''Ugly Betty''. * The iTunes Store provided a free music download of both of these features. * At the end of episode 3, Two of Cups's "Breathe" was played. * In episode 10, "Bad Amanda", an unreleased track by
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titled "Fashion" can be heard. * In the episode, "When Betty Met YETI", Lady Gaga's " Poker Face" can be heard. * In the episode "Curveball", another Lady Gaga song, "
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", can be heard.


Production

During production of season 2, the ideas for both a musical episode and a recurring guest role for
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came up. Both ideas were put on hold due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike and in the end, only Lindsay Lohan's storyline came to fruition, with Lohan making a brief uncredited cameo appearance in the season two finale "
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", before reprising the role in season 3. Shooting of the episodes moved from Los Angeles to on-location shooting in
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, where the show was set. The last time the show was shot in New York was in the
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. In addition, the season had more physical elements, especially for Betty. In an interview about the new direction the series would be taking, Silvio Horta told E!'s Kristin Dos Santos at an ABC press meeting for its show runners: “This season is going to be about growing up. We aren't going to be doing anymore child-like storylines. It is going to be about moving Betty forward." He then added more details to MediaWeek about the changes: "On ''Ugly Betty'' I think we started to veer a little too much into the romantic storyline, where it started to really become the show. And it started to just get away from what I originally wanted to do and where we originally started, which was about a girl making it in the city and her work life. So we're trying to refocus that back. But there's always temptation and you want to explore it. You want to have the opportunity to explore it. And the second you start getting too involved in it, it's like any plot line. You go in; it's very hard to get out and it takes a little longer." He later revealed that the audience would see a more evolving Betty: "Betty will solve a crime. Inject
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. Get attacked by an animal. Throw a Wilhelmina mannequin down a flight of stairs. And that's just the first three episodes."


Casting changes

It was announced before the season aired that
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would only be returning as a recurring character because of Romijn's dissatisfaction with the direction in which the writers had taken her character. It was speculated that the move was also, partially, due to Romijn's pregnancy, although ''
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'''s
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reported that it might have been a ploy to ask for a salary increase. Christopher Gorham (
Henry Grubstick This article lists the characters featured in the American ABC comedy-drama series ''Ugly Betty''. Overview Main characters Betty Suarez Betty Suarez, played by America Ferrera, is the main protagonist. Aims to run her own magazine in the f ...
) revealed to ''TV Guide'' that "the show is moving, I am not." On July 11, 2008, ''TV Guide'' confirmed that Gorham and Freddy Rodriguez would be moving on from ''Betty'' as the two actors would be making their last appearances due to other commitments; especially Gorham, who began working on
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' ''
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''. However, in a Q&A submitted to Ausiello at his webpage at ''
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'', he asked Ferrera about the absence of the two actors after they were no-shows at the Season 3 premiere party in New York City on September 12, 2008: "Betty's decision at the beginning of this season is not an ending to anything," Ferrera insisted. "It's more about huge beginnings for her. Christopher orham who we love and adore, and Freddy odriguez who is wonderful and so great on our show, are not gone orever You'll never know when they'll pop in or pop out, but they'll be around."


Episodes

Notes: * ABC placed ''Ugly Betty'' on a temporary hiatus after the March 19, 2009 episode to air ''
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'' and '' In the Motherhood'' in the 8-9PM E/P slot, but returned it after the shows complete their runs. ''Ugly Betty'' returned on April 30, 2009 to finish its 3rd season, ending with a 2-hour season finale airing on May 21, 2009.


Webisodes

For the third season, a spin-off online series called ''Mode After Hours'' accompanied the main series. The program followed Marc St. James (
Michael Urie Michael Lorenzo Urie (born August 8, 1980) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Marc St. James on the ABC comedy drama television series ''Ugly Betty'' and Brian on the Apple TV+ series '' Shrinking'', a role for which he won ...
) and
Amanda Tanen This article lists the characters featured in the American ABC comedy-drama series ''Ugly Betty''. Overview Main characters Betty Suarez Betty Suarez, played by America Ferrera, is the main protagonist. Aims to run her own magazine in the f ...
(
Becki Newton Becki Newton (born July 4, 1978) is an American actress known for her roles as Amanda Tanen on ''Ugly Betty,'' Quinn Garvey on ''How I Met Your Mother'', and Lorna Crane on '' The Lincoln Lawyer.'' Early life Newton is a first cousin once remove ...
) having fun around the ''Mode'' offices when they were not working. Thirteen 5-minute episodes were produced. *September 23, "Guadalaharahh" – Amanda and Marc make fun of Betty and Daniel respectively *September 25, "Friend-iversary VLOG" – It is the "friend-iversary" of when Marc first met Amanda, but Amanda completely forgot about it *October 9, "Bowling for Cliff" – Amanda teaches Marc how to bowl before his bowling date with Cliff *October 16, "Slumber Party Secrets" – Amanda and Marc sleep at Mode, and share some of their secrets. *October 23, "Sommers Seance" – Marc and Amanda organize a seance trying to contact her dead mother Fey *October 30, "Trapped in the Elevator" – Amanda and Marc get locked in the Mode elevator and share their darkest secrets. *October 30, Behind the Scenes Extras and Making of ''Mode After Hours'' *March 19, "Big Package" – Marc and Amanda have their own Christmas with unopened and undelivered office package. *March 23, "April Fools" – Marc and Amanda think of clever ways to trick Betty on April Fools. *March 30, "Roller Girlz" – Marc teaches Amanda how to skate in order to lose weight. *April 8, "Breaking the Band" – Marc and Amanda compete to sing at a local karaoke bar. *April 16, "London Calling" – Marc and Amanda call the Mode UK office for a YETI assignment and end up finding their British counterparts. *April 23, "When Marc Met Mandy" – Marc and Amanda flash back to the first time they ever met. *April 27, "I Spy" – Marc cancels dinner plans with Amanda to spy on his crush, Jake.


DVD release

On March 13, 2009, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment announced that the release date of ''Ugly Betty'' Season Three, subtitled "Start Spreading the News", would be September 22, 2009 in the United States and Canada. All 24 episodes were included in the set, along with additional "Betty Bloopers", alternative takes, deleted scenes and a featurette, "Coming Home to New York City", detailing the show's return to the Big Apple after having filmed the pilot there.from tvshowsondvd.com (March 13, 2009)
Among the features: * Audio Commentary * Look Who Keeps Popping Up * Coming Home to New York City * '' Mode After Hours'' – Webisodes **"Gwadalaharahh" **"The Friend-iversary VLOG" **"Bowling for Cliff" **"Slumber Party Secrets" **"Sommers Seance" **"Trapped in the Elevator" **"I Spy" **"Pank Calls" * Deleted Scenes * Betty Bloops


US ratings


UK ratings

** Overnight ratings *Ranks are for Channel 4 and E4 weekly, not for overall TV. *Note: Season 3 of ''Ugly Betty'' episodes have now started airing on Wednesday nights on Channel 4 at 10:00 pm instead of the normal Friday night 9:00 pm airing and because of this the E4 first look airing has been moved from Wednesday nights to Tuesday nights. ''Ugly Betty'' episodes will not affect or be affected by ''Big Brother'' shows/evictions. *Note: As of Monday 12, October 2009 Channel 4's airing of ''Ugly Betty'' will now be shown on Monday evenings at the normal time of 10:00 pm instead of Wednesday evenings.


References

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