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Showing posts with label ABC. Show all posts

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Bye-bye Ugly Betty.



She may have been 'ugly' (by what standards I'm not certain). She may have worn inappropriately bold ponchos to the workplace. But I definitely didn't expect such an early departure from 'Ugly Betty.' Granted, I was not one of the show's biggest fans. I recall watching the entire first season one evening on Hulu when I couldn't fall asleep and never really finding myself able to engage with the show's slightly corny humor again. But still--the idea of a humble, true-to-herself, young lady from some outer borough of Manhattan (was it Queens or the Bronx, I can't remember now) making it--was appealing and inspiring. In honor of the show's cancellation by its network, ABC, I may wear a brightly colored, ill-fitting shirt tomorrow--one that says 'I may have bad style, but it's my own goshdarnit, and you better take me as I am. Because my ugly self is probably smarter than your well-heeled version.'

Monday, September 28, 2009

Boob Tube: Modern Family

Gay couple with adopted Asian baby. Check.
Al Bundy, two decades later. Check.
Quirky family dynamics even quirkier than my own. Check.

Best new show on TV...ABC's Modern Family.