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One Thursday evening three and a half years ago “Ugly Betty” beat “Survivor.” This generated a zillion stories about how “Survivor” was on its way out.
Yesterday “Survivor” received early renewals for a 21st and 22nd season, and today ABC gave the “Ugly Betty” the designer boot. Says ABC:
We’ve mutually come to the difficult decision to make this Ugly Betty’s final season, and are announcing now as we want to allow the show ample time to write a satisfying conclusion. We are extremely proud of this groundbreaking series, and felt it was important to give the fans a proper farewell.
Though "Betty" has improved slightly since moving from Fridays to Wednesdays, repeats of “Modern Family” routinely garner roughly the same 18-49 audience as new episodes of the America Ferrera dramedy. Here’s how it ranks in 18-49 among ABC series this season:
4.7 (4.8) (-----) (----) (0.7) (1.1) (1.4) (----) (----) (5.1) (5.6) (5.1) (5.2) (5.3) (5.0) (5.4) (6.1) (6.7) Grey’s Anatomy
4.2 (3.2) (4.1) (1.3) (1.9) (1.8) (3.8) (2.3) (2.5) (3.7) (----) (3.5) (3.7) (3.4) (3.6) (3.4) (3.8) (4.2) Modern Family
---- (----) (----) (----) (-----) (-----) (----) (----) (4.0) (3.9) (3.4) (3.4) (3.6) (3.6) (3.5) (3.5) (3.7) (4.1) Dancing With The Stars
3.9 (3.8) (3.7) (3.3) (----) (----) (----) (----) (-----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) The Bachelor
1.3 (3.8) (4.7) (5.3) (----) (1.2) (----) (4.9) (4.4) (----) (5.0) (4.4) (5.0) (4.7) (4.6) (4.6) (5.0) (4.7) Desperate Housewives
3.6 (4.2) (-----) (----) (----) (0.9) (1.2) (3.2) (-----) (3.1) (3.9) (3.4) (3.6) (3.7) (3.8) (3.6) (4.6) (----) Private Practice
3.4 (3.1) (3.3) (1.1) (1.2) (1.7) (2.8) (1.8) (1.9) (3.2) (----) (2.8) (3.2) (3.1) (3.3) (3.2) (3.8) (4.4) Cougar Town
---- (-----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (3.1) (3.1) (3.8) (5.0) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (-----) V
3.0 (2.8) (2.6) (----) (----) (1.0) (1.1) (2.1) (1.6) (2.7) (2.5) (2.4) (2.4) (2.5) (2.4) (2.4) (2.2) (2.2) Castle
---- (2.6) (3.5) (3.5) (----) (----) (----) (3.7) (2.9) (----) (3.2) (2.9) (3.3) (3.3) (3.2) (3.0) (3.2) (3.0) Brothers & Sisters
2.5 (1.8) (3.3) (3.3) (----) (----) (3.1) (3.0) (3.0) (----) (3.7) (3.0) (3.3) (3.0) (3.0) (3.0) (3.4) (3.1) Extreme Makeover: HE
---- (----) (----) (----) (----) (1.0) (2.1) (----) (2.4) (2.6) (2.6) (2.7) (3.1) (3.1) (3.0) (3.7) (4.0) (----) FlashForward
1.7 (2.1) (2.6) (1.2) (1.8) (1.6) (2.5) (2.0) (1.7) (2.4) (----) (1.8) (2.2) (2.0) (2.1) (2.1) (2.6) (----) The Middle (8:30)
1.8 (-----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) The Deep End
1.5 (1.7) (1.8) (2.7) (----) (1.7) (2.2) (2.0) (2.1) (1.8) (2.3) (2.0) (2.0) (2.3) (1.9) (2.2) (2.2) (----) AFH Videos
1.6 (1.6) (-----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (1.7) (1.5) (1.9) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (-----) Modern Family (8 p.m.)
---- (1.6) (1.4) (-----) (-----) (----) (----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) Shark Tank
---- (1.6) (1.1) (----) (-----) (1.1) (1.2) (-----) (0.9) (-----) (1.4) (1.3) (1.3) (1.1) (----) (----) (----) (----) Supernanny
1.6 (1.6) (1.6) (-----) (-----) (----) (1.3) (1.2) (0.9) (----) (1.2) (1.2) (1.1) (1.2) (1.4) (----) (----) (----) Ugly Betty
0.7 (0.8) (1.5) (-----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) Scrubs (8pm)
1.5 (1.4) (2.3) (1.7) (----) (1.7) (1.7) (1.6) (1.7) (1.8) (2.0) (2.8) (1.7) (1.6) (2.0) (1.5) (1.7) (2.3) 20/20
---- (-----) (-----) (----) (----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (1.3) (----) (1.5) (1.6) (1.6) (2.1) (----) Hank
1.3 (1.2) (1.4) (1.0) (1.3) (1.8) (2.3) (2.0) (-----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) Scrubs
1.2 (0.9) (1.2) (1.0) (1.0) (1.3) (1.5) (-----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) Better Off Ted
---- (----) (----) (-----) (1.2) (1.3) (1.5) (2.0) (2.9) (-----) (-----) (----) (----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) Find My Family
0.9 (1.2) (----) (----) (1.2) (1.0) (1.2) (1.2) (-----) (1.8) (----) (1.9) (2.0) (1.9) (2.0) (1.9) (2.0) (2.6) The Forgotten
---- (----) (----) (1.0) (-----) (1.3) (-----) (1.3) (1.1) (----) (----) (1.5) (1.8) (1.6) (1.7) (1.8) (2.3) (3.0) Eastwick
Note that "Scrubs," "Better Off Ted" and "The Forgotten" all get lower ratings than "Betty" but have not yet formally received cancellation notices.
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4.2 (3.2) (4.1) (1.3) (1.9) (1.8) (3.8) (2.3) (2.5) (3.7) (----) (3.5) (3.7) (3.4) (3.6) (3.4) (3.8) (4.2) Modern Family
---- (----) (----) (----) (-----) (-----) (----) (----) (4.0) (3.9) (3.4) (3.4) (3.6) (3.6) (3.5) (3.5) (3.7) (4.1) Dancing With The Stars
3.9 (3.8) (3.7) (3.3) (----) (----) (----) (----) (-----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) The Bachelor
1.3 (3.8) (4.7) (5.3) (----) (1.2) (----) (4.9) (4.4) (----) (5.0) (4.4) (5.0) (4.7) (4.6) (4.6) (5.0) (4.7) Desperate Housewives
3.6 (4.2) (-----) (----) (----) (0.9) (1.2) (3.2) (-----) (3.1) (3.9) (3.4) (3.6) (3.7) (3.8) (3.6) (4.6) (----) Private Practice
3.4 (3.1) (3.3) (1.1) (1.2) (1.7) (2.8) (1.8) (1.9) (3.2) (----) (2.8) (3.2) (3.1) (3.3) (3.2) (3.8) (4.4) Cougar Town
---- (-----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (3.1) (3.1) (3.8) (5.0) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (-----) V
3.0 (2.8) (2.6) (----) (----) (1.0) (1.1) (2.1) (1.6) (2.7) (2.5) (2.4) (2.4) (2.5) (2.4) (2.4) (2.2) (2.2) Castle
---- (2.6) (3.5) (3.5) (----) (----) (----) (3.7) (2.9) (----) (3.2) (2.9) (3.3) (3.3) (3.2) (3.0) (3.2) (3.0) Brothers & Sisters
2.5 (1.8) (3.3) (3.3) (----) (----) (3.1) (3.0) (3.0) (----) (3.7) (3.0) (3.3) (3.0) (3.0) (3.0) (3.4) (3.1) Extreme Makeover: HE
---- (----) (----) (----) (----) (1.0) (2.1) (----) (2.4) (2.6) (2.6) (2.7) (3.1) (3.1) (3.0) (3.7) (4.0) (----) FlashForward
1.7 (2.1) (2.6) (1.2) (1.8) (1.6) (2.5) (2.0) (1.7) (2.4) (----) (1.8) (2.2) (2.0) (2.1) (2.1) (2.6) (----) The Middle (8:30)
1.8 (-----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) The Deep End
1.5 (1.7) (1.8) (2.7) (----) (1.7) (2.2) (2.0) (2.1) (1.8) (2.3) (2.0) (2.0) (2.3) (1.9) (2.2) (2.2) (----) AFH Videos
1.6 (1.6) (-----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (1.7) (1.5) (1.9) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (-----) Modern Family (8 p.m.)
---- (1.6) (1.4) (-----) (-----) (----) (----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) Shark Tank
---- (1.6) (1.1) (----) (-----) (1.1) (1.2) (-----) (0.9) (-----) (1.4) (1.3) (1.3) (1.1) (----) (----) (----) (----) Supernanny
1.6 (1.6) (1.6) (-----) (-----) (----) (1.3) (1.2) (0.9) (----) (1.2) (1.2) (1.1) (1.2) (1.4) (----) (----) (----) Ugly Betty
0.7 (0.8) (1.5) (-----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) Scrubs (8pm)
1.5 (1.4) (2.3) (1.7) (----) (1.7) (1.7) (1.6) (1.7) (1.8) (2.0) (2.8) (1.7) (1.6) (2.0) (1.5) (1.7) (2.3) 20/20
---- (-----) (-----) (----) (----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (1.3) (----) (1.5) (1.6) (1.6) (2.1) (----) Hank
1.3 (1.2) (1.4) (1.0) (1.3) (1.8) (2.3) (2.0) (-----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) Scrubs
1.2 (0.9) (1.2) (1.0) (1.0) (1.3) (1.5) (-----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) Better Off Ted
---- (----) (----) (-----) (1.2) (1.3) (1.5) (2.0) (2.9) (-----) (-----) (----) (----) (-----) (----) (----) (----) (----) Find My Family
0.9 (1.2) (----) (----) (1.2) (1.0) (1.2) (1.2) (-----) (1.8) (----) (1.9) (2.0) (1.9) (2.0) (1.9) (2.0) (2.6) The Forgotten
---- (----) (----) (1.0) (-----) (1.3) (-----) (1.3) (1.1) (----) (----) (1.5) (1.8) (1.6) (1.7) (1.8) (2.3) (3.0) Eastwick
CHEAPEST LOST EVER!!
$16.99 Season One!!
$16.99 Season Two!!
$19.99 Season Four!!
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always hated that america girl...
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Dunno about Ugly Betty, 'cause I've never seen it.
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this show and it's star was the talk of the country 2 years ago.
i never watched it. but i do watch modern family, which is a riot. -
such a funny show. all the characters are great. really enjoy it.i'll be sad if Better off Ted is canceled (though I expect it to be). At least we got two seasons of it. It's really great too though. I don't know why ABC wouldn't put it in the "Hank" 8pm timeslot for wednesday.
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Been perfect for British TV with a limited run of about a dozen or so episodes.
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This show was actually really really good. I will miss it!
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Really liked this show for awhile but it just doesn't seem to be going anywhere.
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Yep. Just popped in to say: "good riddance!" You're next, Better Off Ted!
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better off ted is a half hour comedy. is it supposed to have some over-arching storyline?
modern family doesn't seem to be going anywhere. Same with the Middle, Community, 30 rock, etc. They're all just about different experiences in different environments -
...who watches "Ugly Betty." Who the fuck is their audience?
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...survive. Just one more season. Come on, Mr. ABC, I'll buy the boxset.
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I thought not.
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It's not bad. It's not great TV either but i can see why people like it. My wife will be sad to see it go. At least they are letting them wrap up the story.
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Does the nation go to sleep at 10? Outside of those too old to change the channel from CBS...
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It's one of the best shows on TV. and although this news saddens me, as long as they tie everything up I'm fine with it.
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has anyone else been watching Archer?
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i've been getting into Castle too. It's not a bad show.
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It had such a wonderful finale last season and they bring it back to try and milk it.
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The "workplace-as-family" comedy has kind of peaked with The Office and 30 Rock. Thats why "family-as-family/friends-as-family" comedies like The Middle, Modern Family, and CougarTown have succeeded. Better Off Ted, as funny as it can be, was just off the mark by about five years.
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but this is a typical example of what happens when a network moves a show around... but whatever, now get the Forgotten off the air please
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I've been trying to get into Archer, but having a problem much like The League. I get the funny, but if I miss an episode (or 2 or 3), I don't care. Now, It's Always Sunny...that series could air year round. I wish FX would expand the number of episodes just a few more each season.
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it was a remake. it didn't break any ground, it had already been in the air for like 10 years or something. wtf?
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I hear you about It's Always Sunny... pound for pound the best comedy on TV today (in my humble, elitist, douchebag comedy snob opinion).
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Which is a shame, because she has a normal body makeup that is nice to see.
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design, business atmosphere(fashion industry), and two major characters behavior, it was the gayest series since Will & Grace.
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Jan 27, 2010 5:52:06 PM CST
Look for Lifetime Network or Oxygen to pick it up!
by hollywoodhellraiser
No way is this show done!
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turn into a massive diva?
I read somewhere that she became a full court cunt
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make THAT Oxygen...
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and therein lies the problem
Betty chick bought in to all her press
No problem though
Lots o' jobs in hollyweird for really plain chicks -
People still watch that dreck?
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I don't know a single person who watches ANY show that is talked about on this site. It limits my opportunities for conversation.
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Its easily one of the five funniest shows on TV right now. Is ABC's Tuesday really so bad that no one wants any part of it?
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For some reason, my regular viewing of Ugly Betty dropped to nil when the girlfriend dumped me.
I blame a conspiracy of the saucer people in concert with the reverse-vampires. -
Holy fucking SHIT.
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Last year on fire, this year barely a sizzle, a shame and odd, do they just forget how to write shows or intentionally self sabotage?
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doggy style...love that fat ass
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A show that is way too good for network TV. Meanwhile, thank God Betty is dead.
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Damn good first season, meh s2 and s3, and a pertty near-great return to form this year.
It's a pretty difficult show to like if you're not into its aesthetic, but it brightens my day every once in a while. -
WOW...I didn't think the sound of millions of gay men and forever-single women weeping in unison would be THAT annoying.
The dismantling of ABC's bold 3 y.o. All-Vagina lineup continues. Can we pray that Brothers & Sisters, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice and DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES join the ranks of Samantha Who?, Lipstick Jungle, Women's Murder Club, Men in Trees and Dirty Sexy Money? Heck, even Eli Stone & Pushing Daisies were chick shows that guys (like me) happened to find a bit palatable.
YIKES...looking at that list of shows makes me want to go change my pad. -
Never really watched it past the first season, after all the hype had died down and it lost it's spark. Just as long as NBC keep 30 Rock going, I'm happy. I swear, that's your best TV export since Frasier.
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Make sure to get an iPad, I hear they are the newest of the high tech feminine products!
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I got nothing.
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...for what it was: A compromise show when your wife wants to watch Lifetime and you want to watch SyFy... Actually, my wife is the bigger sci-fi geek than me. She likes all the bad sci-fi shows and I like all the good ones. :)
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Thank God they finally pulled the plug. Concept of zany and stereotypical workers in the fashion industry was pummelled into our brains over and over with no evolution or change over the years. Horrible, lazy writing as the show went on, and deserved to be cancelled. Good riddance.
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....America will vanish from our collective conscious. What an annoying, vain, pompous actress. She'll basically be appearing in a Lifetime movie once a year from here on in if she's lucky. Or perhaps Sister of the Travelling Pants parts 3 - 10.
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I heard that this week's episode was the last one to air. Fresco should aim his next project at cable; his humor doesn't work on network TV. Mod Family is good, the writing as well as the cast.How was Betty groundbreaking, when it was a rehash of an existing show?
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After the first season it just kind of lurched around. But nothing left TV has better banter.
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Jan 28, 2010 8:23:37 AM CST
Any chance of explaining what the fuck all that nonsense means?
by bileranter
Right now it looks like a DNA breakdown of my morning shit.
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I like that show. It's not quite as funny as it thinks it is, but the episodes are very enjoyable and the cast is great. Every now and then it hits a joke perfectly and I remember why I'm watching. If it is cancelled I will be watching exactly one ABC show regularly: LOST. I liked V when it started to get going, despite ABCs retarded "pod" idea, but I'm sure the show will be a mangled THING when it returns in March.
Time to face it, the networks are dead. Besides NBC Thursday and Modern Family, not one show is worth a shit this year. 24 is embarrassing now, and House has been stuck running in circles all season. Thank God for FX and HBO on Netflix. -
I remember, about two years ago, thinking how impressive American television comedy had become. How three shows, "Ugly Betty", "Pushing Daisies" and "Scrubs" each created their own reality, created thier own very funny satirical world full of wit and heart. Some had bright colors, some had overtly gay sensibilities. But all were expertly written and wonderfully acted by players who all seemed to somehow be on the same page. All three were very different but all three upped the ante just a little bit. Now, all were favorites, but not THE favorite (that would be the 'almost' real world "The Office") and I even gave up on "Scrubs" after awhile. But I'm still impressed with them and think that their collective absence from our TV's will make the medium a little lesser for awhile.
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Yes, but they air two seasons a year - one in Fall, one in Spring. Still, that's 10 years on TV."Right now it looks like a DNA breakdown of my morning shit."Scrolling past quickly to get to the bottom I was reminded of the early days of computers, when images were created using letters, numbers, and punctuation. Stand back from that jumbled mess above, squint and you can see the sailboat.
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Actually, I think it looks like Mickey Mouse's dog with his tongue sticking out.
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I think, "damn that Ellen is a lucky woman."
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This seems to be a particular problem of Latinas. They're the sweetest girls in the world to start, but give them even a modicum of fame and fortune and they all end up giving JLo a run for her money in the beotch category. What up with that, anyway?
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Magazine folds. Owners commit suicide. Betty ends up working at KFC. Reality hits America.
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Good riddance, that network is a failboat full of shit shows, even their promos are annoying as fuck. If Flash Forward improves and is still on next year I'll continue to torrent that, and that's about it. No more ABC appointment TV (Yeah, I'm too much of a cheap ass to get a dvr right now, why bother when there's the internet).
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But sources say that America is the root of all the shows problems. Interesting, as I thought the root of the shows problems was that it was a one trick pony and got boring pretty fast.Interesting the America literally chased Lindsey Lohan from her guest stint on the show. Catty!
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America Ferrera? Fuck that fat pig. I go to Modern Family for my Latina fix.
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SERIOUSLY?
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Holy shit, some hotties on there. DAT ASS.
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But I can't verify at the moment ...
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It makes it sound like it's been on as long as The Simpsons and it's not even close.
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just got more boring. when hilda's boyfriend got shot. i thought wow. there is something dark and radical. the atmosphere around that ep was dark and forboding with a lightining storm in the offing. nobody has mentioned that the real star is vanessa williams. but all the air has gone out of this flat tire of a show. I loved all of williams skuldduggery.
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...there goes one hour of time to catch up on my DVR recordings.
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