Ugly Betty season 1

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
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. 

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.

DVD release
The 23 episodes, along with bonus footage and unaired extras, are featured in "Ugly Betty: The Complete First Season — The Bettyfied Edition", which is distributed internationally by Buena Vista Home Entertainment. According to TV Shows on DVD, BVHE released the six-disc set on August 21, 2007 and is available in regions 1 (United States and Canada), 2 (European territories) and 4 (Asia and Australia). The features include a look at the show's best and worst fashions, a Spanish audio track, a discussion with the cast on the show's origins, and a behind-the-scenes documentary with commentary from the production, set, and costume designers on the program. The discs are presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and have a total running time of 992 minutes/946 minutes R4.

Among the features:
 * "Becoming Ugly"
 * America Ferrera and the cast discuss what it means to get Bettyfied
 * "A La MODE"
 * Behind-the-scenes with production, set and costume designers to discover how the world of MODE was created
 * "Green is the New Black"
 * See the high fashion of Manhattan and coziness of Queens all created on a Hollywood sound stage
 * Deleted scenes
 * Audio commentaries
 * Bloopers

Soundtrack
The first season of the series included the following songs:


 * Suddenly I See by KT Tunstall
 * I Like It A Lot by Princess Superstar
 * She Works Hard for the Money by Donna Summer
 * Wanna Fly by Vassy
 * In The Car Crash by Swayzak
 * Love Me or Hate Me by Lady Sovereign
 * Buttons by Pussycat Dolls
 * Hips Don't Lie by Shakira
 * La Cubanita by Los Ninos De Sara
 * Keep Ya Body Movin' by Dance Dance Revolution
 * Can I Get Get Get by Junior Senior
 * Beauty and the Beast by Angela Lansbury
 * Right Back Where We Started From by Maxine Nightingale
 * Machine Gun by The Commodores
 * Latin Lover by Lemon
 * Season of the Witch by Luna
 * Bad Girls by Donna Summuer
 * The Glamorous Life by Sheila E
 * A Marshmallow World by Dean Martin
 * Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town by The Chipmunks
 * Mambo Santa Mambo by The Enchanters
 * Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Red Baron Remix) by Berlin Symphony Orchestra
 * Love Theme by Jeff Beal
 * Broken heart by Jeff Beal
 * Bebot by Black Eyed Peas
 * We Share Our Mother's Health by The Knife
 * 9 to 5 by Lady Sovereign
 * The Weekend by Michael Gray
 * I Got You Babe by Sonny and Cher
 * Lovely 2 C U by Goldfrapp
 * Because I'm Awesome by The Dollyrots
 * Fame by David Bowie
 * Shake by Mainline
 * Ooh by Scissor Sisters
 * I Know What Boys Like by The Waitresses
 * Kiss And Say Goodbye by Steve Brookstein
 * Tomorrow by Aileen Quinn
 * What Goes Around...Comes Around by Justin Timberlake
 * Super Freak by Rick James
 * You Give Me Something by James Morrison
 * Do Right Man by Aretha Franklin
 * Turn to Real Life by Shiny Toy Guns
 * Boys Wanna Be Her by Peaches
 * Orange Sky by Alexi Murdoch
 * Chariots of Fire by Vangelis
 * I Am Ready by Counting Crows
 * Colorblind by Counting Crows
 * Grace Kelly by Mika
 * Here I Come by Fergie
 * Hot Like Wow by Space Cowboy Feat. Nadia Oh
 * Running Away by Space Cowboy Feat. Nadia Oh
 * Glamorous (Space Cowboy Remix) by Fergie
 * We Luv You by Unkle Jam
 * Mas Que Nada by Sergio Mendes feat. The Black Eyed Peas
 * Departure by William Bradford Mersereau Jr.
 * Eye of the Tiger by Survivor
 * This is Not a Test by Oppenheimer
 * We Will Rock You by Queen
 * Sonido Total by Pinker Tones
 * La Gallina by Ozomatli
 * The Way We Were by Dave Koz feat. Vanessa L. Williams