Ugly Betty season 4

The fourth and final season of the American comedy-drama television series Ugly Betty was picked up for a full season on April 23, 2009. The season premiered on October 16, 2009 and ended with the series finale on April 14, 2010.

Outside the United States, Season 4 began airing on digital channel 7TWO on April 13, 2010, in Australia, and on August 11, 2010, on E4 and Channel 4 in the UK.

The season had been shifted to the Friday night death slot and ratings for the first 8 episodes were extremely low (especially the seventh which became the all-time lowest rated episode). On December 2, 2009, ABC confirmed that Ugly Betty would be moving to Wednesday nights after Christmas 2009, due to Eastwick's cancellation. However, ratings did not improve and ABC lowered the episode count from an original 22 to 20. On January 27, 2010, ABC announced the show would not be brought back for a fifth season.

Cast
Most of the main cast from the show's third season returned for the fourth season, with the exception of Ashley Jensen. Daniel Eric Gold was promoted to the main cast as Matt Hartley, having appeared in a recurring capacity during Season 3.

Yaya DaCosta took over the recurring role of Nico Slater, who was played in the first season by Jowharah Jones.

The fourth season saw guest appearances by the brothers of two of the show's stars. Becki Newton's brother Matt Newton took on the recurring role of Marc's new boyfriend Troy, and Vanessa Williams's brother Chris Williams played drag queen "Wilheldiva Hater".

Main Cast

 * America Ferrera as Betty Suarez
 * Vanessa L. Williams as Wilhelmina Slater
 * Eric Mabius as Daniel Meade
 * Judith Light as Claire Meade
 * Michael Urie as Marc St. James
 * Becki Newton as Amanda Tanen
 * Ana Ortiz as Hilda Suarez
 * Tony Plana as Ignacio Suarez
 * Mark Indelicato as Justin Suarez
 * Daniel Eric Gold as Matt Hartley (episodes 1-11)

Recurring Cast

 * Dylan Baker as Bennett Wallis
 * Neal Bledsoe as Tyler Venton
 * Grant Bowler as Connor Owens
 * Smith Cho as Megan
 * Yaya DaCosta as Nico Slater
 * Kristen Johnston as Helen
 * Ralph Macchio as Councilman Archie Rodriguez
 * Alec Mapa as Suzuki St. Pierre
 * Piter Marek as Jonathan Vieja
 * Ryan McGinnis as Austin Marley
 * Matt Newton as Troy
 * David Rasche as Calvin Hartley
 * Adam Rodriguez as Bobby Talercio
 * Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Natalie

Guest Cast

 * Christie Brinkley as Penelope Graybridge
 * Brooklyn Decker as Lexie
 * Christine Ebersole as Frances
 * Tovah Feldshuh as Mrs. Varner
 * Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Dr. Gabe Farkus
 * Christopher Gorham as Henry Grubstick
 * Dana Ivey as Roberta
 * Ashley Jensen as Christina McKinney
 * Carol Kane as Lena Korvinka
 * Lainie Kazan as Dina Talercio
 * Sarah Lafleur as Molly Meade
 * Hamish Linklater as Evan Grant
 * Brian Stokes Mitchell as Donald Jones
 * Donna Murphy as Eve
 * Kathy Najimy as Dr. Frankel
 * Lynn Redgrave as Olivia Guillemette
 * Freddy Rodriguez as Giovanni ‘Gio’ Rossi
 * RuPaul as Rudolph
 * Rich Sommer as Jimmy Wilson
 * Fisher Stevens as Mr. Z
 * Aaron Tveit as Zachary Boule
 * Lauren Vélez as Elena Sanchez
 * Chris Williams as Wilheldiva Hater

In addition, the final season featured cameo appearances by singer Shakira, designer Brian Reyes, and drag queens Varla Jean Merman, Candi Shell, and Hedda Lettuce as themselves.

Episodes
Notes:
 * Episodes 66–74 aired on Fridays (October 16, 2009 – December 11, 2009).
 * Episodes 75–85 aired on Wednesdays (January 6, 2010 – April 14, 2010).
 * Season 4 was originally slated to have a total of 22 episodes but was reduced to 20 episodes.

DVD release
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released Ugly Betty Season Four, subtitled "From Poncho, to Honcho", on August 17, 2010 in the United States and Canada. All 20 episodes were included in the set, along with additional bonus tracks.

Among the features:
 * Betty Goes Bahamas – Follow the hilarious misadventures of Michael Urie and Becki Newton as they search for their fellow cast members during a location shoot in the Bahamas.
 * Mode After Hours – Webisodes
 * "Stress-Orcism"
 * "Role Playing"
 * "Queenseeker"
 * "Harassment of a Sexual Nature"
 * Betty Bloops
 * Deleted Scenes
 * Audio Commentary

UK Ratings
The fourth season was broadcast on Wednesday nights at 9 pm on E4, and an hour later on E4 +1. a Viewers in thousands.

All viewer figures and weekly ranks are from BARB.

Production
Production for the fourth season began in July 2009. The cast headed to The Bahamas in October 2009 to shoot the episode "The Bahamas Triangle" on location at the Atlantis Resort and Casino. The series wrapped up filming in the United Kingdom in April 2010.