Well, we're sure this must soften the blow!!

Although only having just lost their jobs, the cast members of freshly axed Ugly Betty are already at the top of casting executives' wish lists for new televisions shows about to start production for next season!

Cast members Eric Mabius, Becki Newton, Vanessa Williams, Michael Urie, and Ana Ortiz are all reportedly being courted by broadcast executives, looking to hire them for the upcoming pilot season, which generally goes from March-April.

Now that she's put away the braces, America Ferrera is apparently hoping to focus on only film roles now.

Says casting executive Marc Hirschfeld,

"The networks and casting directors in Hollywood are looking very closely at the casts that have or will become available on shows like Dollhouse, Ugly Betty, Nip/Tuck, Three Rivers and Lost and bubble shows like Scrubs and Better Off Ted to cherry-pick up."

It's disappointing to see the talented cast of Ugly Betty have to leave their HIGHlarious roles behind, but at least they'll be able to continue working!

Best of luck to all of them!

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Pobrecita!

A switch to Wednesday night from Fridays did NOT help Ugly Betty in the ratings one bit!

The show drew just over 5 million viewers and easily got beat by not only The People's Choice Awards, but The Jay Leno Show, too!

Ouch!

We smell a cancellation!

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Things aren't looking good for the once-loved ABC show!

Ugly Betty literally hit a new low on Friday drawing in only 4.5 million viewers, beating out the low ratings they received last week with 4.55 million viewers.

Dateline had this highest numbers of the night with 7.95 million followed by CBS' Medium at 7.69 million.

Could this be Betty's last year at Mode?

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So fun!

The cast of Ugly Betty were busy "working" this week at the Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas, shooting scenes for the upcoming fourth season of the ABC comedy.

Getting paid the big $$$$ to romp around with seals and dolphins???

Not too shabby!

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Muy fabuloso, ladies!

The always-stunning Alexis Bledel and America Ferrera came out to support their Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants costar, Amber Tamblyn, at her book release party in NYC last night.

Her book, Bang Ditto, is a biographical collection of poetry and prose chronicling her life in LaLa Land.

Yikes!

Although, they were one Gossip Girl short of a their original clan!

Where was Blake Lively hiding?!

It figures! We don't peg her as much of a reader anyway!

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Well, who doesn't?

Though, we don't think we like them enough to dress like one, as America Ferrera is clearly doing while on the set of Ugly Betty Tuesday afternoon in New York. Of course, if we got paid as much as she surely does, we don't think we'd mind too much.

Then again, it looks really hot and we bet it smells in that thing. Eck!

Do you think this is what she imagined she would be doing when she decided she wanted to be an actress?

Probably not.

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Ugly Betty, who was never really that ugly, has received the typical fairy tale movie makeover and as such, she gets to kiss the handsome prince!

The paps caught America Ferrera planting a big wet one on co-star Daniel Eric Gold on the set yesterday in New York.

Oh Betty, we love you just the way you are!

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Damn! 

America Ferrera looks really pretty darn cute on the set of Ugly Betty! 

The execs over at ABC weren't kidding when they said that they were going to give Betty a makeover!  Ain't no Ugly there.

As we mentioned last week, the execs have been testing her new look on focus groups.  One member of a focus group said that the new Betty is "classier, but still far from perfect." 

We think she looks pretty close to perfect.

What do U think of the new Betty? 

Are you disappointed Ugly Betty is ugly no more?

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Brace yourself Ugly Betty fans. There's a big change coming this season!

The execs behind Betty have finally decided to give America Ferrera's character a real makeover!

And they're taking their job pretty seriously.

According to reports, ABC has already held focus groups to get viewer opinions on Betty's new look. And there's two to choose from.

The focus groups are watching clips from early in the season ,which feature Betty in her new role as Mode's associate features editor. And the test audiences have to choose if they like Betty in a short-sleeved black dress or a Chanel-looking pink suit.

They also need to comment on her new hair, the better makeup, and no more crazy eyebrows. And, of course, opinions on her infamous braces being removed or not.

One of the focus group members commented that “She looks a lot classier, but she’s still far from perfect.”

What do U think? Is it too soon to give Betty a makeover or about time?

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