this just in from the ugly betty news website:

January 14th, 2009
Ugly Betty Preempted Tomorrow!

Here’s news you need to know. ABC is preempting Ugly Betty tomorrow (1/15) to air President Bush’s final address to the nation. Hat tip - Angel25. (Who ALWAYS seems to get the press releases before I do!). The address is only supposed to be 15 minutes, so ABC is instead running a couple of episodes of “Scrubs”.

The schedule for will “slide”. Episode 3.12 (Sisters on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) will now air on January 22. Episode 3.14 (Kissed Off) will move to February 5.

I am assuming that the rebraodcast of Betty Suarez Land will still happen on 1/29 (is there some event going on that night that ABC doesn’t want to waste a new UB episiode?) I am also assuming that the two subsequent episodes, 3.14 (The Courship of Betty’s Father) and 3.15 (There’s No Place Like Mode) will slide to a week later than their original scheduled dates, but ABC hasn’t said so officially yet.

I guess we should consider ourselves lucky - this is the first time (that I can remember) that Ugly Betty has been preempted in 2 1/2 seasons so far. Heck, I haven’t even had a local weather event preempt the show during my live blogs. (Knock on wood).

So, mark our calendars - episode 3.12 moves to next week!

Tom

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