Zero Worship

"**Zero Worship**"
"Zero Worship"
Ugly Betty episode
Episode no.	Season 2; Episode 11
Directed by	Ron Underwood
Written by	Dawn DeKeyser
Production code	211
Original air date	January 10, 2008
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"Zero Worship" is the 11th episode in the second season, and the 34th episode overall, of the American dramedy series Ugly Betty, which aired on January 10, 2008. The episode was written by Dawn DeKeyser and directed by Ron Underwood.

Plot

Amanda turns to a psychic in her quest to find her birth father; Betty wants Daniel to use models of all shapes and sizes at Fashion Week after Justin's friends get a different impression on their class tour of Mode, but Alexis proves an obstacle due to her domineering ways. Meanwhile, Wilhelmina is hormonal and trying to find someone to be a surrogate mother for her baby.

Production

This episode was supposed to make its airing debut on January 3, 2008, but last minute schedule changes pushed its airing back a week.^[1]

Reception

In TV Guide's "Ask Matt" column, Matt Roush touted this episode as one of his favorites.^[2]

Ratings

The episode would go on to win its timeslot with a 6.7/11 share^[3] and more than 10 million viewers tuning in.^[4] However, in the January 7th-13th 2008 Nielsen weekly ratings it came in 27th, with Fox's Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, which aired opposite Betty, edging the episode out by nearly 100,000 viewers.^[5]

References

^ From The Futon Critic (December 20, 2007)
^ From TV Guide (January 11, 2008)
^ From Zap2it.com (January 11, 2008) Archived January 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ From TV Guide (January 11, 2008) Archived January 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Week of January 7th-13th/2008 complete ratings". Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv. Usenet: mbrqo39h93kr5acme0b8b3nqclgb48ni7e@4ax.com.

Also starring

Alec Mapa as Suzuki St. Pierre
Wendy Benson as Veronica
Juliette Goglia as Hilary
Derek Riddell as Stuart McKinney

[1] From The Futon Critic (December 20, 2007)

[2] From TV Guide (January 11, 2008)

[3] From Zap2it.com (January 11, 2008) Archived January 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[4] From TV Guide (January 11, 2008) Archived January 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[5] "Week of January 7th-13th/2008 complete ratings". Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv. Usenet: mbrqo39h93kr5acme0b8b3nqclgb48ni7e@4ax.com.

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v t e Ugly Betty episodes
Season 1	"Pilot" "The Box and the Bunny" "Queens for a Day" "Fey's Sleigh Ride" "The Lyin', the Watch and the Wardrobe" "Trust, Lust, and Must" "After Hours" "Four Thanksgivings and a Funeral" "Lose the Boss" "Fake Plastic Snow" "Swag" "Sofia's Choice" "In or Out" "I'm Coming Out" "Brothers" "Derailed" "Icing on the Cake" "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" "Punch Out" "Petra-Gate" "Secretaries' Day" "A Tree Grows in Guadalajara" "East Side Story"
Season 2	"How Betty Got Her Grieve Back" "Family/Affair" "Betty's Wait Problem" "Grin and Bear It" "A League of Their Own" "Something Wicked This Way Comes" "A Nice Day for a Posh Wedding" "I See Me, I.C.U." "Giving Up the Ghost" "Bananas for Betty" "Zero Worship" "Odor in the Court" "A Thousand Words Before Friday" "Twenty Four Candles" "Burning Questions" "Betty's Baby Bump" "The Kids Are Alright" "Jump"
Season 3	"The Manahattan Project" "Filing for the Enemy" "Crimes of Fashion" "Betty Suarez Land" "Granny Pants" "Ugly Berry" "Crush'd" "Tornado Girl" "When Betty Met YETI" "Bad Amanda" "Dressed for Success" "Sisters on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" "Kissed Off" "The Courtship of Betty's Father" "There's No Place Like Mode" "Things Fall Apart" "Sugar Daddy" "A Mother of a Problem" "The Sex Issue" "Rabbit Test" "The Born Identity" "In the Stars" "Curveball" "The Fall Issue"
Season 4	"The Butterfly Effect" "Blue on Blue" "The Weiner, the Bun, and the Boob" "Plus None" "Backseat Betty" "Level (7) with Me" "The Bahamas Triangle" "Be-Shure" "The Passion of the Betty" "Back in Her Place" "Blackout!" "Chica and the Man" "Smokin' Hot" "Fire and Nice" "All the World's a Stage" "Million Dollar Smile" "London Calling" "The Past Presents the Future" "Hello Goodbye"