ABC Television To Boot "Ugly Betty" From March 26

Beginning March 26, ABC television is booting "Ugly Betty" and replacing it with episodes of "Samantha Who?" and the new Megan Mullally-Cheryl Hines comedy "In the Motherhood."

"Ugly Betty will return to Thursday nights at 8:00 p.m. following the run of In the Motherhood and Samantha Who?" say a press release by the network. "Ugly Betty" stars America Ferrera, Eric Mabius, Ashley Jensen, Vanessa Williams and Tony Plana, just to name a few of the actors. It is aired at 8 pm on Thursday nights.

In the latest Nielson overnight ratings, "Ugly Betty" fell to third place in its time-slot, behind "Bone's" on FOX and a "CSI" repeat on CBS. For the night of January 22, "Ugly Betty" only drew 7.5 million viewers, and a rating share of 2.4/7 in the 18-49 year old demographic.

"Motherhood" story lines will be inspired by the experiences of actual moms where they can share their experiences ranging from potty-training, play-date and stretch-mark experiences on the Web site Inthemotherhood.com, ABC said in a press release.