As the actual magazine industry contracts and the number of scripted television series plummets, it makes sense that the number of scripted television series about magazines — fashion, sports, tabloids, whatever — dwindles, too. With that sad realization in mind, it’s time to prepare for tonight’s emotional finale of Ugly Betty and the likely extinction of this narrow genre. In a tribute to all the onscreen assistants who’ve ever gotten coffee for their villainous editors and the comically overworked journalists who rushed to meet impossible deadlines, Movieline looks back at the magazine-set shows that paved the way for Betty Suarez’s Mode magazine.
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How Did Ugly Betty Stack Up Against Television’s Other Magazine Workplaces?
