According to a Deadline article Ugly Betty stars Micheal Urie (Goodrich, Maestro) and Beckie Newton (Otherhood, August Rush) have reunited again to give fans and audiences a podcast about the classic ABC sitcom. The podcast titled Still Ugly is a rewatch podcast where Urie and Newton will go through the show a recall funny memories. The show ran for four seasons from 2006 to 2010, and starred actress America Ferrera (Dumb Money, Barbie). 

According to Deadline the show centers around Betty Suarez played by Ferrera and her journey as she becomes the assistant to a editor in chief played by Daniel Meade (Young Hercules, Jackson’s Wharf) for Mode fashion magazine. Urie plays an assistant as well who very catty and rude, and so does Newton. According to Deadline they “bond over their love of fashion, celebrity and teasing Betty, providing plenty of hilarious quips through the years.”

Deadline also goes on to say that Newton and Urie’s bond was unexpected. “The bond was unwritten,” says Deadline. The show which was developed by Silvio Horta (Urban Legend, The Furies). In an interview with Deadline Urie says that it was no plan that Marc who is his character and Amanda which is Newtons character were going to be a pair. He goes on to say that producers started to catch on to the chemistry between the two and how they wanted it to stick throughout the show.

In the interview with Deadline Urie says ” it was like Episode 3 or 4 where Becki and I had like a three-line exchange in a scene. There was just like a side exchange, not an important part of the scene at all, and we turned it into like a 10-line exchange, and a producer clocked it and said, ‘OK, these two, this is something. Let’s keep going back to this well.”

Although they have both gone on to different shows Urie and Newton have found the joy in coming back together. Deadline says that it was because of the roles that they are playing now that they were able to come back together. Both actors are playing lawyers. Urie who getting ready to return for season 3 of Shrinking, and Newton who is join gin season 4 of Lincoln Lawyer.

As for the podcast Urie and Newton have talked about having people from the cast come on the show. Urie told Deadline that “We talked about every single episode”. There may even be a reboot in the works but, it is unclear on when the podcast will release.