The series is based on the Colombian telenovela Betty La Fea and centres around the protagonist, Lotte Pronk, an business economics graduate who passed with honours and has trouble finding a job until she comes across a secretary job in an international fashion company called "Emoda", where at the same time a conflict is occurring in the business between two prospective CEOs. She begins the series mocked by many of her colleagues for being "ugly", and as the series progresses she develops confidence, moves up the ladder and explores romantic interests. The series also features on the fellow Emoda employees, and their relationships and career problems.
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Season 1
71 episodes · 2006
Lotte Pronk, a young woman from a modest background, is a brilliant business economist who graduated cum laude and has a heart of gold. Lotte's greatest flaw is her appearance—she is considered unattractive, so people tend to overlook her. Everything changes when she applies for a job at the fashion company Emoda in Zaandrecht. There, she meets Vico Maesland, the director's son, and instantly falls in love with him. Although she is initially regarded as "as ugly as the night," she gradually blossoms into a true "swan."
Season 2
69 episodes · 2006
Lotte Pronk, a young woman from a modest background, is a brilliant business economist who graduated cum laude and has a heart of gold. Lotte's greatest flaw is her appearance—she is considered unattractive, so people tend to overlook her. Everything changes when she applies for a job at the fashion company Emoda in Zaandrecht. There, she meets Vico Maesland, the director's son, and instantly falls in love with him. Although she is initially regarded as "as ugly as the night," she gradually blossoms into a true "swan."
Season 3
60 episodes · 2006
Lotte Pronk, a young woman from a modest background, is a brilliant business economist who graduated cum laude and has a heart of gold. Lotte's greatest flaw is her appearance—she is considered unattractive, so people tend to overlook her. Everything changes when she applies for a job at the fashion company Emoda in Zaandrecht. There, she meets Vico Maesland, the director's son, and instantly falls in love with him. Although she is initially regarded as "as ugly as the night," she gradually blossoms into a true "swan."
2008
Doña Bárbara is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo, Sony Pictures Television International and RTI Colombia. Edith González and Christian Meier star in this adaptation of the 1929 novel by Venezuelan author Rómulo Gallegos.
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2006
Wannabe writer Betty Suarez is a plain girl from Queens, who is smart, hardworking and savvy but lacks a fashionable sense of style. When publishing mogul Bradford Meade puts his son Daniel in charge of Mode magazine, he hires Betty to be Daniel's new assistant -- mostly because he knows that she may be the only woman in Manhattan with whom the younger man won't sleep.
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1976
Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner.
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2015
The story of a group of inspirational women in a rural Cheshire community with the shadow of World War II casting a dark cloud over their lives. As the conflict takes hold and separates the women from their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers, the characters find themselves under increasing and extraordinary pressures in a rapidly fragmenting world. By banding together as the Great Paxford Women’s Institute, they help maintain the nation’s fabric in its darkest hour, and discover inner resources that will change their lives forever.
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1999
Brooke McQueen, a popular cheerleader at Jacqueline Kennedy High School, and Sam McPherson, the editor of the school paper, are polar opposites. When their single parents unexpectedly meet and get engaged, Brooke and Sam have to deal with their new situation on top of regular teenage girl problems.
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1984
A former professional baseball player, along with his preteen daughter, moves into New York advertising executive Angela Bower's house to be both a housekeeper and a father figure to her young son. Tony 's laid-back personality contrasts with Angela's type-A behavior.
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1989
Hayden Fox, the curmudgeonly coach of Minnesota State University's Screaming Eagles football team, tries to navigate his way through the sports world, fatherhood and family life without dropping the ball.
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2019
Following an emotional breakup, tough but tender FBI super-agent Will Chase (codename: “Whiskey Cavalier”) is assigned to work with badass CIA operative Frankie Trowbridge (codename: “Fiery Tribune”). Together, they lead an inter-agency team of flawed, funny and heroic spies who periodically save the world (and each other) while navigating the rocky roads of friendship, romance and office politics.
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1972
Well-educated and upper middle class, Maude Findlay is the archetypal feminist of her generation. She lives in suburban Tuckahoe, New York, with her fourth husband, Walter, their divorced daughter, Carol, and grandson Phillip.
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2006
A behind-the-scenes look at a fictional sketch-comedy TV show.
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1977
Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.
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1979
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
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2005
Nick Cannon and an A-list celebrity lead a team of improv comedians as they compete against each other.
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1963
The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.
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1998
Welcome to Beacon Street Pizza, the perfect workplace and hangout for aimless wise-guy Berg, neurotic Pete and campus beauty Sharon. Pete and Berg are roommates and students at a local Boston university, while Sharon struggles with her work and relationships. Together, these three best friends try to navigate life and love in Boston!
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2009
Allison "Sonny" Munroe makes the leap from the Midwest to Los Angeles to join the cast of "So Random!," the most popular sketch comedy TV show for kids and tweens. Her fellow young actors are resident teen queen Tawni, super suave Nico, gregarious funnyman Grady and quirky Zora. Now Sonny must somehow balance these new friendships while adjusting to her family's decidedly different way of life in Hollywood. Meanwhile, Sonny must also contend with heartthrob Chad Dylan Cooper, star of the rival show "MacKenzie Falls," who makes it known that he thinks his dramatic work is better than her comedy career.
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2020
Owen Tillerman and his family live an unconventional life in New York's bustling Central Park, which Owen manages. Now, they'll have to fend off a wealthy hotel heiress who wants to turn the park into condos.
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1999
Dilbert, a socially awkward but highly competent engineer, works in a dysfunctional workplace. The series satirizes corporate culture, featuring clueless managers, pointless meetings, bizarre company policies, and the daily frustrations of modern office life.
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1976
Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.
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2018
Meet the Duncans, a prominent family from Jamaica, Queens. By day, they’re an upstanding family; by night, they live a dangerous secret life.
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Season 4
35 episodes · 2007
Lotte Pronk, a young woman from a modest background, is a brilliant business economist who graduated cum laude and has a heart of gold. Lotte's greatest flaw is her appearance—she is considered unattractive, so people tend to overlook her. Everything changes when she applies for a job at the fashion company Emoda in Zaandrecht. There, she meets Vico Maesland, the director's son, and instantly falls in love with him. Although she is initially regarded as "as ugly as the night," she gradually blossoms into a true "swan."
