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The last time we saw the fashionable miscreants of "Ugly Betty" (second season premieres at 8 p.m. EDT on ABC), everything was a big mess: Betty's earnest paramour, Henry, went off to Arizona to be with his pregnant girlfriend; Hilda's fiancé, Carlos, was shot during a corner-store robbery; Daniel was in a car accident with his long-lost sister/brother, Alexis/Alex; and Amanda had reason to believe that Fey Sommers was her biological mother. Loyal viewers of the snappy soap will hardly care how any of these stories turn out, so long as Betty and friends continue to engage in the same colorful, clever shenanigans as always. We won't spoil any of the cliffhangers here, but rest assured that editress/villainess Wilhelmina's disaster-themed photo shoot is not to be missed.

-- H.H.

Also…

"My Name Is Earl" premieres at 8 p.m. EDT and "The Office" premieres at 9 p.m. EDT, both on NBC. And on ABC, "Grey's Anatomy" returns at 9 p.m. EDT, followed by "Big Shots," an hour-long "Sex and the City" dramedy for men, at 10 p.m. EDT.

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