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Gap-Toothed Jenny, And Other "Unattractive" Dramedy Pitches

Last week's strong début for ABC's Ugly Betty proves, despite all conventional TV wisdom, that there is a market for shows featuring characters who are not entirely pleasing to the eye. Though it's still too early to tell whether Betty's numbers will stay as voluptuous in the coming weeks and months, rival network executives -- never ones to let pass an opportunity to emulate another show's success -- are already mulling their own dramedic takes on plain yet plucky female characters trying to make it in the world. Here are just a few of the titles Fametracker's operatives spotted scribbled on napkins and on the backs of business cards around Los Angeles last weekend.

Hairy Stella

Gap-Toothed Jenny

Glenda And Her Bacne

Pig-Nosed Catherine

Mousy Loretta

Dumpy Sue

Ill-Favoured Phyllis

Francine With The Lazy Eye

"Striking" Hannah

Pigeon-Toed Nora

Greasy Patricia

That Girl With The One Dead Tooth -- Shelley? Sheila.

Chipmunk-Cheeked Diane

Frumpy Flora

Hunchbacked Maggie

Unfortunate-Looking Eunice

Sturdy Jean

Odette's Extremely Short Forehead

Pockmarked Elyse

No-Eyebrows Annie

Squinty Helen

Hammer-Toe Claire

Bony Caitlin

Flat-Ass Tara

Homely Jeannette

Not-That-Cute Angela

Raquel's One Really Big Right Boob

- WC