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UPDATED with cause of death: Silvio Horta, who created the ABC comedy Ugly Betty and shared its 2007 Emmy nom for Outstanding Comedy Series, was found dead Tuesday at a hotel in his native Miami, and today the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner ruled that Horta died by suicide. He was 45. Horta created the U.S…

The mother and sister of Ugly Betty creator Silvio Horta, who was found dead Tuesday, paid tribute to him today, remembering their loved one as “a kind and beautiful man.” “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our dear brother and son, Silvio Horta,” his mother Anna and sister Hilda said in a…

UPDATED with Ben Silverman statement:  Ben Silverman, chairman and co-CEO of Propagate and executive producer of Ugly Betty, remembers series creator Silvio Horta as “a light.” Horta was found dead by suicide Tuesday in Miami. He was 45. “Silvio was a light — an inventive and excited collaborator,” Silverman said in a…

Fox has given a script commitment plus penalty to Move, a one-hour dance drama from Ugly Betty creator Silvio Horta, Mary J. Blige and Gail Berman’s The Jackal Group. Written by Horta, Move is inspired by the life of famed choreographer and creative director Laurieann Gibson. Move is a music-fueled dramedy that…

America Ferrera had the crowd erupting in cheers when she joked during a show reunion at ATX about "Hulu picking [Ugly Betty] back up for a two-hour special." To the crowd’s disappointment, Ferrera admitted it was a gag, but she did end up urging the crowd to start a Twitter campaign to make that joke a reality. After…

A drama project toplined by Harry Potter co-star Rupert Grint, from Ugly Betty creator Silvio Horta and Life In Pieces and Secrets & Lies producer Aaron Kaplan, has landed at NBC with a put pilot commitment. Written by Horta inspired by an idea by Kaplan, the untitled drama was developed for Grint, a big comic book…

Ugly Betty creator Silvio Horta has teamed with producer-director Brett Ratner for The Divine Monster, a twisty family drama based on the Belgian series of the same name (original title Het Goddelijke Monster). Written by Miami-born Horta, The Divine Monster chronicles the fall of the wealthy Vega family of Miami…

UPDATED: NBC continues to be ahead of the pack on pilot orders with a green light to dramas The Curse Of The Fuentes Women, from Ugly Betty creator Silvio Horta, and Love Is a Four Letter Word, from playwright-TV writer Diana Son (Blue Bloods). After its first four pilot pickups went to sister studio Universal TV…

Ugly Betty creator Silvio Horta is tapping his Latin roots for another horlong project. The Curse Of The Fuentes Women, from Horta’s Silent H Prods. and Warner Bros TV, has received a script commitment with penalty from NBC. Written/executive produced by Horta, The Curse Of The Fuentes Women is in the Latin American…

EXCLUSIVE: Six years after the debut of Ugly Betty, two of the key auspices behind the successful dramedy are reuniting for another light drama at ABC and ABC Studios about a Latino family. In a last-minute buy, the network has put in development Bastards, from Ugly Betty executive producer Salma Hayek and the show’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Ugly Betty developer/ executive producer Silvio Horta is back at ABC with a new dramedy project, this time teamed with Easy A and Friends With Benefits director Will Gluck. ABC has bought Mrs. Miller, an action comedic drama from Sony Pictures TV and Gluck’s studio-based shingle Olive Bridge Entertainment…

EXCLUSIVE: Just when we thought the trend of comedies based on blogs and Twitter feeds was cooling off, it’s back! Fox has tapped Ugly Betty creator Silvio Horta to develop a half-hour comedy based on the infamous blog Texts From Last Night. Happy Madison and Sony Pictures TV are producing. Fox has been high on the…