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Looks like Ugly Betty might just be getting a long-term love interest. For now, anyway. ABC has announced that Christopher Gorham ( Popular, Jake 2.0 ) has joined the cast of dramedy Ugly Betty in a recurring role, after appearing as a guest star on two episodes of the hit freshman series. Gorham will play nerdy accountant Henry, who has a thing for our Guadalajara poncho-wearing protagonist. Should the character gel with the storyline (and, one suspects, the audience), there is a possibility that Gorham could join the cast full-time as a regular next season. Meanwhile, ABC has also announced another cast addition, as Nia Long ( Big Momma's House ) is set to appear in three episodes of legal drama Boston Legal as Vanessa Walker, an ambitious new associate at Crane Pool & Schmidt, who arrives in Boston looking for some help from Alan Shore (James Spader.) While Long is only contracted for three episodes, like Gorham, there is the possibility she could be upped to a series regu

Given the dismal state of this year's crop of new series, it's no wonder that the networks are looking to hold on to the few ratings standouts as they crop up. So it's no surprise then that ABC has given full season orders to two freshman dramas in its stable, Ugly Betty and Brothers & Sisters , picking up the back nine episodes for both... which means a full 22 episodes for fans of Mode magazine or the Walker clan. ABC's Ugly Betty has averaged the second place spot among A18-49 on Thursday nights (just behind CBS' Survivor ) and an average of 15.3 million viewers. It's also worth noting that Betty is the top freshman series among Latino viewers with an average of 1.13 million viewers. Meanwhile, Brothers & Sisters won its 10 pm timeslot this past Sunday night among the key demo, A18-49 (4.9/12), and across the board with female viewers. While no ratings behemoths along the lines of previous breakouts Lost , Desperate Housewives , or Grey's Ana