Betty (TV series)

• Dede Lovelace as Janay,[7] a bold vlogger
• Kabrina Adams as Honeybear,[7] a shy aspiring filmmaker
• Nina Moran as Kirt,[7] a flirtatious ladykiller and a "lovable stoner"[8]
• Ajani Russell as Indigo,[7] a low-level marijuana dealer from a wealthy family
• Rachelle Vinberg as Camille,[7] a serious skater who tries to fit in with the male skaters

• Caleb Eberhardt as Donald
• Edmund Donovan as Bambi
• Katerina Tannenbaum as Ash
• Reza Nader as Farouk
• Alexander Cooper as Charlie
• CJ Ortiz as Luis
• Brenn Lorenzo as Ceila
• Jules Lorenzo as Yvette
• Raekwon Haynes as Philip
• Karim Callender Abdul as Dante
• Noa Fisher as Peachy
• Kai Espion Monroe as Kai

On August 14, 2019, it was reported that HBO had given Betty a series order consisting of six episodes.The series is created, directed, executive produced by Crystal Moselle who also co-wrote and directed Skate Kitchen. The series is a spinoff of the film and features many of the same actors, with some tweaks to various storylines.[6] Lesley Arfin, Igor Srubshchik Jason Weinberg were executive producers alongside Moselle. Production companies involved with the series are Untitled Entertainment, A Dreamy Crystal Moselle Sequence, and Arfin Material.[15]

The series premiered on May 1, 2020.[4] On June 18, 2020, HBO renewed the series for a second season.[2]

Alongside the initial series announcement, it was reported that Rachelle Vinberg, Nina Moran, Moonbear, Dede Lovelace, and Ajani Russell would reprise their roles from Skate Kitchen as series regulars.[15] As with the film, the actors play fictionalized versions of themselves.[6]

The series was filmed on-location in New York City.[4] The show has no sets.[16]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 96% based on 27 reviews, with an average rating of 7.16/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Earnest, audacious, and effortlessly cool, Betty captures the spirit of skating and friendship with style."[17] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 77 out of 100 based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[18] Betty was noted by Vogue for depicting the friendships of women, several of them queer or of color, "in a naturalistic way."[19] Ashlie D. Stevens wrote of the series in Salon, ""Betty" isn't fast-paced or bursting with dramatic turns, but therein lies its appeal. This is a show that is about watching a new generation of women empower themselves and the women around them, seemingly in real time."[8] Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times noted while "there is no nudity, that old HBO staple", that a strength of the show is "its main themes are friendship, self-knowledge, identity, equality and freedom...It feels innocent, which is not to say naive. And it is appropriately, almost casually exhilarating."[16]

The New York Times and Time named the first season to end-of-year "best new series" lists.[20][21]