Maria i aschimi

Maria i aschimi
GenreComedy
Created byFernando Gaitán
Based onYo soy Betty, la fea
Written byRozy Riga
Tzo Fragou
Directed byZenia Chrysanidou
Thodoris Konstantopoulos
StarringAggeliki Daliani
Anthimos Ananiadis
Christos Plainis
Tasos Kostis
Antigoni Glykofridi
Theme music composerStamatis Kraounakis
Opening themePoso s' agapo by Stamatis Kraounakis
Country of originGreece
Original languageGreek
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes301
Production
ProducerOn Productions
Production locationsAthens, Greece
Running time29-33 minutes
Original release
NetworkMega Channel
ReleaseJanuary 1, 2007 (2007-01-01) 
June 23, 2008 (2008-06-23)

Maria i aschimi (English: Maria the ugly) is a Greek daily romantic comedy television series, produced in 2007-2008, which aired on Mega Channel. The series is the eighth adaptation of the Colombian series Yo soy Betty, la Fea, written by Fernando Gaitán and broadcast from 1999 to 2001 by RCN Televisión.

The script for the Greek version was written by Rozy Riga and Tzo Fragou, while the general editor of the series was Alexandros Rigas and directed by Zenia Chrysanidou and Thodoris Konstantopoulos.

The series premiered on January 1, 2007 in the prime time zone of Mega Channel at 21:00. The first season ended on June 15, 2007 with 102 episodes. The second season of the series premiered on September 17, 2007 in the afternoon zone at 19:10, while the series ended on June 23, 2008 with a triple episode (one episode in the afternoon at 18:50 before the channel's Main News and with a double episode at the time the first season was airing at 21:00 after the channel's Main News) and after broadcasting a total of 301 episodes.