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As the credits roll on the show’s last episode, gay rights groups and fans are lamenting. The hourlong show was among the rare network programs to tackle such controversial issues as gay teens, body image and illegal immigration.



The show also turned America Ferrera, who played Betty Suarez, into a household name.


“Having this family at the centre of the show made it normal to watch a Latino family in a non-stereotypical way,” Ferrera said in an email to The Associated Press.


Lisa Navarrete, a vice-president for the National Council of La Raza, said the show’s absence will leave a void.


In leaving the show, Ferrera says she’s a little sad but looks forward to future projects. She currently voices a Viking bombshell in the DreamWorks animated feature “How to Train Your Dragon.”


“I think from the beginning I had a concern that we wouldn’t get enough time to kind of complete her transformation,” she said in a recent interview with the AP. “Could it keep on going? Maybe. But you know, I think we found a really good sort of peace with the character in her journey and now that it is the way it is, it feels like it was always meant to be.”