Backgrid.SeriesStatusCell = Backgrid.Cell.extend({ className: "series-status-cell", render: function () { this.$el.empty(); var monitored = this.model.get('monitored'); var status = this.model.get('status'); if (!monitored) { this.$el.html(''); } else if (status === 0) { this.$el.html(''); } else { this.$el.html(''); } return this; } });