Better Off Ted

Mr E

Starts in the US tonight. Looks like a cross between The Office and a twisted Mad Men.... Great cast - Jay Harrington (recently from Private Practice, and really good in The Inside a few years back), Portia de Rossi (watch the arrested development fans coming out of the woodwork), and Andrea Anders (arguably the best thing about Joey )

I really like the look of this...

TV.com wrote:

Ted Crisp loves his job. He works for the team at Veridian Technologies, where nothing is too far-fetched, or out of the ordinary. An average day for Ted could easily involve creating a suicidal turkey, for instance. The only problem is, Ted is ethical and the company is not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z2MjAcd3Ys

sillyputty

Mr E wrote: »

Portia de Rossi (watch the arrested development fans coming out of the woodwork),

Slowly raises hand after spending last weekend watching the dvds.

Why is she cast as an uptight type again just like her character in Ally McBeal. Great actress though liked her cameos in Nip/Tuck.
I like the look of this hopefully it will get an audience.

JP Liz

ABC has handed second-season renewal to Better Off Ted

ronano

watched it today after reading the thread,i thought it was excellent

why the short 7 ep season>

Basq

I thought it was largely hit and miss myself to be honest.

JP Liz

Better Off Ted returning to ABC on Dec. 8

jor el

Deadly. I thought it was brilliant. Loved all the Veridian ads that kept coming up.

pickarooney

I gave this up after three episodes. It was not funny at all. At all.

JP Liz V1

Its cancelled

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Scrubs-FlashForward-Canceled-1018433.aspx

Dr Bob

ah balls , good show , pity they didnt air the last few episodes either

FreudianSlippers

I really liked it, but knew it was not going to last.

JP Liz V1

Better Off Ted starts on channel FX in UK from Tuesday July 27th at 9pm

Headshot

I know its a zombie thread but I didnt want to create a new thread. I love this show tbh. It cracks me up in so many ways

The recent episode on FX there, the racist motion detectors. It had me in stitches

How the **** wasnt this renewed

groovie

I'm not sure it knew what show it wanted to be, much of Season One was pitch black humour, which was superb, but it was hard to warm up to anyone in the show, with the exception of Ted's daughter perhaps.
I thought that in Season Two they were trying to broaden it's appeal, I thought some of the story lines were poor.
I never took to the title really.

spank_inferno

poor title alright .... but it was a terrific show.

Shame it got canned.

ThisRegard

When you see shows like this and Arrested Development getting dumped, it amazes me how shows like Two and a Half Men and (imo) How I met your Mother continue on for years.