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Better Off Ted

  • TV Series
  • 2009–2010
  • TV-PG
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
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Better Off Ted (2009)
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In an amoral science-based company, a manager tries to keep control of his scientists while being pressured by his shrewd boss.In an amoral science-based company, a manager tries to keep control of his scientists while being pressured by his shrewd boss.In an amoral science-based company, a manager tries to keep control of his scientists while being pressured by his shrewd boss.

  • Creator
    • Victor Fresco
  • Stars
    • Jay Harrington
    • Portia de Rossi
    • Andrea Anders
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.2/10
    28K
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    2,354
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    • Creator
      • Victor Fresco
    • Stars
      • Jay Harrington
      • Portia de Rossi
      • Andrea Anders
    • 70User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Jay Harrington
    Jay Harrington
    • Ted Crisp
    • 2009–2010
    Portia de Rossi
    Portia de Rossi
    • Veronica Palmer
    • 2009–2010
    Andrea Anders
    Andrea Anders
    • Linda Zwordling
    • 2009–2010
    Jonathan Slavin
    Jonathan Slavin
    • Phil Myman
    • 2009–2010
    Malcolm Barrett
    Malcolm Barrett
    • Lem Hewitt
    • 2009–2010
    Isabella Acres
    Isabella Acres
    • Rose Crisp
    • 2009–2010
    Jonna Kae Volz
    Jonna Kae Volz
    • Veronica's Secretary
    • 2009
    Terry Rhoads
    Terry Rhoads
    • Chet
    • 2009–2010
    Maz Jobrani
    Maz Jobrani
    • Dr. Bhamba
    • 2009
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    Rizwan Manji
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    • 2009–2010
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    • 2009–2010
    Merrin Dungey
    Merrin Dungey
    • Sheila
    • 2009–2010
    Carla Jimenez
    Carla Jimenez
    • Patricia…
    • 2009–2010
    Stefan Marks
    Stefan Marks
    • Brett
    • 2009–2010
    Vivian Bang
    Vivian Bang
    • Debbie
    • 2009–2010
    Chip Chinery
    Chip Chinery
    • Ryan
    • 2009–2010
    Patricia Belcher
    Patricia Belcher
    • Janet
    • 2009–2010
    Martha Boles
    Martha Boles
    • Lisa
    • 2009–2010
    • Creator
      • Victor Fresco
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    9diesel333333

    Different kind of humor

    I am a big fan of this show. It really compliments my Wednesday nights of Scrubs and South Park. I don't expect this show to do well or even stay on the air long, which is a bummer. The humor is dry, intelligent and very targeted to a specific audience. Lucky I think I am their target audience...

    The show plays heavily off stereo-types. You have the uptight Female boss, the nerdy scientists, slightly crazy blond, and Ted. Ted is the man who has to sift though the insanity that is corporate America, aka Veridian Dynamics.

    Give the show a chance, You might like it....
    10scarletminded

    Better Off Ted has promise

    I just saw the pilot for this show and want to write about how I liked it. Mainly because I feel shows aren't given time to find an audience and maybe me voicing my like of the show will give it a chance.

    The show reminded me a bit of the movie Brazil, except a sit com. The music, the setting -- especially the part about making chairs uncomfortable with workers in order to increase productivity --, a few of the characters, though I doubt this show would even touch the dark comedy of Brazil. What I am saying is that it has that sort of bleaker comedy spirit.

    It's smart too. Jokes are pretty rapid fire and I think it will do good playing after Scrubs because I feel Scrubs fans would stick around to watch this. Originally I thought maybe this was a spin off from Scrubs with the character Ted...no really I did. Andrea Anders was in the short lived spin off from Friends, Joey, so maybe I have that on the brain.

    I was hooked from the whole, "can you make a mouse that can stand 195 degree temps?" to the pumpkin weapons, so I hope this show is given a chance to get an audience. I'll watch it whenever it's on. It's got a lot more going for it than your typical sit coms.
    9AudioFileZ

    Best Lampoon of Wall Street Induced Corporate Greed Ever

    This is now a decade old and nothing I can remember in that time came close except maybe The Office. Ahem...these two shows are both finding gold with satire over the white collar corporate mentality and the workplace that results from such.

    Well corporate greed and hubris does create a fertile field to plow it seems as so much of the exaggerated comedy here springs from a solid kernel of truth whether it be in the ethos of the company or the psyche of the character. It might even be a bit on the creepy/scary side that to find these points to spring from it really doesn't take much intelligence or imagination.

    The bottom line is this show absolutely has a wickedly sharp take on lampooning the foibles of the corporate empty vessel and the workplace that springs forth. It has both characters you love to hate and characters you love simply because you connect with their take on all of the soulless greed. Some things really glue it together such as the device of Ted narrating the story and the use of no inane laugh tracks using instead sharp scene editing with a spritely brass anchored background soundtrack. This brilliant comedy and because it pokes an eye at some of the real things surrounding work life it truly can connect with viewers like me. I think this show is a great mirror of corporate insensitivity, ambition, and greed.
    9ksdilauri

    A gem that deserves to be seen.

    As most of the other reviews bring out, this series was a victim of the network's itchy hatchet fingers. A lot of us didn't become aware of it until well after its cancellation-and it was like discovering hidden treasure. The first season is especially good-it has the quick wit and irreverence of "Arrested Development" in the guise of a standard workplace comedy. The writing in the second season shows signs of getting lazy by adding too many sex jokes in unnecessary places, but the gifted cast makes up for it-often taking the otherwise-clever dialogue and situations through the 4th wall very naturally. It's not easy to pull off this kind of comedy, but it's so seamless that it becomes perfectly normal in Veridian Dynamics' button-down business world. A perfect cast, in a comedy that should have run longer. It deserves a place of honor in TV history.
    9Animus

    The best comedy that people aren't watching

    Much like the doomed and also extremely well done Sports Night, Better Off Ted is a hysterical comedy with a top notch cast. The interaction between Ted and his co-stars is fantastic, his nonchalance with Veronica over the fate of innocents, his empathy with Linda, his ability to get past the jargon of Phil and Lem, all classic. The story lines are funny, the fake commercials a riot and the "anti-dilbert" vibe is refreshing. While each character is indeed a caricature of a typical corporate employee, Better Off Ted makes those caricatures come to life in ways not often seen in prime time comedy. I hope this series get renewed for 10 years. I love Better off Ted.

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      The last two episodes of the series were not aired in the US
    • Quotes

      Veronica: The company loves its money. If they could, they'd go to strip clubs and throw naked women at money.

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    • Release date
      • March 18, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Untitled Victor Fresco Project
    • Filming locations
      • Americas Tower, 1177 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, New York, USA(exterior of Veridian Dynamics office building)
    • Production companies
      • Garfield Grove Productions
      • 20th Century Fox Television
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      30 minutes
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      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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