Better Off Ted

2009 • ABC
4.8
111 reviews
TV-PG
Rating
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Season 1 episodes (13)

1 Pilot
3/18/09
BETTER OFF TED is a satirical office comedy featuring a successful but morally conscious man, Ted, who runs an R&D department at a morally questionable corporation.
2 Heroes
3/25/09
Veronica tries to shirk responsibility for freezing Phil, while Ted has other ideas.
3 Through Rose Colored Hazmat Suits
4/1/09
When his nanny calls in sick, Ted reluctantly takes Rose to work.
4 Racial Sensitivity
4/8/09
Veridian's new light sensor system inadvertently touches off a racial controversy.
5 Win Some, Dose Some
4/15/09
Phil and Lem accidentally dose Linda with an experimental drug.
6 Goodbye, Mr Chips
4/22/09
The gang resorts to desperate measures to get Ted his job back when he is deleted from Veridian's computer system.
7 Get Happy
5/5/09
Veronica comes up with some novel ways for Veridian to boost employee morale when a survey reveals they're miserable. But since the survey also showed that she's too intimidating, she's got to work on being more likable, even if it kills her. Meanwhile, Ted tries to win over the only segment of the Veridian population he didn't score well with - men over 50.
8 You Are the Boss of Me
6/23/09
Executives Ted and Veronica try mingling with the worker bees, with mixed results.
9 Bioshuffle
6/30/09
Tensions mount when Ted, Linda and Veronica end up sharing offices.
10 Trust and Consequences
7/14/09
Veridian tries to make Linda a scapegoat when the company is sued.
11 Father Can You Hair Me
7/21/09
Veronica's rivalry with her dad is out of control, while Ted thinks Veridian may have discovered the one thing that would make his dad happy.
12 Jabberwocky
7/28/09
Ted is forced to create a fake project for Linda rather than admit the rumor that Veridian is going green is false. When other employees try to sign up for the program, things start to go awry.
13 Secret and Lives
8/11/09
A new Veridian invention accidentally reveals Veronica's "secret" life.

About this show

Better Off Ted is a wildly inventive satirical office comedy that thinks outside of the cubicle. Ted (Jay Harrington) is the morally-conscious Head of Research & Development at Veridian Dynamics, a morally-questionable corporation. For Ted and his trusty team of scientists, no invention is too unorthodox.

Ratings and reviews

4.8
111 reviews
Brad Lucas
January 4, 2021
An incredibly funny show. I would be amazed if the writers did not work for a large corporation before cranking out scripts. I know this is a comedy, but far too often, the dialog and situations are too realistic. Sometimes, I feel as if I am watching a documentary on working for a large company as opposed to a spoof. I know the writers are going for "over the top", but my jaw is on the floor wondering how they got a hold of the notes from our management meetings.
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J. Joyce Cathaír
May 5, 2017
The cleverness of the cast, writers, and production team was wasted on us and deserved a better fate than the one it was given. Also, basically how I imagine pre-apocalypse Aperture Science. Spot-on. One of my favorite shows ever, with a relatively unknown cast at the time which made it significantly easier to accept the plotline. I want my science back 🔬 🚀 🐁
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Brian Tran
May 6, 2016
One of my all time favorite shows; quick and witty. Love Portia de Rossi in this roll as a capital B, if you liked her in "Ally McBeal" you'll like this. Personally I like this campy kinda humor, snappy, over the top satire. It's a good hardy laugh.
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