Better Off Ted

*Better Off Ted*
Better Off Ted
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Genre	Satire; Science fiction; Dark comedy; Sitcom;
Created by	Victor Fresco
Starring	Jay Harrington; Portia de Rossi; Andrea Anders; Jonathan Slavin; Malcolm Barrett; Isabella Acres;
Narrated by	Jay Harrington
Composers	Chris Alan Lee; Scott Clausen;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26 (2 unaired in the U.S.)
Production
Executive producer	Victor Fresco
Producers	Marc Solakian; Skip Beaudine;
Production locations	Los Angeles, California
Editors	Lisa Bromwell; Robert Bramwell; Peter Beyt;
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	21 minutes
Production companies	Garfield Grove Productions; 20th Century Fox Television;
Original release
Network	ABC (episodes 1-24); Network Ten (episodes 25-26);
Release	March 18, 2009 –; August 24, 2010

Better Off Ted is an American satirical sitcom series, created by Victor Fresco, who also served as the show's executive producer. The series ran on the ABC network from March 18, 2009, to January 26, 2010.

Better Off Ted focuses on the protagonist, Ted Crisp (Jay Harrington), a single father and the well-respected and beloved head of a research and development department at the fictional, soulless conglomerate of Veridian Dynamics. Ted narrates the series' events by regularly breaking the fourth wall and directly addressing the audience on camera. Supporting characters include Ted's supervisor Veronica Palmer (Portia de Rossi), co-worker and love interest Linda Zwordling (Andrea Anders), his daughter Rose (Isabella Acres), and laboratory scientists Phillip Myman (Jonathan Slavin) and Lem Hewitt (Malcolm Barrett).

The series received critical acclaim, with particular praise going towards its witty and satirical humor. Its second season holds a score of 84 out of 100 on Metacritic. However, despite such positive feedback, the show's debut drew in only 5.64 million viewers and continued to have extremely low ratings. Although many expressed skepticism that it would return, it was renewed for a second season. On May 13, 2010, ABC officially canceled the series due to low viewing figures. Two episodes that went unaired in the United States were broadcast in international markets and are available to view on Hulu, digital stores, and home video.

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