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Will "Better Off Ted" Be Renewed by ABC?
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<p><span class="bodycopynowidth largetext" style="border: 0px solid #000000; padding-right: 0px;"> <span class="bodycopynowidth largetext" style="border: 0px solid #000000; padding-right: 0px;"> <img src="http://content.mediapredict.com/images/filler.gif" alt="" /> <strong>WE HAD HIGH</strong> hopes for “Better Off Ted,” offering both “Arrested Development” favorite Portia de Rossi and a darker, more corporate version of “The Office.” But the elements didn’t gel. Lead Jay Harrington plays an affably indifferent middle-manager – a believable coping strategy, given his job – who oversees the increasingly amoral research efforts of mega-conglomerate Veridian Dynamics. But where “The Office” (like another workplace comedy, “Cheers”) bunches everyone into a claustrophobic and dysfunctional microcosm, the characters of “Ted” are spread out over a massive company. As such, they don’t create a sense of ensemble – and ensembles are the root of all comedy. Kudos to the likeable Andrea Anders, who plays a love interest, along with a generally skilled cast. We hope to see them all again. But with 4.7 million for the latest episode, we don’t think it will be in a second season of “Ted.” <em>4/18/09</em>.<br /> </span></span> <img src="http://content.mediapredict.com/images/filler.gif" alt="" /> <span class="bodycopynowidth largetext" style="border: 0px solid #000000; padding-right: 0px;"> <strong>THE MARKET: </strong> Will “Better Off Ted” be renewed by ABC? The half-hour drama airs Wednesdays at 8:30 pm ET. If ABC renews the show for a second season, shares are worth $100. If it doesn’t, they’re worth $0. Trading will close June 1, 2009, or when the network makes an official announcement. See <a href="http://www2.mediapredict.com/tvguidelines">TV confirmation guidelines.</a><br /><img src="http://content.mediapredict.com/images/filler.gif" alt="" /> <strong>RESEARCH: </strong> <a href="http://news.google.com/news?q=ABC+Better+Off+Ted" target="_blank">Google News</a> :: <a href="http://abc.go.com/primetime/betteroffted/" target="_blank"> Home Page</a> :: <a href="http://tvseriesfinale.com/?s=better+off+ted " target="_blank"> TV Series Finale stories </a> <br /></span></p>
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Better Off Ted Renewal
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