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Pilot (Better Off Ted)
"Pilot" is the series premiere of the American sitcom '' Better Off Ted'' aired on ABC. It premiered on March 18, 2009, with mostly positive reviews, and over five and a half million viewers. In the premiere, Ted struggles with the ethics of freezing one of his scientists on his company's orders. Meanwhile, Linda is stealing creamer from the office in order to satisfy her need to rebel against the company. Iranian comedian Maz Jobrani plays Dr. Bhamba, originally a one-time character. Bhamba became a recurring character, next appearing in " Goodbye Mr. Chips". Cast * Jay Harrington as Theodore Margaret "Ted" Crisp * Portia de Rossi as Veronica Palmer * Andrea Anders as Linda Katherine Zwordling * Jonathan Slavin as Dr. Philip "Phil" Myman * Malcolm Barrett as Dr. Lem Hewitt * Isabella Acres as Rose Crisp Synopsis Ted Crisp works for the powerful company, Veridian Dynamics. He works on everything from mice that can withstand high temperatures to a weapon made from pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Movie Database
IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. Since 1998, it has been owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. , IMDb was the 51st most visited website on the Internet, as ranked by Semrush. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes), million person records, and 83 million registered users. Features User profile pages show a user's registration date and, optionally, their personal ratings of titles. Since 2015, "badges" can be added showing a count of contributions. These badges range ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 American Television Episodes
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Hindu–Arabic digit Circa 300 BC, as part of the Brahmi numerals, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. How the numbers got to their Gupta form is open to considerable debate. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabella Acres
Isabella Acres (born February 21) is an American actress who played Rose on '' Better Off Ted'', Katie on ''Phineas and Ferb'' and Mirabelle Harris in '' The Kicks. Early life Acres was born in Atlanta, Georgia, where she discovered her love for acting in children's theater. Acres is best known for her series regular role as Rose Crisp on '' Better Off Ted'', the seven-year-old daughter of Ted ( Jay Harrington) who is often the most mature person at his home and workplace. The show ran for two seasons from 2009 to 2010. Appearances Acres also appeared on an episode of ''Monk'' in 2007, and single episodes of ''The Mentalist'' where she plays Patrick Jane's (Simon Baker) daughter and on the hit television show ''Hannah Montana''. Acres was nominated for Best Performance in a TV Series, Guest Starring Young Actress at the Young Artist Awards 2009 for her performance in ''The Mentalist''. She had a recurring role of Soleil Friedman in the second season of the Fox television s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Barrett (actor)
Malcolm Barrett (born April 22, 1980) is an American actor best known for playing time traveler Rufus Carlin in ''Timeless'' on NBC. Early life and education Barrett was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan in 1998 with fellow actors Telly Leung and Billy Eichner. Career Barrett has appeared as a series regular on Fox's ''The Sketch Show'' and ''Luis''. Barrett played Dr. Lem Hewitt on the ABC television show, '' Better Off Ted'' and was a supporting character in the Academy Award-winning ''The Hurt Locker''. Barrett has had recurring appearances on the New York-based ''Law & Order'' franchise. He was featured in an episode of ''The Sopranos'' and guest-starred in season 1, episode 1 of ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'', the series finale of ''The Office'' as one of Dunder/Mifflin's new employees, and in an episode of ''Monk'' as a lottery fanatic. He also had a small role in the movie ''Larry Crowne'', as a class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Slavin
Jonathan Slavin (born November 8, 1969) is an American actor. Early life Slavin was born in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and raised in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Career Slavin portrayed illustrator Andy Richter Controls the Universe#Characters, Byron Togler on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox network's sitcom ''Andy Richter Controls the Universe'', Ogo on the CGI animated show ''Robot and Monster'', and scientist Phil Myman on American Broadcasting Company, ABC's sitcom ''Better Off Ted''. He appeared as a member the main cast of ''Dr. Ken'' and ''The Republic of Sarah'' and as a recurring character on '' Speechless (TV series), Speechless'' and ''Santa Clarita Diet''. Slavin has also had guest roles on series such as ''Dharma & Greg'', ''Castle (TV series), Castle'', ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''My Name Is Earl'', ''Summerland (TV series), Summerland'', ''Friends'', ''Grimm (TV series), Grimm'', ''Weeds (TV series), Weeds'', ''Wings (1990 TV series), Wings'', ''ER (TV series), ER' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Anders
Andrea Anders (born May 10, 1975) is an American actress. She is best known for her work on television, notably through her main roles on five short-lived sitcoms, '' Joey'', '' The Class'', '' Better Off Ted'', '' Mr. Sunshine'' and '' Mr. Mom'', as well as recurring and guest roles on numerous TV series including '' Cruel Summer'', '' Oz'', '' Young Sheldon'', '' Modern Family,'' '' Necessary Roughness'', '' Ted Lasso'', and '' That '90s Show''. Additionally, she has been cast in nearly ten produced but unsold pilots. In addition, she regularly appears as supporting characters in films directed or produced by her older brother Sean Anders, namely '' Never Been Thawed'', '' Sex Drive'', '' Daddy's Home 2'', ''Instant Family'', '' Countdown'' and '' Spirited'', and has also had roles in a handful of other films such as '' The Stepford Wives'', '' Return to Zero'', '' Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?'' and '' Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase''. Early life Andrea Anders was bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portia De Rossi
Portia Lee James DeGeneres (born Amanda Lee Rogers; 31 January 1973), known professionally as Portia de Rossi, is an Australian-American former actress. She played Nelle Porter on the American drama series ''Ally McBeal'' (1998–2002), for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award; Lindsay Bluth Fünke on the American television sitcom ''Arrested Development'' (2003–2006, 2013, 2018–2019), and Elizabeth North on the American political thriller series ''Scandal'' (2014–2017). She is the founder and CEO of the art company The General Public. She also portrayed high-end escort Olivia Lord on the American television drama series '' Nip/Tuck'' (2007–2009) and wise-cracking Office Manager Veronica Palmer on the American television sitcom '' Better Off Ted'' (2009–2010). De Rossi is married to comedian, actress, and ex-television host Ellen DeGeneres. Early life Portia de Rossi was born Amanda Lee Rogers in Horsham, Victoria, Australia, the daughter of Margaret, a med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Better Off Ted Characters
The following is a list of characters in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''Better Off Ted''. Primary characters Ted Crisp Theodore Margaret "Ted" Crisp (Jay Harrington) is the successful and yet conscientious head of research and development at Veridian Dynamics. He has been a single parent, single father to his daughter Rose, after a hostile break-up with his wife Stacy (who left to "save the world"). He frequently mentions his strained relationship with his father, who has always been disappointed in Ted for pursuing academic interests rather than following in his footsteps to become a plumber. Ted has a somewhat liaison-like position between the workers and the management of Veridian smoothing out the demands and expectations made on the other. Despite her aloofness, he is very close to Veronica and often acts as her confidant and conscience, and the two once had a brief sexual affair that on at least one later occasion they attempt to rekindle; this later compl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Fresco
Victor Fresco (born January 9, 1958) is an American television writer and producer. Personal life Born and raised in Los Angeles, Fresco received his Bachelor's Degree in film and political science from Hampshire College. After graduating, he worked in television commercials as a production assistant and as a prop master. His brothers are director Michael Fresco and television drama writer Rob Fresco. Career Fresco was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in the second season of ''Mad About You'' and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for ''Andy Richter Controls the Universe''. He created the ABC television series '' Better Off Ted'', which ran for two seasons. Fresco created other television shows, including '' Life on a Stick'', '' The Trouble With Normal'' and '' Sean Saves the World''. He served as the creator, showrunner and executive producer of the Netflix comedy horror series '' Santa Clarita Diet''. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Harrington
James H. Harrington III, professionally known as Jay Harrington, (born November 15, 1971) is an American actor and director. He is known for his role as the title character in the ABC sitcom '' Better Off Ted'' in 2009–2010, and from 2017 to 2025 as Sgt. David "Deacon" Kay in '' S.W.A.T.'' Early life Harrington was born and raised in Wellesley, Massachusetts to Judy and Terry Harrington. He has two brothers, actor Adam and Matt. As a child, his family spent summers on Cape Cod up the road from The Harwich Junior Theater. He attended Wellesley High School and then studied theater at Syracuse University. Career Harrington has been featured as Dr. Simon O'Keefe on the WB drama '' Summerland'', FBI Special Agent Paul Ryan on FOX's short-lived '' The Inside'', and Steve on NBC's version of ''Coupling''. He appeared in a recurring role on the police drama series ''The Division''. He has also had roles on '' A.U.S.A.'', ''The Shield'', '' Time of Your Life'', '' Private Practice'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast Television broadcaster, television and radio Radio network, network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company. ABC is headquartered on Riverside Drive in Burbank, California, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Team Disney – Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network maintains secondary offices at 77 66th Street (Manhattan), West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, which houses its broadcast center and the headquarters of its news division, ABC News (United States), ABC News. Since 2007, when ABC Radio (also known as Cumulus Media Networks) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television. The youngest of the "Big Three (American television), Big Three" American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
