I'm kind of bummed that it looks like Better Off Ted might be on its way out. Maybe not, though. Mike's review this week sounded like it might get a reprieve from the axe. Who knows, really? But either way, I'm glad to have found this quirky series, and have been watching season one on DVD this week.

It's kind of a cross between The Office and Arrested Development. If you're not familiar with the show, it takes place in the Research & Development department of Veridian Dynamics, a corporation with lots of cubicles and fluorescent lights.

Ted (Jay Harrington) is a pleasant guy who runs things and answers to Veronica (Portia de Rossi), an uptight boss who wears her hair pulled back so tight it's amazing she can even breathe.

Linda (Andrea Anders) is a cute young intern whose job includes testing the various experiments created in the lab by Phil and Lem (Jonathan Slavin and Malcolm Barrett). Right away, there's sexual tension between Ted and Linda, but he has a one-office-affair rule, and he's already used that up with Veronica. That kind of threw me for a loop because quite frankly, it's hard to imagine anyone having sex with her, much less Ted. But apparently, anything can happen on this show and usually does. It's goofy that way, That's why it reminds me of Arrested Development. Well, that and the fact that Portia de Rossi plays Veronica.

It reminds me of The Office because it takes place in an office with an auxiliary setting (the warehouse in The Office; the lab in Better Off Ted). Also because it tackles all sorts of touchy subjects with unabashed gusto -- beef without cows, motion sensors that don't detect black people, accidental overdosing, competing against handicapped kids, resume padding, daddy issues and toxic leaks, just to name a few.

It's fun how Ted talks directly to us (the viewing audience), and I absolutely love the little Veridian commercials they play between segments. They remind me of the ones played on The Prisoner, only without the dark undertones. Unfortunately, it sounds like they haven't been consistent with the commercials this season, and that's sad.

I wish more people were watching Better Off Ted, because then it might have a shot at another season. Maybe if everyone jumps on the bandwagon, we can still save it. Who's with me?