Laid is an Australian television comedy series that first aired on 9 February 2011 on ABC1. The 12-episode comedy series was written by Marieke Hardy and Kirsty Fisher, and produced by Liz Watts. Laid was renewed for a second series, which aired from 2 May to 6 June 2012.
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Premise
Roo McVie is a market researcher who faces an unenviable situation when her former lovers start dying in strange and unexpected circumstances. With EJ, her best friend and flatmate, Roo embarks on a quest to find a pattern and stop the trail of deaths.
Episodes
Home media
The first series of Laid was released on DVD under the title of Laid: The Complete First Season on 7 April 2011. The second series was released on DVD under the title of Laid: The Complete Second Season on 5 July 2012.
American version
In October 2011, it was reported that television network NBC bought the rights to adapt an American version of the series.
On 11 January 2024, Peacock gave production a straight-to-series order for an American version of Laid which is developed by Nahnatchka Khan and Sally Bradford McKenna. Stephanie Hsu is in the lead role.
It premiered on 19 December 2024.