Laid is an American romantic comedy television series developed by Nahnatchka Khan and Sally Bradford McKenna. It is based on the Australian television series of the same name. The series premiered on Peacock on December 19, 2024. In May 2025, the series was canceled after one season.
Ruby, a thirty-something single woman, is discovering that some of the people with whom she has had a sexual relationship are dying. Her best friend, AJ, assists Ruby with recalling her sex timeline, and helps her warn her past partners of impending danger.
On January 11, 2024, Peacock gave production a straight-to-series order for Laid. It is based on the Australian television series series of the same name. The series was developed by Nahnatchka Khan and Sally Bradford McKenna who also executive produced alongside Marieke Hardy, Kirsty Fisher, Liz Watts, John Davis, John Fox, Jennifer Carreras, and Stephanie Hsu. Production companies involved producing the series are Universal Television, Fierce Baby, Davis Entertainment, Porchlight Films, and All3Media International. On May 29, 2025, Peacock canceled the series after one season.
Upon the series order announcement, Hsu was cast to star. On March 13, 2024, Zosia Mamet, Michael Angarano, and Tommy Martinez joined the cast as series regulars.
Laid was released on Peacock on December 19, 2024.
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 97% approval rating with an average rating of 6.5/10, based on 29 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "A breezy showcase for Stephanie Hsu's considerable comedic chops, Laid racks up a high bodycount of laughs." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 73 out of 100 based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
Reviewing the series for Chicago Sun-Times, Richard Roeper gave a rating of 3.5/5 and said, "Laid might be an acquired taste and could be accused of being less than tasteful, but it's funny as hell and even kind of sweet in its own warped way." Margaret Lyons of The New York Times described the series as "Biting in ways that feel special and gossipy, and unlike with lesser kooky mystery shows, its characters' smarts and forthrightness are what move the story forward." In a review for Variety, Alison Herman wrote that Laids heightened premise over similar series such as Lovesick results in a "tonal hurdle the eight-episode season proves unable to surmount". Laid is "breezily casual" about Ruby's former lovers dying while not interrogating how these deaths are a result of her actions.