Peacock and Seth MacFarlane’s raunchy comedy spinoff series, Ted, is returning for Season 2.
The news was announced on the official Peacock X/Twitter account today, as well as a subsequent press release. Details on how Ted Season 2 will continue the story have yet to be revealed, and no release date has been confirmed.
Apparently @WhatTedSaid already ran out of beer money so he's making more episodes.
— Peacock (@peacock) May 9, 2024
Season 2 of #ted is coming to Peacock. pic.twitter.com/vvd6Pc7oRF
Despite originally being referred to as an "event series," it’s not a total shock to see Ted Season 2 being stitched together. Earlier this year, it was revealed that the TV show spinoff managed to be deliver Peacock’s biggest opening weekend for an original series ever. NBCUniversal confirmed the news with IGN, and although no exact numbers were revealed, it meant that Ted managed to surpass other popular offerings like Poker Face, Twisted Metal, Mrs. Davis, and Bel-Air. In today's announcement, Peacock also calls Season 1 its "most-watched original title to date" period.
The streaming platform also notes that, according to Nielsen, the show was the top original streaming comedy in the U.S. for more than two months upon its release last January.
Ted the series is a ‘90s-set prequel to MacFarlane’s original 2012 movie as well as its 2015 sequel. It follows Ted, a sentient stuffed bear played by MacFarlane, and his high school friend John Bennett, played by Max Burkholder. John, a younger version of the same character played by Mark Wahlberg in the movies, and his potty-mouthed teddy bear star alongside Susan Bennett (Alanna Ubach), Matty Bennett (Scott Grimes), Blaire Bennett (Giorgia Whigham). It’s unclear who will return for Season 2, but we can probably bet that Ted, at least, is back.
We thought Ted Season 1’s seven-episode run was “Okay.” In our 6/10 review, we said, “Ted is a welcome return for everyone’s favorite trash-talking teddy bear, even if he doesn’t have much new to say.” For more, you can read up on what we think the show has to say about how audiences consume R-rated comedies.
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