Peacock’s smash hit original series TED has been renewed for a second season. Following its January 11 launch, Season 1 of Seth MacFarlane’s prequel series broke records as the streamer’s most-watched original title to date and was the #1 Original Streaming Comedy in the U.S. for more than two consecutive months (per Nielsen).
The series was also popular with viewers around the world. In the U.K., TED was the biggest U.S. comedy launch on Sky in over 20 years; in Australia, it was FOX8’s #1 international series premiere on the channel in the past two years and the biggest U.S. comedy launch on streaming service BINGE; and in Canada, it was the #1 series on Showcase this year, while holding the #1 ranked show for streaming on STACKTV (VOD) during its season one run.
The series boasts a 90% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 72% Fresh critics’ rating.
Synopsis: In this comedic prequel event series to the Ted films, it’s 1993, and Ted the bear’s (voice of Seth MacFarlane) moment of fame has passed. He’s now living back home in Framingham, Massachusetts with his best friend, 16-year-old John Bennett (Max Burkholder), along with John’s parents, Matty and Susan (Scott Grimes and Alanna Ubach) and cousin Blaire (Giorgia Whigham). Ted may be a lousy influence on John, but at the end of the day, he’s a loyal pal who’s always willing to go out on a limb for friendship.
TED is helmed by executive producer/writer/director/co-showrunner Seth MacFarlane, EPs/writers/co-showrunners Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh, and exec producers Erica Huggins, Alana Kleiman, Jason Clark, Aimee Carlson (Fuzzy Door Productions). The series hails from UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, Fuzzy Door and MRC.