Everything to Know About Season 2 of Peacock's Original Series 'Ted'
Seth MacFarlane's hilarious, hit ‘90s-set comedy is back with a brand new season! 'Ted' Season 2 premieres March 5 with eight brand new episodes exclusively streaming on Peacock.
March 05, 2026
The first season of Ted broke records as Peacock’s most-watched original title and was the #1 Original Streaming Comedy in the U.S. for more than two consecutive months (per Nielsen) following its release on January 11, 2024. Both seasons of the series are produced, written, directed and co-showrun by Seth MacFarlane.
About Ted season 2
When does Ted season 2 premiere?
All eight episodes of Ted season 2 premiere Thursday, March 5, 2026 exclusively on Peacock.
Who is in the Ted series cast?
The core cast of the Ted series remains the same for Season 2:
- Seth MacFarlane - voices Ted the anthropomorphic teddy bear. MacFarlane is the creator of the franchise and directed both films and the entire series.
- Max Burkholder - plays young John Bennett in his high school years.
- Alanna Ubach - plays John's mom, Susan Bennett, the stay-at-home mom with a heart of gold.
- Scott Grimes - plays John's blowhard dad, Matty Bennett.
- Giorgia Whigham - plays Blaire Bennett, John's ultra liberal cousin who is living with the Bennett's as she attends Emerson College
John (Max Burkholder), Ted (Seth MacFarlane), Matty (Scott Grimes) in Ted Season 2.
About the Ted franchise
The Ted franchise spans across two feature films, the live-action PEacock series, an an upcoming animated Peacock series.
Ted (2012)
In Ted, thirty years after a childhood wish brought his teddy bear to life, a man's close attachment to the talking toy prevents him from growing up. Ted was the highest-grossing comedy film of 2012 and launched the franchise that later expanded with a sequel and two television series.
Ted 2 (2015)
In Ted 2, Seth MacFarlane, Mark Wahlberg, Giovanni Ribisi, and Jessica Barth reprised their roles, with Amanda Seyfried, John Slattery, and Morgan Freeman joining the cast. The film followed Ted as he fights for legal recognition as a person rather than property so he can adopt a child. Released on June 26, 2015 by Universal Pictures, the movie earned $216 million worldwide.
Ted (Peacock Original Series)
A prequel series to Seth MacFarlane's hit films Ted (2012) and Ted 2 (2015), ted the series fills in the back story of the life and times of 16-year-old John Bennett (Max Burkholder) and his sentient teddy bear named Ted. Set up like a dysfunctional sitcom, John has to navigate his hormones, his overbearing dad, his overly supportive mom and his troublesome best friend bear.
In the opening prologue of Ted (2012), the narrator (Patrick Stewart) explains the Christmas miracle story of how in 1985 eight-year-old John Bennett of Massachusetts wished for his teddy bear to come to life and it came true. But then teddy became a media sensation and had some adventures on his own until he came back to live with grown-up John in the films. What the series does is fill in the blanks about how John and Teddy stayed tight "Thunder Buddies" throughout John's adolescence when he was at his most awkward as a teenager.
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Ted: The Animated Series
In 2024, Peacock ordered an animated sequel series based on the Ted franchise, set after the two live-action films, with Seth MacFarlane returning to voice Ted alongside Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried, and Jessica Barth reprising their roles. The project marks Peacock’s second Ted series following the record-breaking live-action prequel series, with MacFarlane also serving as writer and executive producer alongside Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh.
