Ted — Season 2
This preview is based on available trailers, creative team history, and pre-release information. Scores and verdict reflect our prediction only and will be updated upon release.
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NOT A WOKE TRAP Seth MacFarlane built his career on the premise that there are things adults should be allowed to laugh at without being scolded, and Ted on Peacock is the most unapologetic expression of that philosophy since Family Guy's early seasons. Season 1 was set in 1993 New England a
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This preview is based on available trailers, creative team history, and pre-release information. Scores and verdict reflect our prediction only and will be updated upon release.
CREATIVE TEAM SUMMARY
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Creator / Writer / Director | Seth MacFarlane |
| Executive Producer | Seth MacFarlane, Erica Huggins, Jason Clark |
| Top Cast | Max Burkholder (John Bennett), Seth MacFarlane (voice; Ted), Scott Grimes (Drew) |
| Prediction Indicator | 🟢 LOW–MODERATE RISK — MacFarlane's humor is transgressive and often anti-PC by design; Ted Season 1 was deliberately retrograde, set in 1993 with period-accurate cultural attitudes; Season 2 expected to maintain the nostalgic-crude formula |
| Fidelity Casting Score | N/A (Original property; sequel season) |
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Adult Viewer Insight
If you liked Season 1, you'll watch Season 2. There's nothing more complicated to say than that. MacFarlane delivers consistent product and the Ted series is his most focused, least self-indulgent work in years. The 1993 setting keeps the humor grounded and the nostalgia engine warm. It's crude, it's affectionate, and it has no interest in making you a better person — which is exactly why it's refreshing. Conservative and traditional-values viewers may wince at some of MacFarlane's reflexive liberal barbs, but they are background noise in a show that is fundamentally about male friendship, loyalty, and the kind of humor that doesn't require anyone's permission.
Parental Guidance
- Violence: Comedic violence; minimal real harm depicted - Language: TV-MA; constant profanity including from a literal teddy bear — that's the joke - Sexual Content: Crude humor and references; likely some explicit content consistent with Season 1 - Drug/Alcohol Content: Period-accurate; marijuana and alcohol humor are running elements - Themes: Male friendship, coming-of-age, 1990s nostalgia, crude humor, family dynamics - Recommended Age: 18+ | TV-MA throughout; the humor is adult by design - Family Viewing: Absolutely not — and it wouldn't want to be VirtueVigil Editorial Team Published: February 2026 | Will be updated upon Peacock premiere March 5, 2026 <!-- Mercedes-corrected: 2026-02-18 -->
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