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Peacock’s “Ted” Season 2 Tops Nielsen Comedy Rankings

4/24/2026

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Peacock launched Season 2 of “Ted,” logging 1.2 billion minutes and becoming Nielsen’s top comedy.
Nielsen ranks the show as No. 1 comedy among men 18-34 and series for that group since 2022.
Season 2 is set in 1994 Framingham, Massachusetts, following teddy bear Ted with friend John Bennett.
Seth MacFarlane writes, directs and co-showruns “Ted” with Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh.
Executive producers oversee production by Universal Studio Group, Fuzzy Door and MRC.

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Peacock launched Season 2 of “Ted,” logging 1.2 billion minutes and becoming Nielsen’s top comedy.
Nielsen ranks the show as No. 1 comedy among men 18-34 and series for that group since 2022.
Season 2 is set in 1994 Framingham, Massachusetts, following teddy bear Ted with friend John Bennett.
Seth MacFarlane writes, directs and co-showruns “Ted” with Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh.
Executive producers oversee production by Universal Studio Group, Fuzzy Door and MRC.