After two hit films, Ted has returned in his very own TV series on Peacock, and now the foul-mouthed teddy bear is back for a second season. Based on the aforementioned movies by comedy hit-maker Seth MacFarlane, the Ted TV show serves as a prequel to the films in which audiences follow a teenage John and his best buddy Ted as they try to navigate high school together. Being a streaming exclusive, the series can recreate the raunchy tone and crass humor that made the movies so popular in the first place.

Initial reaction to Ted season 1 was unsurprisingly mixed, with some outlets like The Daily Beast praising the show's hoary humor, while The Hollywood Reporter cited the same humor as its ultimate downfall. In the end, a show like Ted was specifically designed to play to the audience that loved the films, and it succeeded in that regard. Though...