Peacock has scheduled Thursday, December 17 for the premiere of Seth MacFarlane Ted: The Animated Series, which reunites MacFarlane with big screen OGs Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried and Jessica Barth. All returned to reprise their roles.
The series will launch with eight episodes. Additional episodes will air in 2027. Watch the first trailer below.
Ted: The Animated Series resumes 12 years after the conclusion of the 2015 agreement movie Ted 2. MacFarlane reprises the role of Ted, Wahlberg is the voice of Ted’s best friend John; Seyfried voices John’s wife, Sam; and Barth is Ted’s wife, Tami-Lynn.
New cast members Kyle Mooney and Liz Richman play Apollo and Ruth, respectively.
In the next series, John and his thunder buddy Ted are neighbors, both with families of their own and dead-end jobs. The series follows these two lovable stoners as they confront each other’s bad ideas about marriage, parenting, and the challenges of adult life.
You can see a quick first look below.
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Ted: The Animated Series is created by MacFarlane, Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh, who executive produced Peacock’s hit live-action series Ted. Corrigan and Walsh serve as co-showrunners, with series animation from Rough Draft Studios. MacFarlane, Corrigan, Walsh, Erica Huggins, Alana Kleiman, Jason Clark, Aimee Carlson and Claudia Katz also serve as executive producers. The series is produced by UGT, a division of Universal Studio Group, Fuzzy Door and MRC.
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