{"id":99895,"date":"2025-05-09T21:34:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T01:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=99895"},"modified":"2025-05-09T21:34:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T01:34:35","slug":"peacock-announces-series-pickup-of-seth-macfarlanes-ted-animated-spin-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/09\/peacock-announces-series-pickup-of-seth-macfarlanes-ted-animated-spin-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Peacock Announces Series Pickup of Seth MacFarlane&#8217;s &#8220;Ted&#8221; Animated Spin-Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-99896\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ted-animated-5-9-2025-0065.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"692\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ted-animated-5-9-2025-0065.webp 692w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ted-animated-5-9-2025-0065-300x173.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/>MacFarlane Set to Reprise Iconic Voice Role and Executive Produce All Episodes Alongside Paul Corrigan &amp; Brad Walsh (<em>Modern Family<\/em>); Original TED Film Franchise Stars Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried, and Jessica Barth Return<\/p>\n<p>Peacock announced today the series pickup of TED: THE ANIMATED SERIES (WT) from Seth MacFarlane, following the success of the record-breaking, live-action #1 Original Streaming Comedy TED. 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text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DJcBopmt8S7\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Peacock (@peacock)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\nMacFarlane (<em>Family Guy, American Dad!, The Orville<\/em>) is set to reprise the voice of the iconic and loveable foul-mouthed teddy bear &#8220;Ted,&#8221; and will also executive produce all episodes alongside executive producers Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh (Modern Family), who also executive produced the live-action series TED.<\/p>\n<p>Original film franchise stars return as series regulars to voice their roles:<\/p>\n<p>Mark Wahlberg (<em>The Union, The Family Plan<\/em>) as &#8220;John&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Seyfried (<em>Long Bright River, The Dropout<\/em>) as &#8220;Sam&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"morty-2375420123\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; 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