Following the recently released teaser, Peacock today unleashed the Bostonian-accented adult comedy beast with the official trailer for Ted — a new live-action series starring the R-rated talking teddy bear made famous in the movies of the same name, created by Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, American Dad!, The Orville).
As MacFarlane and co-showrunners Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh put it: “[The Ted series] takes place in the ’90s but is based on the timeless truth that being 16 sucks. The only thing that makes it tolerable is going through it with a friend, even if that friend is a has-been magical teddy bear with a foul mouth and a proclivity for drug use.”
All seven episodes (one “supersized” premiere followed by six half-hours) of the event series will premiere exclusively on Peacock on January 11, 2024.
Synopsis: In this comedic prequel event series to the Ted films, it’s 1993, and Ted the bear’s (Seth MacFarlane) moment of fame has passed. He’s now living back home in Framingham, Massachusetts with his best friend, 16-year-old John Bennett (Max Burkholder), along with John’s parents, Matty and Susan (Scott Grimes and Alanna Ubach) and cousin Blaire (Giorgia Whigham). Ted may be a lousy influence on John, but at the end of the day, he’s a loyal pal who’s always willing to go out on a limb for friendship.
Ted is produced by UCP, a division of Universal Studios Group, MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door and MRC. MacFarlane is executive producer, writer, director and co-showrunner as well as the voice of Ted; Corrigan & Walsh are exec producers, writers and co-showrunners. Exec producers are Erica Huggins, Alana Kleiman, Jason Clark and Aimee Carlson (Fuzzy Door Productions).
