Seth MacFarlane’s Ted franchise is about to get a lot more colorful: Peacock has ordered an animated version of his live-action comedy series and films.
MacFarlane will reprise the voice of the foul-mouthed teddy bear Ted and will also executive produce all episodes of Ted: The Animated Series with executive producers Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh (Modern Family), who also executive produced the live-action series Ted.
Also set to reprise their voiceover roles is Mark Wahlberg as John, Amanda Seyfried as Sam, and Jessica Barth as Tami-Lynn. SNL‘s Kyle Mooney is also joining the cast to voice Apollo while Liz Richman will play Ruth.
The series comes from UCP (a division of Universal Studio Group), Fuzzy Door and MRC. Other EPs are Erica Huggins, Alana Kleiman, Jason Clark, Aimee Carlson (Fuzzy Door), and Claudia Katz (Rough Draft).
The animated version comes after the season one success of the live-action comedy Ted. Launched in January of 2024, the series broke records as Peacock’s most-watched original title to date and was the No. 1 original streaming comedy in the U.S. for more than two consecutive months, according to Nielsen. It was recently renewed for a second season.
MacFarlane is represented by WME, Jackoway Austen, and manager Joy Fehily. Wahlberg is represented by Leverage, WME and Sloane Offer. Seyfried is represented by Innovative Artists and Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein and Selz. Barth is represented by Jackoway Austen. Mooney is represented by Rise Management and UTA. Richman is represented by Citizen Skull Management and The Chasin Agency
