Peacock today took the teaser trailer for Ted off the shelves, offering fans a first look at the new series inspired by Seth MacFarlane’s (Family Guy, The Orwell) hit live-action/CGI feature films. The NBCUniversal-owned streamer also announced that the adult comedy will debut on January 11.
The series will stream exclusively on Sky Max in the U.K. & Ireland early next year.
Synopsis: In this comedic prequel event series to the Ted films, it’s 1993, and Ted the bear’s moment of fame has passed. He’s now living back home in Framingham, Massachusetts with his best friend, 16-year-old John Bennett, along with John’s parents, Matty and Susan and cousin Blaire . 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.
The seven-episode event series features Seth MacFarlane as the voice of Ted, Max Burkholder as John, Alanna Ubach as Susan, Scott Grimes as Matty and Giorgia Whigham as Blaire.
A statement from MacFarlane (executive producer, writer, director and co-showrunner), Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh (executive producers, writers and co-showrunners) explains:
“Each generation develops its own unique artistic style, its own way of seeing the world. In the twenties, it was the subversive musical phrasings of jazz. In the fifties, it was the bold brushwork of the abstract expressionists. Our generation’s unique art is streaming content based on previously successful intellectual property. In that proud tradition, we humbly give you Ted.
Our series is a prequel to the Ted movies. It 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.
The three of us were teenagers in the nineties and grew up in and around Boston, where the show takes place, so many of these stories are personal for us. We were able to put the characters through some of the same indignities and milestones we experienced back then. Also, we made stuff up (it’s a lot of pages to fill and real life is mostly boring).”
Ted is produced by UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, Fuzzy Door and MRC
