The 2012 Seth MacFarlane movie Ted starred Mark Wahlberg as John Bennett, a guy in Boston whose talking Teddy Ruxpin bear came to life, and he brought it… him… Ted… along his path of adulthood. MacFarlane provided the snarky voice of Ted. Ted co-starred Mila Kunis, Joel McHale, Bill Smitrovich, Giovanni Ribisi, Norah Jones, and Flash Gordon himself, Sam Jones–and it was narrated by Patrick Stewart. It’s a burst-out-loud every minute kind of gross-out comedy, that was followed up by the equally funny Ted 2, co-starring Amanda Seyfried, Jessica Barth, Morgan Freeman, and Michael Dorn.
Writer-director-creator-actor MacFarlane is bringing Ted back for a prequel series set in 1993, coming to Peacock next month. Ted the series stars MacFarlane again as Ted, with Max Burkholder as young John. The series has two ties back to The Orville other than MacFarlane captaining this ship: Scott Grimes plays John’s angry dad, and Giorgia Whigham, who played the outstanding guest character Lysella, is playing John’s sister. Alanna Ubach plays John’s mom.
*Don’t miss our Season 1 review here.
It’s rude. It’s crude. It’s Rated R. And it looks like it’s going to be funny. Take a look at this trailer for Ted, the series:
We’re thinking the series will have more tie-ins back to The Orville. One of those is producer/editor Tom Costantino. Think of it as The Orville 3.5. Look for Ted arriving on Peacock January 11, 2024.
C.J. Bunce / Editor / borg
