‘Ted: The Animated Series’ Release Date & First Look

Seth MacFarlane’s Ted: The Animated Series, has set a Peacock release date. Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried and Jessica Barth reprise their roles in the series, which debuts Thursday, December 17 with eight episodes. Ted: The Animated Series picks up 12 years after Ted 2. In the sequel series, John and his thunder-buddy Ted are neighbors, both with…

Diana Rodriguez

September 30, 2026

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Seth MacFarlane’s Ted: The Animated Series, has set a Peacock release date.

Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried and Jessica Barth reprise their roles in the series, which debuts Thursday, December 17 with eight episodes.

Ted: The Animated Series picks up 12 years after Ted 2. In the sequel series, John and his thunder-buddy Ted are neighbors, both with families of their own and dead-end jobs. The series follows these two lovable stoners as they enable each other’s bad ideas about marriage, parenting and the challenges of adult life.

New cast members Kyle Mooney and Liz Richman portray Apollo and Ruth, respectively.

Ted: The Animated Series is created by MacFarlane, Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh. Corrigan and Walsh serve as co-showrunners, with series animation from Rough Draft Studios. MacFarlane, Corrigan, Walsh, Erica Huggins, Alana Kleiman, Jason Clark, Aimee Carlson and Claudia Katz also executive produce. The series is produced by UGT, a division of Universal Studio Group, Fuzzy Door, and MRC.