Sky have dropped a teaser trailer for the sequence starring the speaking bear. 

Whereas there’s no trace for a renewal of The Orville to this point, Seth MacFarlane’s newest mission returns him to an outdated character.

Throughout two hit films, in 2012 and 2015, he carried out and voiced the crude, foul-mouthed, alcoholic Ted, greatest pal to Mark Walberg’s John Bennett.

Now, in a 7-part tv sequence, we’re headed again to the Nineteen Nineties to see their early friendship, with a 16-year-old John performed by Max Burkholder.

Right here’s the premise for the Ted sequence:

It’s 1993, and Ted the bear’s second of fame has handed. He’s now dwelling again house in Framingham, Massachusetts together with his greatest pal, 16-year-old John Bennett, together with John’s mother and father, Matty and Susan, and cousin Blaire. Ted could also be a awful affect on John, however on the finish of the day, he’s a loyal pal who’s at all times prepared to exit on a limb for friendship.

Macfarlane and Max Burkholder are joined on the present by Scott Grimes (The Orville), Alanna Ubach and Giorgia Whigham.

Seth MacFarlane takes the roles of govt producer, author, director and co-showrunner. Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh be a part of him as govt producers, writers and co-showrunners.

The trio introduce the present thus:

Every era develops its personal distinctive inventive fashion, its personal method of seeing the world. Within the twenties, it was the subversive musical phrasings of jazz. Within the fifties, it was the daring brushwork of the summary expressionists. Our era’s distinctive artwork is streaming content material primarily based on beforehand profitable mental property. In that proud custom, we humbly provide you with Ted.

Our sequence is a prequel to the Ted films. It takes place within the nineties however is predicated on the timeless fact that being sixteen sucks. The one factor that makes it tolerable goes via it with a pal, even when that pal is a has-been magical teddy bear with a foul mouth and a proclivity for drug use.

The three of us had been youngsters within the nineties and grew up in and round Boston, the place the present takes place, so many of those tales are private for us. We had been capable of put the characters via a number of the identical indignities and milestones we skilled again then. Additionally, we made stuff up (it’s quite a lot of pages to fill and actual life is usually boring).

Ted involves Sky Max and NOW early in 2024.