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Seth MacFarlane Says He Has ‘No Plan’ to Make ‘Ted’ Season 3 Due to ‘Really Expensive’ Production Costs | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip
Seth MacFarlane cites high visual effects costs as the main barrier to a third season of Ted, which requires Avengers-level CGI every 22 minutes, he said.
- Seth MacFarlane recently told TheWrap that there is no plan for a Season 3 of the Ted prequel series after attending the Season 2 preview party on March 5, 2026, in New York, New York.
- The production's heavy VFX load meant Framestore in Melbourne, Australia, managed intensive CGI likened to an Avengers movie every 22 minutes, making the show really expensive to produce, executives told MacFarlane.
- MacFarlane wrote the season's final scene with Max Burkholder walking into a gym, and showrunners Brad Walsh and Paul Corrigan said they 'painted ourselves into a corner'.
- Peacock is developing an animated spinoff later this year with Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried and Jessica Barth reprising their film roles, while season two is now streaming on Peacock, set in 1994 and starring Max Burkholder as young John under showrunners Brad Walsh and Paul Corrigan.
- A source close to production says no decision has been made about a Season 3 renewal, and MacFarlane warns continuing may require 'narrative acrobatics'.
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Seth MacFarlane gives grim update on 'Ted' season 3: 'The show is really expensive to produce'
"It’s like you’re doing an 'Avengers' movie every 22 minutes with the amount of CGI that it takes," the series creator says.Seth MacFarlane voices brash teddy bear, TedCredit: PeacockSorry diehard Ted fans — turns out AI Bill Clinton is the least of this show's worries.Series creator Seth MacFarlane has just delivered a dismal update on the future of the sleazeball comedy: Unfortunately, the obnoxious teddy bear may not return for round 3 becaus…
Seth MacFarlane Says He Has ‘No Plan’ to Make ‘Ted’ Season 3 Due to ‘Really Expensive’ Production Costs | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip
The Peacock series Ted will not be moving forward for a third season, at least not any time soon. Creator and voice of Ted, Seth MacFarlane, recently told The Wrap that he has “no plan” to make season 3 as the show is reportedly “really expensive” to produce. According to him, Peacock and Universal essentially kept telling him that the “show is really expensive to produce and there’s no way to do it at a lower cost.” Keep reading to find out mor…
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The Independent (US)Seth MacFarlane issues disappointing update on TV series’ future
MacFarlane compared the amount of CGI required to ‘doing an Avengers movie every 22 minutes’
Seth MacFarlane Says There Is ‘No Plan’ For ‘Ted’ Season 3 Because the Show Is ‘Really Expensive’: ‘You’re Doing an “Avengers” Movie Every 22 Minutes With the Amount of CGI That it Takes’
Seth MacFarlane has 'no plan' to make a third season of his 'Ted' prequel series because production costs are too high.
Seth MacFarlane Has "No Plan" To Make 'Ted' Season 3
It sounds like bad news bears for Ted fans, as Seth MacFarlane comments on the future of the Peacock series beyond its sophomore season, now available to stream. The creator and voice of the eponymous foul-mouth teddy bear admitted he has “no plan” for a Season 3 of the show, citing “really expensive” production cost of the prequel series of Ted (2012) and Ted 2 (2015). “What I kept hearing [from Peacock and Universal] was, ‘Listen, the show…
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