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Seth MacFarlane Lands on Emmy Ballot Six Times as Peacock Mounts 19-Category ‘Ted’ Push, With Brennan Lee Mulligan in Guest Comedy (EXCLUSIVE)

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Seth MacFarlane Lands on Emmy Ballot Six Times as Peacock Mounts 19-Category ‘Ted’ Push, With Brennan Lee Mulligan in Guest Comedy (EXCLUSIVE)
May 12, 2026 9:27am PT Seth MacFarlane Lands on Emmy Ballot Six Times as Peacock Mounts 19-Category ‘Ted’ Push, With Brennan Lee Mulligan in Guest Comedy (EXCLUSIVE)

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Clayton Davis

Senior Awards Editor

byClaytonDavis See All TED S2 -- Pictured: (l-r) Max Burkholder as John, Seth MacFarlane as voice of Ted -- (Photo by: Peacock) Peacock

The foul-mouthed teddy bear wants an Emmy.

Peacock has submitted “Ted” across 19 categories at the Primetime Emmy Awards, Variety has learned exclusively, mounting one of the streamer’s most expansive comedy campaigns to date for the Seth MacFarlane-led series following a record-setting second season.

The push lands MacFarlane on this year’s Emmy ballot in six distinct capacities. On “Ted,” he is submitted as an executive producer, a writer and in outstanding character voice-over performance for his work as the title teddy bear. In addition, he also carries an executive producer credit on Peacock’s Keke Palmer-led comedy “The ‘Burbs,” along with both an executive producer credit and a voice performer submission for Fox’s long-running animated series “Family Guy.”

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