Seth MacFarlane Lands on Emmy Ballot Nine Times as Peacock Mounts 19-Category Ted Push
May, 12th 2026
News
Peacock has submitted Ted across 19 categories at the Primetime Emmy Awards, 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 nine distinct capacities. On Ted, he is submitted as an executive producer, a writer, a director 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 and American Dad!
Read more on Variety.