Seth MacFarlane - 'Ted' [LIVE]
6/11/20261 hr 8 min
In front of an audience at the Newport Beach TV Fest, the prolific multi-hyphenate reflects on the evolution of his interests in animation, comedy and music; the longevity and future of 'Family Guy'; and why he insisted upon expensive CGI for Peacock's adaptation of his films about a foul-mouthed teddy bear.
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First 90 secondsScott Feinberg· Host0:00
[upbeat music] This episode is brought to you by Netflix, presenting Beef, from creator, writer, and director Lee Sung Jin. The new installment of the eight-time Emmy-winning anthology series features powerhouse performances from Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton, Kaley Cuocano, and legendary Korean actors Youn Yuh-jung and Song Kang-ho. Esquire raves, "It's hands down the best TV show of the year," and IGN hails it, "A masterpiece. Lee Sung Jin's series remains an untouchable force." Beef, for your Emmy consideration. [upbeat music] Good evening, everyone. I'm Scott Feinberg, executive editor at The Hollywood Reporter and host of our Awards Chatter podcast. And I'm so happy to be back here at the Newport Beach TV Festival to discuss the life and career of this year's recipient of the Maverick Award, who was previously a guest on this podcast back in 2019, but is so busy that we have a whole bunch of new stuff to, uh, talk about on top of everything else. So as you know, he is one of the funniest, smartest, and most multi-talented artists in Hollywood. An actor, voice actor, animator, writer, director, producer, singer, and songwriter who is only 52 but has been a power player in our business for nearly 30 years already, dating back to