William Gallagher
Apple TV+ hit "Ted Lasso" has taken four Emmy Awards, and its best comedy series win is a first for a streaming service.
Following its previous 4 Creative Emmy wins, and "Ted Lasso" has won 4 of its record-breaking 20 nominations at the 73rd Television Academy Emmy Awards. They included Outstanding Comedy Series, which is a first for a show on any streaming service in only its second year of award eligibility.
Alongside the Outstanding Comedy Series win, Jason Sudeikis took the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. Hannah Waddingham and Brett Goldstein won Outstanding Supporting Actress and Actor in a comedy, respectively.
"I want to thank our incredible writing staff," said star and co-writer Jason Sudeikis in his acceptance speech. " I want to thank our incredible directors I want to thank my incredible cast, you know, that look, I'm only as good as you guys make me look and I you know and so really it means the world to me to be up here and just be a mirror of what you guys give to me and we reflect back and forth on each other."
"Ted Lasso" co-creator Bill Laurence accepted the Outstanding Comedy Series award on behalf of the cast and crew.
"We'd like to thank Apple," he said, "which is Zack, Jamie, Matt, Edie, T-Dog which is my new nickname for Tim Cook, he does not know that yet."
During the after-show interviews, Jason Sudeikis was asked about a third season for "Ted Lasso," and confirmed that Apple has now asked for an extended 12-episode series.
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Congrats. Well deserved. But the article skipped the Lorne Michaels taking a dump bit.
Truly well deserved! Just don't pull a stunt like last episode again! I watch Ted Lasso to see Ted Lasso, not a side story—with a much somber tone—with less than a minute of the titular character.
Surprisingly good show which I’ve been enjoying a lot. The last episode was weird but still good.
My only complaint is the transparently woke preaching in the first episode with Dr Sharon (and a bit here and there since). It’s as if a black person has never had an intelligent role on TV and we need to be educated. Nevermind that I’ve been watching (and enjoying) black people in all types of roles since the 80’s and didn’t think anything of it.
Weird how this peanut-gallery pattern repeats, even with an Apple-produced TV series, but I recall the commentary on this forum when Ted Lasso premiered. The show was based on a set of short promo spots for NBC coverage of Premier League football, with Jason Sudekis doing the Lasso character. We were assured that nobody would be interested in it and the premise wouldn't be sustainable for an extended TV series. If anything, it was pronounced, this was an ill-advised foray into foreign territory for Apple and it surely spelled doom. All that, plus AI shouldn't report on it, because the peanut gallery (as declaratively represented by certain commenters) wasn't interested in reading about it.
Now here we are. Ted Lasso is a great show with a concept that has sustained itself through two seasons. As a relentlessly positive but never sappy show, it has been a welcome counter to the anxiety-inducing, hostility-dominated zeitgeist. It's well-written, well-produced and well acted. Now it's getting awards. Seems like it's rarely a good idea to bet against Apple.
crazy how ted lasso a show that was originally just a series of commercials for the premiere league on nbc