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How Ted Lasso Sneakily Crafted its Empire Strikes Back Season

This article contains Ted Lasso spoilers through season 2 episode 8. Perhaps you’ve heard, but Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso was the subject of some dreaded Discourse recently.  Since the Internet is infinite and we privileged few in the media have nothing but time, a handful of features came out weeks ago essentially questioning what Ted Lasso season 2 was even all about. Many of these features were well-written, well-argued, and fair, but when filtered through Twitter’s anti-nuance machine (i.e. Twitter itself), every feature boiled down to the same reductive take: Ted Lasso season 2 doesn’t have a conflict.  In…
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Ted Lasso Should Be Your Halloween Costume

Most geeks are pretty punctual when it comes to planning and executing a Halloween costume. What is Halloween if not just a nationally sanctioned excuse to show off our cosplaying skills? However, 2020 has caused even the most honored traditions and best laid plans to fall in flux. If you find yourself without a costume just days away from Halloween 2020, let us make a suggestion: dress as the titular character from Apple TV+’s most popular comedy series, Ted Lasso. Pulling off Jason Sudeikis’s look as the affable Ted Lasso is a considerably easy lift that won’t break the bank.…
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Ted Lasso Gets Some Coaching Tips from José Mourinho In New Clip

And just like that, Jason Sudeikis’s coaching comedy Ted Lasso has completed the entertainment lifecycle from commercial to TV series back to commercial.  Sports streaming service DAZN and Apple have partnered to produce a short clip in which AFC Richmond football (or soccer, if you prefer) coach Ted Lasso of Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso and real life Tottenham Hotspur gaffer José Mourinho share a conversation about the beautiful game. The spot aired during the real life UEFA Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-German (better luck next year PSG!). You can watch the conversation below. Ted Lasso understandably…
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Ted Lasso Season 2 Confirmed

Looks like AFC Richmond gaffer Ted Lasso hasn’t been sacked just yet, lads.  Apple announced today that it has renewed Ted Lasso for season 2. The comedy stars Jason Sudeikis as the titular American football coach who decides to try out becoming the other kind of football coach by picking up a job with (fictional) English Premier League soccer club AFC Richmond.  Ted Lasso’s first season premiered on August 14 with three episodes debuting on Apple TV+. The remainder of the season’s 10 episodes are set to arrive every Friday, starting with episode four on August 21. Apple TV+’s description…
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Ted Lasso: Telling the Story of An American Optimist in London

As the creator of Scrubs, Spin City, and Cougar Town, TV writer/producer Bill Lawrence is no stranger to “happy place” sitcoms. Yet Ted Lasso, his latest creation alongside Jason Sudeikis, sets a new bar for relentless optimism in TV comedy. Ted Lasso is a fish-out-of-water story in which a fish decides he can do just fine on land too, thank you very much. Sudeikis stars as the titular American college football coach who takes on the challenge of managing a mid-tier English Premier League soccer team. The concept is based on a series of commercials that Sudeikis produced for NBC…
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Ted Lasso Review (Spoiler-Free)

In an early episode of Ted Lasso, the new Apple TV+ comedy about a fictional Division II college football coach from Kansas (Jason Sudeikis) hired to lead a struggling English Premier League Team, an uptight journalist details Ted’s many flaws, but determines that he “can’t help but root for him.” It’s the perfect way to describe the new series developed by Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence (Scrubs), Joe Kelly, and Brendan Hunt (who co-stars as Lasso’s strong, silent assistant Coach Beard); Ted Lasso may not be the comedy that will make Apple TV+ a must-have, but it’s a charming, easy watch that…
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Ted Lasso Release Date, Trailer, Cast, Story, and News

If Jim Brockmire can go from being a one-off, short-form character to a great (like really, really great) TV show, then why can’t another sports-related character do the same? Well, that’s the bet that Apple TV+ is making with Ted Lasso.  Ted Lasso is a character developed by SNL-alum Jason Sudeikis for NBC Sports to promote their English Premier League soccer coverage (sorry British readers, we’re gonna go with “soccer” on this one for consistency’s sake). Lasso is an American football coach who decides to try his hand at coaching the “other” football across the Atlantic. Lasso coached Tottenham Hotspur…
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