'Ted Lasso' won seven Emmy Awards for its debut season, and four more last year for its sophomore effort, including back-to-back wins for Outstanding Comedy Series. Photo: Handout
After more than a year of waiting, fans of Ted Lasso will be excited to know that the hit TV series will return with its third season on March 15, Apple TV+ said in a statement,
In the 12-episode third season, things are not looking good for AFC Richmond as it faces ridicule as media predictions widely peg them as last in the Premier League. Now that Nate (Nick Mohammed), has gone to work for Rupert (Anthony Head) at West Ham United, Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein) steps up as assistant coach.
Meanwhile, Ted (Jason Sudeikis) juggles pressures at work as well as personal issues back home. Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) is focused on defeating Rupert while Keeley (Juno Temple) navigates being the boss of her own PR agency.
The anticipation for coming Ted Lasso episodes is due partly to the drought fans have experienced since 12-episode Season Two wrapped in October 2021. The 10-episode first season began airing in August of 2020, a welcome upbeat reprieve for a world deep in a pandemic funk.
Ted Lasso won seven Emmy Awards for its debut season, and four more last year for its sophomore effort, including back-to-back wins for Outstanding Comedy Series.
The success of the show helped co-creator Bill Lawrence, best known for Spin City and Scrubs, land a five-year, nine-figure deal with Warner Bros television that starts this year.
Lawrence says he doesn't envy the pressure on Sudeikis, which has led to online reports that the Season Three holdup stems from its demanding star and leader requiring numerous script rewrites.
"I ran Lasso the first year, but you could tell early on Jason is a monster talent in front of and behind the camera," says Lawrence. "The second year, Jason and I ran it together, but now he's got this responsibility of landing the plane with all these big expectations."
As lead actor, head writer and executive producer of this third – and apparently final – season of the improbable cultural juggernaut, Sudeikis is justified in taking all the time he needs to wrap up, says Lawrence.
"Jason is a perfectionist, and I have tons of confidence in him," he says. "He'll knock it out of the park." – USA Today/Tribune News Service
