TV SERIES · 2020–present · USA
Ted Lasso
- Created by
- Bill Lawrence, Jason Sudeikis, Joe Kelly
- Network
- Apple TV
- Seasons
- 4
- Episodes
- 44
- Studio
- Doozer, Warner Bros. Television, Universal Television
41 archived facts 7 topics 4 sources Last reviewed Sep 2026
Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he's hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, will he get them to see the Ted Lasso Way?
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All facts (41)
- #001
Jason Sudeikis first played the title character of Ted Lasso in 2013, in a series of television commercials for NBC Sports promoting its Premier League coverage.
- #002
The character Ted Lasso is based on a character of the same name that Jason Sudeikis played in short films made for NBC Sports in 2013 to promote its Premier League broadcasts.
- #003
In those NBC Sports commercials, Ted Lasso was shown as the new head coach of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
- #004
Two of the four people who developed the series also appeared on screen: Jason Sudeikis played the lead role, while Brendan Hunt played Coach Beard.
- #005
In about 2015, Olivia Wilde, then Jason Sudeikis's girlfriend, suggested he revisit the Ted Lasso character, possibly in a story where Lasso's career direction changed.
- #006
Brett Goldstein, who wanted the role of Roy Kent, was working on the first season's writing staff and emailed his own audition tape to the production team; in the note he sent, he wrote that if the tape was strange or bad, the email should be considered never received.
- #007
Jason Sudeikis chose to make Ted Lasso more sympathetic for the television series than the original character, whom he described as broadly comic and "belligerent".
- #008
The series' first season received 20 Primetime Emmy nominations, making it the most-nominated comedy series in Emmy history for its first season.
- #009
In a May 2023 interview with The Guardian, Jason Sudeikis said the culture of the time, including the political climate and people not listening to one another, led him to avoid portraying the more belligerent version of Ted Lasso.
- #010
Sudeikis, Waddingham and Goldstein won Emmys for their performances; Sudeikis also took the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards for Best Actor, and he repeated all three awards the following year.
- #011
Jason Sudeikis said that becoming a new parent, with the birth of his son Otis in 2014, contributed to his wish not to add to the divisive culture through the character.
- #012
According to Television Academy records, the series won a total of 13 Primetime Emmy Awards from 61 nominations.
- #013
Ted Lasso was commissioned by Apple TV+ in October 2019, with Jason Sudeikis reprising the role.
- #014
The first season consisted of ten episodes and premiered with its first three episodes on 14 August 2020; the second season, with twelve episodes, was released on 23 July 2021, and the third season on 15 March 2023.
- #015
Bill Lawrence, a television producer and the creator of Scrubs, was brought in in 2017 to work on a television series based around the Ted Lasso character.
- #016
The fourth season's cast saw major changes: Sudeikis, Waddingham, Temple, Goldstein, Hunt and Swift returned to their roles, while Phil Dunster, Toheeb Jimoh, Cristo Fernández, Kola Bokinni, James Lance, Sarah Niles and Nick Mohammed did not appear in the cast.
- #017
Ted Lasso is co-owned by Warner Bros. Television, where Bill Lawrence's production company Doozer is based and which holds linear distribution rights, and by NBC subsidiary Universal Television as a passive partner.
- #018
Club manager Leslie Higgins was initially complicit in Rebecca's plan but over time adopted Lasso's approach; he is also a jazz enthusiast who plays the double bass and a family man with five sons.
- #019
Apple TV+ renewed Ted Lasso for a 10-episode second season on August 19, 2020, and the season was later confirmed to have been expanded to 12 episodes.
- #020
The series, whose production companies are Doozer, Warner Bros. Television, Universal Television and Ruby's Tuna, airs on Apple TV.
- #021
Ted Lasso was renewed for a third season on October 28, 2020.
- #022
On the Scrubs rewatch podcast Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach + Donald, Bill Lawrence said Ted Lasso would likely run for three seasons because Jason Sudeikis had limited availability beyond the third, and that the story had a planned resolution within those three seasons.
- #023
Brett Goldstein said in June 2022 that Ted Lasso would end after three seasons, adding "We are writing it like that," and in March 2023 Jason Sudeikis called the third season the end of the story they wanted to tell while noting possibilities for spin-offs.
- #024
According to AppleMagazine.com, which states it is not affiliated with Apple Inc., Ted Lasso was actually inspired by the story of Terry Smith, an American gridiron football coach who took over the English association football team Chester City and installed himself as first-team coach.
- #025
In June 2024, Warner Bros. Television CEO Channing Dungey discussed whether Ted Lasso could return for a fourth season.
- #026
Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein and Jeremy Swift signed contracts in August 2024 for a potential fourth season of Ted Lasso.
- #027
Ted Lasso was officially greenlit for a fourth season in March 2025, entering early production stages.
- #028
Juno Temple and Brendan Hunt were later confirmed to return for Ted Lasso's fourth season.
- #029
Brett Goldstein and Brendan Hunt joined Ted Lasso's writing team alongside Jason Sudeikis, making them the second and third members of the main cast to also write for the series.
- #030
Brendan Hunt and Jason Sudeikis were involved with Ted Lasso as both cast members and writers from the beginning.
- #031
Brett Goldstein began his work on Ted Lasso as a writer and story editor rather than as a cast member.
- #032
Brett Goldstein was added to the Ted Lasso cast only after a video audition of Roy Kent scenes was sent to showrunner Bill Lawrence.
- #033
Ted Lasso's second season was expanded by two episodes, which led to the development of "Carol of the Bells" and "Beard After Hours".
- #034
The two added Ted Lasso episodes, "Carol of the Bells" and "Beard After Hours", were written to fit the continuity of the second season without altering the storylines of episodes already written.
- #035
In March 2025, Jason Sudeikis stated that scripts for a fourth season of Ted Lasso were in the process of being written.
- #036
Jason Sudeikis said in March 2025 that in the fourth season, Ted is coaching a women's team.
- #037
Theo Park served as casting director for Ted Lasso. Nick Mohammed, who plays Nate Shelley, first tried out for Leslie Higgins, a part that ultimately went to Jeremy Swift.
- #038
In March 2021, Sarah Niles joined Ted Lasso as Dr. Sharon Fieldstone, a sports psychologist for AFC Richmond, in a main role for the second season. Casting director Theo Park said the part required Niles to convey a strong sense of security and near unflappability.
- #039
Kiki May appeared as Nora, Sassy's teenage daughter, in a recurring role during Ted Lasso's second season. Jodi Balfour was cast in April 2022 as Jack, a venture capitalist, in a recurring capacity for the third season, with casting for that season set to begin near the end of 2021.
- #040
Tanya Reynolds, Jude Mack, Faye Marsay, Rex Hayes, Aisling Sharkey, Abbie Hern and Grant Feely joined the cast of Ted Lasso for its fourth season.
- #041
Grant Feely plays Ted's son, Henry, in Ted Lasso's fourth season, a role previously held by Gus Turner.
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