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
65 archived facts 7 topics 5 sources Last reviewed Oct 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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15 Facts From the Making of Ted Lasso
- #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.
- #013
Ted Lasso was commissioned by Apple TV+ in October 2019, with Jason Sudeikis reprising the role.
- #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.
- #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.
- #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.
- #021
Ted Lasso was renewed for a third season on October 28, 2020.
- #023
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.
- #025
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.
- #028
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.
- #030
In June 2024, Warner Bros. Television CEO Channing Dungey discussed whether Ted Lasso could return for a fourth season.
- #034
Ted Lasso was officially greenlit for a fourth season in March 2025, entering early production stages.
- #045
Ted Lasso's second season was expanded by two episodes, which led to the development of "Carol of the Bells" and "Beard After Hours".
- #047
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.
- #049
In March 2025, Jason Sudeikis stated that scripts for a fourth season of Ted Lasso were in the process of being written.
- #050
Jason Sudeikis said in March 2025 that in the fourth season, Ted is coaching a women's team.
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