What is “Ted Lasso”?
A: Ted Lasso is an American sports comedy-drama television series.
Who developed it?
A: Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt, and Joe Kelly.
It is based on a character of the same name that
Sudeikis first portrayed in what?
A: A series of promos for NBC Sports' coverage of the Premier League.
The series follows Ted Lasso, an American college
football coach who is hired to do what?
A: To coach an English soccer team in an attempt by its owner to spite her
ex-husband.
Lasso tries to win over the skeptical English market
with his folksy, optimistic demeanor while dealing with what?
A: His inexperience in the sport.
When did the first season of 10 episodes premiere?
A: On Apple TV+ on August 14, 2020, with three episodes, followed by weekly
installments.
A second season of 12 episodes premiered when?
A: On July 23, 2021.
In October 2020, the series was renewed for what?
A: A third season.
The series has received critical acclaim, with praise
for its what?
A: Performances, writing, themes, and uplifting tone.
Among other accolades, its first season was nominated
for what?
A: 20 Primetime Emmy Awards, becoming the most nominated first-season comedy
in Emmy Award history.
Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, and Brett Goldstein won
for what?
A: For their performances, and the series won the 2021 Primetime Emmy Award
for Outstanding Comedy Series.
Sudeikis also won the Golden Globe Award for what?
A: Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy and the Screen Actors
Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series.
Ted Lasso, an American college football coach, is
unexpectedly recruited to coach a what?
A: A fictional English Premier League soccer team, AFC Richmond, despite
having no experience coaching soccer.
The team's owner, Rebecca Welton, hires Lasso hoping he
will what?
A: Fail as a means of exacting revenge on the team's previous owner, her
unfaithful ex-husband.
However, Ted's charm, personality, and humor begin to
do what?
A: Win over Rebecca, the team, and those who had been skeptical about his
appointment.
Jason Sudeikis plays what part?
A: The part of Ted Lasso, an infectiously optimistic American college
football coach who is hired to coach an English soccer team
Hannah Waddingham plays who?
A: Rebecca Welton, the new owner of AFC Richmond
Jeremy Swift plays Leslie Higgins, the timid what?
A: Director of Football Operations
Phil Dunster playing Jamie Tartt, is what?
A: An egotistical young up-and-coming striker
Recently divorced Rebecca Welton becomes the new owner
of what?
A: The fictional AFC Richmond, a struggling club in the Premier League.
To seek revenge on her ex-husband who cheated on her
multiple times and was never blamed for it, Rebecca resolves to do what?
A: To hire the most incompetent coach she can find to ruin the club, as it
was the only thing her ex ever loved.
To this end she hires Ted Lasso, a what?
A: A college football coach from Wichita,
Kansas.
Ted has recently coached an NCAA Division II football
team to a title but knows nothing about what?
A: Soccer.
Arriving in Richmond with his assistant, Coach Beard,
he tries to connect with his new compatriots with his what?
A: His positive, folksy charm, but the club hates him anyway.
He is thought of as a rube, but it soon becomes clear
he is what?
A: Smarter than he looks.