Ted Lasso (2020)
Ted's back.
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?
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 14 August 2020 |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Genre | Drama, Comedy |
| Created by | Bill Lawrence, Jason Sudeikis, Joe Kelly and Brendan Hunt |
| Starring | Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham and Jeremy Swift |
| Seasons | 4 seasons, 44 episodes |
| Episode length | about 34 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 25 hours |
| Rated | TV-MA |
| Scores | TMDB users 8.4/10 |
Where to watch Ted Lasso
Ted Lasso is streaming on Apple TV+ ($12.99 a month) in the US. At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 1 month of Apple TV+, or $12.99 at list price.
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What kind of watch this is
Ted Lasso trades the expected cynicism of sports drama for relentless, almost aggressive optimism. The hook is simple: a man who refuses to be bitter, set against a room full of people who expect him to be. It is 25 hours of that energy, which is either a marathon or a necessity depending on your tolerance for people saying “I believe in you” while you are actively failing. The humor lands in the gaps between the earnestness and the reality.
How it did with audiences
Ted Lasso became the most watched television series on Apple TV+. The first-season premiere hit number 89 among all streaming shows from late 2019 to mid-2021. Viewers watched the show 8.4 times more than the average Apple TV+ original, according to TVision. The second season premiere weekend expanded new viewer numbers by 50% week over week. Apple said the second season increased viewership by six times over the first. The 2021 finale ranked ninth among all SVOD programs with 507 million minutes viewed. The fourth season premiere logged 296.6 million minutes, the biggest launch for an Apple TV series.
What came next for the cast
Hannah Waddingham moved from Game of Thrones to The Fall Guy. Jeremy Swift left Gosford Park behind for Descendants: The Rise of Red. Brett Goldstein stepped from Howl into Thor: Love and Thunder, then turned to Shrinking. The credits list what happened, not why. They do not prove the show caused the shift.
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Sources
- Ted Lasso on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q96407897 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Ted Lasso” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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