Apple TV’s in style soccer comedy, “Ted Lasso,” seems to be returning for a fourth season.
The present’s star, Jason Sudeikis, appeared to substantiate the information on Friday on the “New Heights” podcast with Travis and Jason Kelce.
“We’re writing Season 4 now, that’s the official word,” Sudeikis stated.
On Friday morning, Apple TV posted a photograph on Instagram displaying a stadium chair with “Ted Lasso” written on it, and a seat quantity “4.”
Sudeikis stated Ted shall be teaching a brand new group, a girls’s group, within the new season.
The streamer didn’t say when the brand new episodes would grow to be accessible or the place they’re within the manufacturing course of. In a press release, Sudeikis, the present’s star and an govt producer, hinted the brand new episodes can be about taking probabilities.
“In season four, the folks at AFC Richmond learn to LEAP BEFORE THEY LOOK, discovering that wherever they land, it’s exactly where they’re meant to be.”
Ted Lasso the character was first launched by Sudeikis in 2013 to advertise NBC Sports activities’ protection of the England Premier League. In a brief movie, Lasso was the coach of London’s Tottenham Hotspur Soccer Membership. It was rapidly clear that he knew little — if something — about soccer.
“They’re gonna play hard for all four quarters,” Lasso stated of the gamers in a mock press convention. “Do we have any goals this season? Absolutely. We’re gonna win a lot of games and we’re gonna get in the playoffs.” “There’s no playoffs” a reporter corrected from the viewers. The bit was so in style that Sudeikis was tapped to reprise the character once more the next yr.
The thought got here as much as write a present across the character however it didn’t come to fruition till Invoice Lawrence (“Scrubs,” “Cougar Town”) helped get it picked up by Apple TV+. “Ted Lasso” debuted in August 2020, in the midst of the pandemic lockdown. This model of Lasso was the brand new coach of a fictional soccer group in London known as AFC Richmond. Lasso’s cheery disposition allowed him to win over even the surliest of soccer followers, to not point out viewers uninterested in staying indoors.
“He’s the version of me that I wish I could be,” Sudeikis informed the AP forward of its debut. “He has highs and lows like anyone. But he’s eternally optimistic and hopeful and sincere.”
“Ted Lasso” has gained seven Primetime Emmy Awards, together with excellent comedy collection for its first two seasons. It made stars out of its supporting forged, together with Brett Goldstein, Hannah Waddingham and Juno Temple.
Season 3 of “Ted Lasso” was launched in March 2023.
