Beloved Apple Original hit comedy series “Ted Lasso” drives worldwide acclaim with nominations across SAG, Golden Globes, Critics Choice, Writers Guild Awards and more

Beloved Apple Original hit comedy series “Ted Lasso” drives worldwide acclaim with nominations across SAG, Golden Globes, Critics Choice, Writers Guild Awards and more

Since its debut only six months ago, Apple’s hit original series “Ted Lasso’’ has become a standout among fans and awards voters around the world. The AFI Award-honoured Television Program of the Year and freshman comedy series has landed awards nominations from SAG, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and the Writers Guild of America, in addition to the previously announced honours from the Critics Choice Association. Series creator and star Jason Sudeikis also received his first-ever Golden Globe and SAG Award nominations for his role, and the cast has been nominated by the Screen Actors Guild for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

The nominations in the comedy series categories follow Apple’s Emmy, SAG and Critics Choice Award wins last year in the drama series categories for “The Morning Show,” which also received Golden Globe Award nominations last year for Outstanding Television Series, Drama, as well as Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Drama Series for stars Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon.

Including today’s recognitions, Apple has been honoured with a total of 224 awards nominations and accolades, and 61 awards wins since its global launch just over a year ago. Apple also recently received Golden Globe Award nominations for Apple Original films “Wolfwalkers” and “On The Rocks,” and has received awards honours including a Peabody Award for “Dickinson,” an NAACP Image Award for “Truth Be Told,” and three Film Independent Spirit Award nominations for “Little America.”

Breakout hit comedy series “Ted Lasso” has struck a chord with audiences, and has been lauded across a number of voting groups and been named one of the “Best Shows of 2020” by countless publications, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, NPR, The Atlantic, Variety, Indiewire, Entertainment Weekly and People Magazine.

Following its premiere in August 2020, “Ted Lasso” has been honoured with:

CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS NOMINATIONS
Best Comedy Series
Best Actor in a Comedy Series – Jason Sudeikis
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series – Hannah Waddingham

AFI
Television Programs of the Year – WINNER

GOLDEN GLOBES NOMINATIONS
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy – Jason Sudeikis

WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA NOMINATIONS
Best Comedy Series
Best New Series
Best Episodic Comedy – “Pilot”

SAG AWARD NOMINATIONS
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series – Jason Sudeikis
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

The critically acclaimed Apple Original comedy series “Ted Lasso’’ stars Jason Sudeikis as Ted Lasso, a small-time American college football coach from Kansas hired to coach a Premier League team despite having no experience coaching the English game. In addition to starring, Sudeikis serves as executive producer, alongside Bill Lawrence via his Doozer Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television, a division of NBCUniversal Content. Doozer’s Jeff Ingold also serves as an executive producer with Liza Katzer as co-executive producer. The series was developed by Sudeikis, Lawrence, Joe Kelly and Brendan Hunt, and is based on the pre-existing format and characters from NBC Sports.

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