Ted Lasso (Apple TV +)
Ted Lasso has no business being as good as it is. The comedy series is based on a character Jason Sudekis (
SNL, Horrible Bosses) played to promote NBC’s coverage of The Premier League. What could have been just a forgettable show on a streaming service turned out to actually be a great comedy with a ridiculous amount of heart.
Ted Lasso is an American football coach who gets hired to coach the fictional AFC Richmond in England s Premier League. He is an extremely positive person who is uncompromising in his gleeful and exuberant ways. He doesn t know anything about soccer but that doesn t matter because he will find a way. It’s such a silly idea for a show but it charms and wears on you just like Ted Lasso charms and wears on his new team eventually winning them over. Lasso isn t some perfect ray of shining light, he has his own problems. He has a troubled marriage that he wants to save and a son he misses. The team s cast of players all have their own