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Ted Lasso has taken an early lead this awards season, with star Jason Sudeikis winning a SAG award and Golden Globe earlier this year. The Apple TV+ comedy shouldn’t have any trouble earning nominations in the major Emmy categories like Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, but its seamless editing deserves just as much attention. With any scripted sports series, editing is key to transporting audiences outside their comfortable viewing spaces and into the stadiums where the action takes place.
Ted Lasso’s two main editors, Melissa McCoy and A.J. Catoline, have established a rhythm that makes the soccer scenes’ adrenaline palpable. They also home in on the awkward pauses when the characters adapt to Ted’s optimism, or during the surprisingly romantic journey of Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein) and Keeley Jones (Juno Temple). Their labors make
By Meredith B. Kile Apple TV+/YouTube
Ted Lasso and AFC Richmond are back for season 2!
The beloved Apple TV+ sports comedy announced on Tuesday that its sophomore season will debut on the streaming service on July 23, and shared a first look with fans at how Ted (Jason Sudeikis) and his team will be handling relegation in the upcoming episodes.
It seems like things might get off to a lukewarm start with an announcer declaring the team has racked up not two, not three, but
eight straight of Ted s dreaded tie matches. Of course, the skipper remains characteristically positive.
Back of the net! Not only is
Ted Lasso season two definitely happening (it s currently filming), but the heartwarming Apple TV+ original has even been signed up for season three. Hat trick!
The popular footie sitcom follows the titular American soccer coach as he travels to the UK to use the power of positive thinking to bring minnows AFC Richmond to the top of the big leagues. Lasso s personal brand of warm optimism has made the series a lockdown hit, with large audiences turning to the show for comfort viewing.
Starring
Saturday Night Livealumni Jason Sudeikis as Lasso (he won a Golden Globe for his performance, with the actor going viral when he accepted his trophy in a tie-dye hoodie), the series has enough passionate fans to fill several stadiums.
Posted on Thursday, December 31st, 2020 by Josh Spiegel
Throw a virtual rock, and you’ll find someone acknowledging that 2020 has been a particularly awful year. From the extreme intensity of the neverending American presidential election to the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 has been a roller-coaster whose riders are people who never agreed to ride a roller-coaster to begin with. For anyone with enough streaming options over the last year, it’s been easier than ever to binge plenty of dark dramas, epic films, and more. But because 2020 has been so miserable, you may have wanted a pop-culture option that would serve as a balm against the horrors. You may wish for an escape from the world.