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Ted Lasso shouldn't undermine Ted's optimism and iconic goodness
"Ted’s relentless goodness is a boundary-pushing choice for TV after decades of anti-heroes from Tony Soprano to Don Draper to...
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Posted Tuesday 8/24/21 at 1:57AM EDT
Ted Lasso co-creator Bill Lawrence defends the show after a Daily Show called Season 2 "not good"
"A lot of people still aren't ready to admit it but it's clear that season 2 of Ted Lasso is...
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Posted Monday 8/09/21 at 1:09PM EDT
Vince Vaughn to star in Bill Lawrence's Apple TV+ drama Bad Monkey
Apple TV+ has given a series order to Ted Lasso co-creator Lawrence's adaptation of Carl Hiaasen's 2013 novel Bad Monkey.
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Posted Saturday 7/24/21 at 5:16AM EDT
In Season 2, the Ted Lasso phenomenon has not yet consumed Ted Lasso
"With such a lofty status come exaggerated expectations for the follow-up, and Ted Lasso Season 2 acknowledges the pressure its...
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Posted Monday 7/19/21 at 9:09PM EDT
Jason Sudeikis compares Ted Lasso Season 2 to Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Sudeikis compares Ted Lasso's second season to Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back because he says the characters have to face...
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Posted Tuesday 7/13/21 at 11:39PM EDT
Emmy nominations are broken: TV Academy isn't equipped to showcase the best of TV as we watch it now
This year's chaotic Emmy nominations should be a wake-up call, says Judy Berman.
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Posted Wednesday 2/03/21 at 4:07PM EST
Ted Lasso co-creator says it's "really cool" to earn Golden Globes recognition, but “caring about awards” is antithetical to the very nature of the show
“So, it feels disingenuous to make too big a deal out of all this, except to say that we’re grateful,...
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Posted Saturday 10/17/20 at 3:41AM EDT
Ted Lasso is a "manic pixie dream guy" fantasy that removes the worst of the locker room
"Throughout the series Lasso is presented as a manic pixie dream guy, marrying together typical attributes of machismo—sports lover who...
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Posted Saturday 10/03/20 at 7:13AM EDT
Bill Lawrence didn't envision that Ted Lasso's warmth and earnestness would be desperately needed in 2020
As Josh Jackson notes, "there’s a warmth and an earnestness to Coach Lasso that on paper should come across as...
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Apple TV+ renews Ted Lasso for Season 2
The Jason Sudeikis-led sports comedy that he co-created with Bill Lawrence has been picked up for a 10-episode second season.
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Posted Saturday 8/15/20 at 6:41AM EDT
Ted Lasso has no right to be as good, funny, and moving as it is
"I’d have put money down on AppleTV+’s Ted Lasso being as bad as the streamer’s dystopian series where Jason Momoa...
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Barnhart: Apple TV+'s Ted Lasso Is the Sports Comedy America Didn't Know It Needed
Even before COVID-19, television pitch meetings were getting a little weird.
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Posted Thursday 7/02/20 at 12:41PM EDT
Clone High is being rebooted
MTV Studios is teaming with Clone High creators Bill Lawrence, Phil Lord and Chris Miller to revive and re-imagine their...
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Posted Monday 6/29/20 at 3:37PM EDT
Scrubs creator apologizes for blackface episodes, suggests they'll "probably" return to Hulu after some editing
Bill Lawrence joined Zach Braff and Donald Faison on their Scrubs podcast Fake Doctors, Real Friends Monday, taking sole blame...
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Posted Wednesday 6/24/20 at 4:39PM EDT
Hulu removes three Scrubs episodes featuring blackface at creator Bill Lawrence's request
The Season 3 episode “My Fifteen Seconds” and the Season 5 episodes “My Jiggly Ball” and “My Chopped Liver" have...
