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Ted Lasso

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Generally favorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews

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Ted Lasso

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APPLE TV+ | Release Date: August 14, 2020

Summary: Kansas college football coach Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) is hired by an English professional soccer team in this comedy from Sudeikis and Bill Lawrence.

Genre(s): Comedy, Sports

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93

Paste Magazine

Shane Ryan

Aug 14, 2020

Season 1 Review: There are plenty of words explaining why to come, but I’m not sure there’s any better endorsement than the plain fact that I couldn’t stop watching, and I didn’t want to. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly

Kristen Baldwin

Aug 3, 2020

Season 1 Review: There’s nothing groundbreaking about the way Ted Lasso’s story beats play out, but the show — a mix of workplace antics, sentimental sports inspo, and soapy romance — is undeniably winning. Read full review

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IndieWire Ben Travers

Aug 14, 2020

Season 1 Review: Ted is never a caricature or even an idealistic impossibility (like Leslie Knope could be in the more exaggerated “Parks” moments); he feels real, which is essential to the show’s compassionate purpose. Surrounding Ted are a group of amiable, well-defined characters. Read full review

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Chicago Sun-Times

Richard Roeper

Aug 13, 2020

Season 1 Review: Thanks to an infectiously affable performance by the likable Sudeikis, a terrific supporting cast and a surprisingly warmhearted center wrapped inside all the sitcom wisecracks, “Ted Lasso” is a charming, easygoing little biscuit of a treat. Read full review

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The Playlist Brian Tallerico

Oct 5, 2020

Season 1 Review: “Ted Lasso” is a show about a man finding his rhythm and makeshift family on the other side of the world. There are some growing pains in the first season, but don’t give up on this team. Read full review

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Movie Nation Roger Moore

Aug 14, 2020

Season 1 Review: Sudeikis, playing against type, may be the big surprise here. He is, if not charming, at least disarmingly grating in this In-over-his-Head turn. Read full review

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Variety

Daniel D'Addario

Aug 3, 2020

Season 1 Review: Sudeikis does his best with a barely there character; Waddingham, playing a conflicted admiration for Lasso, fares better, as does the ever able Juno Temple, putting a witty but humane spin on a social-media influencer character in the team’s orbit. In the end, though, the players on Lasso’s team run together, in what’s perhaps the show’s defining flaw. Conceived to market soccer, Ted ends up making the game look like a slog. Read full review

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Otiose

Aug 14, 2020

So much could have gone wrong with a TV show derived from a comedy skit, but it works, it really works. Very likable and entertaining.

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DonaldBlake

Jan 28, 2021

Best show I’ve seen in years. It has something for everyone - I honestly can’t see someone not liking this show. It can be light and funny or deep and introspective all in the same episode whilst never losing it’s funny edge. Two thumbs up for me.

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Neanderguy

Mar 12, 2021

Best written show on tv. 30 minutes of pure joy and warmth. Made me cry several times. Supporting cast superb. Have no clue where they are taking this in Season 2, and don’t care. Binged watched this 3 times. Ps Lost respect of Jason for dumping Olivia Munn in real life

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CaptBlackSK6

Feb 8, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. An American managing an English Premier league team? It was bound to be full of cheap fish-out-of-water laughs. So I watched it, not expecting much. Imagine my surprise when it turned out to be the antidote to the lockdown blues I didn't know I needed.

Make no mistake - this is the Richard Curtis version of London. So if you're expecting gritty realism, look elsewhere. But Jason Sudeikis's character dares you to smile with his unrelenting positivity. Eventually, you can't help but join in.

Even the villains don't turn out as expected. The female boss who hires Ted to deliberately destroy the club turns out to be quite redeemable. The arch-villain, her former husband played by Anthony Head (as far from Rupert Giles as it's possible to get) even makes a touching donation to charity. And in lesser hands, Juno Temple's WAG would have been a simpering idiot, rather than the clued-up tabloid manipulator.

I could go on about the angry midfielder on his last legs named Roy Kent (no prizes for guessing the inspiration) or the zen-like wisdom of the assistant manager, but the whole package is like sitting next to the most cheery and affable person ever on a plane. You might be an old cynic, but you can't help but feel uplifted by the experience. Ted Lasso is for when you need your faith in humanity restored after a hard day's reality.… Expand

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242

Sep 21, 2020

Great example of a show that finds humor in the positive instead of the negative. The silly character driven comedy follows in the footsteps of the late, great Parks & Rec, the Good Place and Scrubs. Viva Coach Beard!

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AustinFilmFan

Aug 18, 2020

I had low expectations for Ted Lasso (not even sure why I gave it a try because I always found Jason Sudeikis to be likable but....little more). Yet, I saw an interview with Jason on Seth Meyer's show and Seth noted that he appreciated the fact that the team behind Ted Lasso weren't tryingI had low expectations for Ted Lasso (not even sure why I gave it a try because I always found Jason Sudeikis to be likable but....little more). Yet, I saw an interview with Jason on Seth Meyer's show and Seth noted that he appreciated the fact that the team behind Ted Lasso weren't trying to go for the easy, silly laughs. (Case in point - Mapleworth Murders. Brilliant comedic actors in a silly, cheap-for-laughs show. What a waste of talent). Ted Lasso builds its characters over time. They become multi-dimensional and turn the corner as they come to realize the pure intentions of Lasso. Very sweet -- It's big hearted, has decent nuance though, admittedly, the premise is quite a stretch. I'm hooked… Expand

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Broyax

Nov 30, 2020

C’est l’histoire d’un mec… ou plutôt d’un con, entraîneur de football amerloque qui va entraîner une équipe de (vrai) football au Royaume-Uni ; une équipe accessoirement composée de trous du cul d’ailleurs mais un con avec des trous de balle, ça fait toujours des étincelles !

Le format estC’est l’histoire d’un mec… ou plutôt d’un con, entraîneur de football amerloque qui va entraîner une équipe de (vrai) football au Royaume-Uni ; une équipe accessoirement composée de trous du cul d’ailleurs mais un con avec des trous de balle, ça fait toujours des étincelles !

Le format est quasiment celui d’une sitcom (situation comedy) mais sans les rires enregistrés et c’est un manquement assez grave ; à part ça, c’est constamment en dessous de la ceinture, volontiers vulgaire et surtout très, très con : une sous-série de débiles avec plein de golios dedans, écrite par des putains de trous du cul : voilà donc ce qu’on trouve sur… l’appeule tivi, bonjour les dégâts !

Une chose néanmoins ou plutôt une intéressante créature que je ne connaissais point mais qui vaut bien un point à ce sous-produit : Hannah Waddingham, une cougar anglaise blonde pas désespérée et une sacrée bombasse en l’occurrence ! mais ça ne suffit pas pour nous faire tenir le coup dans cette sitcom désespérante de connerie, hélas.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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  Air Date: July 23, 2021
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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: August 14, 2020