The familiar elements of Apple TV+’s newest show aren’t hard to pinpoint — the fish-out-of-water sports comedy even features a pre-established character.
But there’s something charming and fresh about Ted Lasso, starring Saturday Night Live alumni Jason Sudeikis, which captures what happens when a college football coach gets hired to teach the other kind of football — specifically an English Premier League team.
Sudeikis first played the character of Ted Lasso in a series of promotional spots for NBC Sports’ football coverage, beginning in 2013.
But in an interview with Collider, he explained that the …
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