Will Success Keep ‘Ted Lasso’ From Sticking to Its Three-Season Plan? - Hollywood Reporter

Few thought the series in which Jason Sudeikis — in his first TV regular role since a 10-season run on Saturday Night Live — reprised his NBC Sports persona would work.

In the streaming era, only the “biggest” scripted shows — think Stranger Things and The Handmaid’s Tale — tend to survive to beyond season two.

That’s part of the reason it makes sense for Sudeikis and Lawrence to have pitched and created a three-season plan for Ted Lasso?

But the flip side now that Ted Lasso is hit — the series also snapped Glee‘s record as the most-nominated rookie comedy — is that the three-season pitch that helped to secure a series order creates an uncertain future.

Will Emmy winner Sudeikis — fresh off of a new deal that will pay him $1 million an episode of the series — return for a potential fourth season.

Still, while Sudeikis mulls the future — Lawrence says his Emmy-winning star (who also serves as the show’s head writer) will make a decision on the show’s future in a “timely manner” — the cast and writers on the series all recently renegotiated their deals to secure sizable pay increases that came with an option to continue Ted Lasso beyond season three.

TV — is fighting the urge to think about the future of Ted Lasso, including potential spinoffs

For much more from Lawrence — including details on the season two finale and what’s next — listen below to the full interview from Friday’s TV’s Top 5 (starting at the 37:26 mark)