Blockbuster Apple TV+ series ‘Ted Lasso’ signs £500,000 Premier League licensing deal

The Premier League has secured a lucrative licensing deal, worth upwards of £500,000, with the hit comedy Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso.

Blockbuster Apple TV+ series ‘Ted Lasso’ signs £500,000 Premier League licensing deal
Apple TV+ blockbuster series Ted Lasso

In September, The Television Critics Association (TCA) today announced that Apple’s acclaimed, award-winning comedy series Ted Lasso received top honors at the 37th Annual Television Critics Association Awards, making it the first freshman comedy series in history to land Outstanding achievement in Comedy, plus both major program awards for Program of the Year and Outstanding New Program awarded by TCA members.

Matt Slater for The Athletic:

The agreement… allows the award-winning show’s producers to use archive footage, the Premier League’s logos, club kits and even the league trophy.

Ted Lasso is Apple TV+’s top-rated show in all of its main international markets.

At last month’s Emmy Awards, it was named outstanding comedy series, with Jason Sudeikis, who plays Lasso, and co-stars Hannah Waddingham and Brett Goldstein earning acting awards.

Sudeikis has also won a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild gong.

MacDailyNews Take: We love how Ted Lasso uses real team names, stadiums, and locations for authenticity!

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5 Comments

  1. That’s a really nice touch that even more realistic elements can be brought to bear. Will give more scope for for humour too methinks. The adapted Soccer Saturday elements with Brett combined with real (Jeff Stelling and Chris Kamala) and fictional characters from the programme was very amusing, More of that sort thing would give great potential as it already has comic elements inbuilt.

    1. Hey Wang, first change your last name to Kerr. Then go to Tumbler, which rhymes with Kerr, and flog your rubbish there. Put your garbage content there.

      Thanks

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