September 13, 2022
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Apple’s world phenomenon “Ted Lasso” joins ranks of probably the most celebrated comedies in historical past with back-to-back Emmy wins for Excellent Comedy Sequence on the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards
“Ted Lasso” as soon as once more turns into probably the most Emmy Award-winning comedy
Apple TV+ lands 9 Emmys whole, together with 4 wins for “Ted Lasso,” and honors for “Carpool Karaoke: The Sequence,” “Severance,” “Schmigadoon!,” and “House Earlier than Darkish”
CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA Tonight on the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, the beloved Apple TV+ hit sequence “Ted Lasso” joined the ranks of comedy legends with its win for Excellent Comedy Sequence for its first and second seasons, turning into solely the eighth sequence within the style in 74 years of Emmy historical past to take action. The second season of “Ted Lasso” additionally turned probably the most Emmy-winning comedy for the second yr in a row with 4 whole wins, together with Emmy Awards for Excellent Lead Actor in a Comedy Sequence (Jason Sudeikis), Excellent Supporting Actor in a Comedy Sequence (Brett Goldstein), and Excellent Directing for a Comedy Sequence (MJ Delaney).
Apple’s “Ted Lasso” now joins the ranks of solely seven different comedy sequence in historical past which have landed Excellent Comedy Sequence wins of their first two years: “Trendy Household,” “30 Rock,” “Frasier,” “The Golden Ladies,” “Cheers,” “All within the Household” and “The Phil Silvers Present.”
“We’re so grateful and humbled to see ‘Ted Lasso’ honored with back-to-back wins for finest comedy as audiences all over the world proceed to like the present and these characters as a lot as we do,” stated Zack Van Amburg, Apple’s head of Worldwide Video. “It has been such an honor for all of us at Apple to collaborate with the exceptionally gifted solid and inventive workforce to convey this heartwarming, hilarious, and type sequence to the display screen. We sincerely thank the Tv Academy for recognizing the present and respect everybody for believing.”
“It’s extremely rewarding to see ‘Ted Lasso’ be a part of the ranks of legendary comedies with finest comedy wins for its first two seasons,” stated Jamie Erlicht, Apple’s head of Worldwide Video. “We ship our warmest congratulations to everybody on the solid and crew, and to Jason, Brett, and MJ for his or her particular person Emmy Awards. We thank the Tv Academy and in addition our spectacular groups who’ve labored tirelessly to convey this very particular sequence to viewers throughout the globe.”
In whole, Apple TV+ landed 9 Emmy Awards this yr, together with 5 Artistic Arts Emmy Awards with “Carpool Karaoke: The Sequence” incomes the highest honor for Excellent Brief Kind Comedy, its fifth win in a row; celebrated Finest Drama Sequence nominee “Severance” making its Emmy debut with two wins together with Excellent Music Composition for a Sequence and Excellent Essential Title Design; Apple’s critically acclaimed “Schmigadoon!” profitable Excellent Unique Music and Lyrics; and dramatic thriller sequence “House Earlier than Darkish” touchdown the beforehand introduced juried award for Excellent Movement Design.
Along with this yr’s honors for the sophomore season of “Ted Lasso,” the primary season of the sequence additionally made historical past eventually yr’s 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards because the most-nominated freshman comedy sequence in historical past, nabbing seven awards in whole, together with Excellent Comedy Sequence, Excellent Lead Actor in a Comedy Sequence (Jason Sudeikis), Excellent Supporting Actor in a Comedy Sequence (Brett Goldstein), Excellent Supporting Actress in a Comedy Sequence (Hannah Waddingham), Excellent Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Sequence (Half-Hour), Excellent Single-Digicam Image Enhancing for a Comedy Sequence, and Excellent Casting for a Comedy Sequence.
Apple Unique sequence, movies, and documentaries have now been honored with 275 wins and 1,152 award nominations and counting, together with this yr’s historic win on the Oscars as “CODA” took dwelling Finest Image and made Apple the primary streamer to win the class.
In 2022, Apple scored 9 Primetime Emmy Awards within the following classes:
“Ted Lasso”
- Excellent Comedy Sequence
- Excellent Lead Actor in a Comedy Sequence: Jason Sudeikis
- Excellent Supporting Actor in a Comedy Sequence: Brett Goldstein
- Excellent Directing for a Comedy Sequence: MJ Delaney
“Severance”
- Excellent Essential Title Design
- Excellent Music Composition for a Sequence (Unique Dramatic Rating)
“Carpool Karaoke: The Sequence”
- Excellent Brief Kind Comedy, Drama or Selection Sequence
“Schmigadoon!”
- Excellent Unique Music and Lyrics
“House Earlier than Darkish”
- Excellent Movement Design
“Carpool Karaoke: The Sequence”
Every episode of “Carpool Karaoke: The Sequence” options celebrities sharing a automobile, singing alongside to their private playlists, and embarking on adventures. Season 5 kicks off with Simu Liu and Jessica Henwick; “The White Lotus” costars Murray Bartlett, Alexandra Daddario and Sydney Sweeney; Anitta and Saweetie; Zooey Deschanel and Jonathan Scott, who first met on “Carpool Karaoke”; the celebs of All Elite Wrestling; and the D’Amelio household.
“Carpool Karaoke: The Sequence,” which has gained an Emmy for every of its earlier 4 seasons, together with a number of Producers Guild Awards and a Critics Selection Award, is produced for Apple by CBS Studios and Fulwell 73 Productions, with govt producers James Corden, Eric Pankowski, and Ben Winston.
“House Earlier than Darkish”
“House Earlier than Darkish” is a dramatic thriller sequence impressed by the reporting of a younger investigative journalist, Hilde Lysiak. Directed and govt produced by Jon M. Chu, the sequence follows a younger woman named Hilde (performed by Brooklynn Prince) who strikes from the town of Brooklyn to the small lakeside city her father left behind. Whereas there, her dogged pursuit of the reality leads her to unearth a chilly case that everybody on the town, together with her personal father, tried laborious to bury.
The sequence is govt produced by showrunner Dana Fox, Jon M. Chu, Pleasure Gorman Wettels, Howard Deutch, Dara Resnik, Russel Buddy, Garrett Lerner, and Sharlene Martin. It was co-created by Dana Fox and Dara Resnik. The solid consists of: Brooklynn Prince, Jim Sturgess, Abby Miller, Kylie Rogers, Aziza Scott, Michael Weston, Joelle Carter, Jibrail Nantambu, Deric McCabe and Rio Mangini.
“Schmigadoon!”
A parody of iconic musicals, “Schmigadoon!” is a brand new musical comedy sequence starring Emmy Award nominee Cecily Robust and Emmy Award winner Keegan-Michael Key as a pair on a backpacking journey designed to reinvigorate their relationship after they uncover a magical city by which everybody resides in a studio musical from the Nineteen Forties. They then uncover that they will’t go away till they discover “real love.”
The sequence hails from Broadway Video and Common Tv, a division of Common Studio Group, “Schmigadoon!” is co-created by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. Paul serves as showrunner and wrote the entire unique songs for the sequence. Robert Luketic directs and co-executive produces. Lorne Michaels and Andrew Singer function govt producers, Micah Frank serves as co-executive producer, and star Cecily Robust and Caroline Maroney function producers.
“Severance”
In “Severance,” Mark Scout (Adam Scott) leads a workforce at Lumon Industries, whose workers have undergone a severance process, which surgically divides their recollections between their work and private lives. This daring experiment in “work-life steadiness” known as into query as Mark finds himself on the heart of an unraveling thriller that may drive him to confront the true nature of his work… and of himself.
“Severance” is written and created by Dan Erickson. Mark Friedman, Chris Black, John Cameron, and Andrew Colville are govt producers alongside Erickson. Ben Stiller, Nicky Weinstock, and Jackie Cohn govt produce by way of Purple Hour Productions, and each Patricia Arquette and Adam Scott function producers. Endeavor Content material serves because the studio.
“Ted Lasso”
Jason Sudeikis is Ted Lasso, an American soccer coach employed to handle a British soccer workforce — regardless of having no expertise. However what he lacks in data, he makes up for with optimism, underdog willpower — and biscuits. The broadly acclaimed sequence additionally stars Hannah Waddingham, Brendan Hunt, Jeremy Swift, Juno Temple, Brett Goldstein, Phil Dunster, and Nick Mohammed.
Along with starring, Sudeikis serves as govt producer, alongside Invoice Lawrence by way of his Doozer Productions, in affiliation with Warner Bros. and Common Tv, a division of Common Studio Group. Doozer’s Jeff Ingold additionally serves as an govt producer, with Liza Katzer as co-executive producer. The sequence was developed by Sudeikis, Lawrence, Brendan Hunt, and Joe Kelly, and relies on the preexisting format and characters from NBC Sports activities.
About Apple TV+
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