TED LASSO
COMEDY / DRAMA / SPORT
USA / UNITED KINGDOM
2020-2023
TED LASSO is an American sports comedy-drama television series developed by Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt and Joe Kelly. TED LASSO consists of 34 episodes of 30 minutes.
STORY: The show follows Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis), an American college football coach who is hired to coach an English soccer team whose owner secretly hopes his inexperience will lead it to failure, but whose folksy, optimistic leadership proves unexpectedly successful.
GAY COUPLE STORYLINE: Colin Hughes (Billy Harris) is a young Welsh left winger who is initially closeted. Later on Colin has a boyfriend Michael (Sam Liu) and he’s out to his family; his parents know. And if he has brothers and sisters, they know as well. But the fact is that his personal life and his career are not able to combine. That’s the storyline and a lot of athletes today can probably relate to.
Colin Hughes (Billy Harris) & Michael (Sam Liu)
BILLY HARRIS (2020-2023) April 12, 1994, Southend-on-Sea, UK
SAM LIU (2023) September 25, 1975, Southampton, UK
SPECIAL: Billy received praise for his portrayal of Hughes when it was revealed that the character was gay, especially from LGBTQ+ fans. Co-creator of Ted Lasso, Brendan Hunt, said "Billy's been really amazing in this part" as the series discusses issues such as male vulnerability and homosexuality which are still taboo in the world of association football.
AWARDS: ‘TED LASSO’ 2 wins & 4 nominations.
8.8 IMDB .
