September 13, 2022
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Apple’s world phenomenon “Ted Lasso” joins ranks of essentially the most celebrated comedies in historical past with back-to-back Emmy wins for Excellent Comedy Collection on the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards
“Ted Lasso” as soon as once more turns into essentially 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 Collection,” “Severance,” “Schmigadoon!,” and “Residence 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 Collection 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 grew to become essentially 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 Collection (Jason Sudeikis), Excellent Supporting Actor in a Comedy Collection (Brett Goldstein), and Excellent Directing for a Comedy Collection (MJ Delaney).
Apple’s “Ted Lasso” now joins the ranks of solely seven different comedy sequence in historical past which have landed Excellent Comedy Collection wins of their first two years: “Trendy Household,” “30 Rock,” “Frasier,” “The Golden Women,” “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 greatest comedy as audiences world wide 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 forged and inventive group to deliver this heartwarming, hilarious, and type sequence to the display. We sincerely thank the Tv Academy for recognizing the present and recognize everybody for believing.”
“It’s extremely rewarding to see ‘Ted Lasso’ be part of the ranks of legendary comedies with greatest 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 forged and crew, and to Jason, Brett, and MJ for his or her particular person Emmy Awards. We thank the Tv Academy and likewise our spectacular groups who’ve labored tirelessly to deliver this very particular sequence to viewers throughout the globe.”
In whole, Apple TV+ landed 9 Emmy Awards this yr, together with 5 Inventive Arts Emmy Awards with “Carpool Karaoke: The Collection” incomes the highest honor for Excellent Quick Kind Comedy, its fifth win in a row; celebrated Finest Drama Collection nominee “Severance” making its Emmy debut with two wins together with Excellent Music Composition for a Collection and Excellent Primary Title Design; Apple’s critically acclaimed “Schmigadoon!” successful Excellent Unique Music and Lyrics; and dramatic thriller sequence “Residence 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 ultimately 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 Collection, Excellent Lead Actor in a Comedy Collection (Jason Sudeikis), Excellent Supporting Actor in a Comedy Collection (Brett Goldstein), Excellent Supporting Actress in a Comedy Collection (Hannah Waddingham), Excellent Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Collection (Half-Hour), Excellent Single-Digicam Image Enhancing for a Comedy Collection, and Excellent Casting for a Comedy Collection.
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 residence 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 Collection
- Excellent Lead Actor in a Comedy Collection: Jason Sudeikis
- Excellent Supporting Actor in a Comedy Collection: Brett Goldstein
- Excellent Directing for a Comedy Collection: MJ Delaney
“Severance”
- Excellent Primary Title Design
- Excellent Music Composition for a Collection (Unique Dramatic Rating)
“Carpool Karaoke: The Collection”
- Excellent Quick Kind Comedy, Drama or Selection Collection
“Schmigadoon!”
- Excellent Unique Music and Lyrics
“Residence Earlier than Darkish”
- Excellent Movement Design
“Carpool Karaoke: The Collection”
Every episode of “Carpool Karaoke: The Collection” options celebrities sharing a automotive, 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 Collection,” which has received an Emmy for every of its earlier 4 seasons, together with a number of Producers Guild Awards and a Critics Alternative Award, is produced for Apple by CBS Studios and Fulwell 73 Productions, with govt producers James Corden, Eric Pankowski, and Ben Winston.
“Residence Earlier than Darkish”
“Residence 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 lady 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 Good friend, Garrett Lerner, and Sharlene Martin. It was co-created by Dana Fox and Dara Resnik. The forged 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 Sturdy and Emmy Award winner Keegan-Michael Key as a pair on a backpacking journey designed to reinvigorate their relationship once they uncover a magical city during which everybody resides in a studio musical from the Nineteen Forties. They then uncover that they will’t depart 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 Sturdy and Caroline Maroney function producers.
“Severance”
In “Severance,” Mark Scout (Adam Scott) leads a group at Lumon Industries, whose workers have undergone a severance process, which surgically divides their reminiscences between their work and private lives. This daring experiment in “work-life steadiness” is named into query as Mark finds himself on the middle of an unraveling thriller that can pressure 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 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 group — regardless of having no expertise. However what he lacks in information, he makes up for with optimism, underdog dedication — 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 through 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.
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