Nikki Lansford  - Arts

‘Ted Lasso’ scores big at 2021 Emmys, including win for OP-native Jason Sudeikis for Best Actor

Ted Lasso

'Ted Lasso' won a total of 7 Emmys, including four major awards during Sunday night's live show. Overland Park-native Jason Sudeikis won for Best Lead in Actor in Comedy and the series took home the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series. Image via CBS live broadcast.

The hit Apple TV+ comedy series ‘Ted Lasso” scored big at the 73rd Emmy Awards Sunday night.

The series, which was developed by Overland Park-native Jason Sudeikis, won a total of four Emmys during the live show, making it one of the largest winners of the evening.

Sudeikis came away with the award for Best Lead Actor in a Comedy, capping an impressive run for the Shawnee Mission West grad.

He also won a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award earlier this year for his portrayal of the perpetually optimistic soccer coach. And as he has done in past acceptance speeches, Sudeikis last night hearkened back to his roots on stage at the Emmys.

“I would say that this show is about family, this show is about mentors and teachers, this show is about teammates, and I wouldn’t be here without those three things in my life,” Sudeikis said while accepting his award.

“Lasso” also claimed the award for Outstanding Comedy Series, beating out “Black-ish,” “Hacks,” “The Flight Attendant,” “Cobra Kai,” “The Kominsky Method,” “Pen15” and “Emily in Paris.”

Additionally, two other actors from the show, Hannah Waddingham and Brett Goldstein, one best supporting actress and actor in a comedy.

The show’s total haul of Emmys turned out to be seven.

“Lasso” won three technical awards at a ceremony last week, including: Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series, Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series and Animation and Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series

As Sudeikis said in his acceptance: “Heck of a year.”

Sudeikies was also recently named one of Time Magazine’s most influential people of 2021.

The magazine credited his work on ‘Ted Lasso” and it being the right show to hit streaming services during the time when everyone was in lockdown.

Hi! I'm Nikki, and I cover the city of Overland Park.

I grew up in southern Overland Park and graduated from Olathe East before going on to earn a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri. At Mizzou, I worked as a reporter and editor at the Columbia Missourian. Prior to joining the Post, I had also done work for the Northeast News, PolitiFact Missouri and Kaiser Health News.

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