Jason Sudeikis Says 'Ted Lasso' Season 3 Is Written to Be the Last in the Series (Exclusive)

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!ET's Nischelle Turner spoke to Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham ahead of the show's season 3 premiere, where Sudeikis revealed that the show's third season was written to be the last in the series.«I mean, that's how we went about writing it, that we wanted to close up this chapter of it — so much changed with when you hire writers, when you cast it, just based on the elements of the day like, 'Oh, we want this to happen, but oh, it’s raining,' so you have go with the flow.

So, there’s good ways to go with the flow, and there’s adjustments. It’s all been splendid and harmonious, but the idea was to do three years.

I mean, if we had the opportunity, if we were able to, never know how something's going to be received.»He continued, «This thing could have really been a sticky turd, or it could have been just what it is, and people still not like it and not get to do it.

The fact that we get to do it — lovely.»As far as the pressure Sudeikis felt to get season 3 out for the fans waiting with bated breath since season 2 left many questions unanswered, the 47-year-old screen star said it's something he felt «from within.»«Gosh, I mean, the pressure that I know I felt was just from within, within the confines of our little circle that write the show, and make the show and then edit the show,» Sudeikis confessed. «So, we have the bar that we try to hit, that luckily people have seemed to enjoy at the level at which we've been operating after the first two seasons, so, it's less external pressure.»Sudeikis said he's heard fans' concern about when season 3 would be released, and while the call for it certainly entered his «personal space,» his goal was to keep his head down and finish the season with the same energy as the.