'Ted Lasso' Wins Emmy for Best Comedy Series

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 took home the trophy for Outstanding Comedy Series during the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards. The beloved Apple TV+ series beat out other major programs, including , ,  and .The category was presented by alum Pete Davidson, who had a brief reunion onstage with Jason Sudeikis, who accepted the honor on behalf of the show, the creative team and the cast.«Thank you so much to everyone who watches the show.

Thank you for everybody what voted on the show. Thank you for everybody that works on the show. This is only an eighth of them -- everybody in the offices of Warner Bros., Apple, Doozer, that answers the calls, everybody in production, our COVID squad,» Sudeikis listed off. «Season 2 was huge.

We didn't have a single shutdown because of what you men and women did for us everybody in post-production that helped us out building these amazing soccer stadiums around us.»«The show is about good and evil.

It's about the truth and lies. This show is about all that stuff but it's mostly about our response to those things and your response to our show has been overwhelming,» he continued. «Thank you, again, so much.»Sudeikis also thanked his son with estranged ex Olivia Wilde — «Otis, I love you very much» — before teasing the Apple TV+ series' aniticipated return: «We'll see you for season 3 at some point!» -- which stars Sudeikis as the unlikely new coach of a English soccer club -- scored another 20 Emmy nods this year.