If the Emmy-winning series does call it quits after three seasons, it will be the latest hit show to end on its own terms alongside some august company: Netflix’s Stranger Things and You, Prime Video’s Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and HBO’s Barry and Succession, most of which air their final episodes this spring. The Handmaid’s Tale is also set to end sometime this year after six seasons. But despite season three officially being at the halftime point, everyone involved with the Apple TV+ comedy has refused to definitively declare this season the show’s last.
Rumors about the show’s three-season run began back in 2021. “The story that’s being told—that three-season arc—is one that I see, know, and understood,” Sudeikis told Entertainment Weekly. “As far as what happens after that, who knows? I don’t know.”
His fellow executive producers shared differing viewpoints about whether or not Lasso should end now. “The initial story Jason had in his head is a three-season arc, [but] I’m hopeful there’s more Ted Lasso stories to tell after three seasons,” said Bill Lawrence, who has since cocreated Apple TV+ dramedy Shrinking with Lasso’s Brett Goldstein. “Hey, in my head, I’m like, Ted Lasso moves home and he should coach the professional team that’s a block away from Jason’s home in real life.”