<p>Actor Jason Sudeikis has won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in Comedy Series for '<em>Ted Lasso</em>' at the 74th Television Academy Awards.</p>.<p>He was up against names including Donald Glover for '<em>Atlanta</em>', Bill Hader for '<em>Barry</em>', Nicholas Hoult for '<em>The Great</em>', and Steve Martin and Martin Short for '<em>Only Murders in the Building</em>'.</p>.<p>'<em>Ted Lasso</em>' is an American sports comedy-drama television series developed by Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt, and Joe Kelly.</p>.<p>It is based on a character of the same name that Sudeikis first portrayed in a series of promos for NBC Sports' coverage of the Premier League.</p>.<p>The series follows Ted Lasso, an American college football coach who is hired to coach an English soccer team in an attempt by its owner to spite her former husband.</p>.<p>Lasso tries to win over the skeptical English market with his folksy, optimistic demeanor while dealing with his inexperience in the sport.</p>.<p>Among other accolades, the series won the 2021 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series.</p>.<p>Sudeikis also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Television Series Musical or Comedy and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series.</p>
<p>Actor Jason Sudeikis has won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in Comedy Series for '<em>Ted Lasso</em>' at the 74th Television Academy Awards.</p>.<p>He was up against names including Donald Glover for '<em>Atlanta</em>', Bill Hader for '<em>Barry</em>', Nicholas Hoult for '<em>The Great</em>', and Steve Martin and Martin Short for '<em>Only Murders in the Building</em>'.</p>.<p>'<em>Ted Lasso</em>' is an American sports comedy-drama television series developed by Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt, and Joe Kelly.</p>.<p>It is based on a character of the same name that Sudeikis first portrayed in a series of promos for NBC Sports' coverage of the Premier League.</p>.<p>The series follows Ted Lasso, an American college football coach who is hired to coach an English soccer team in an attempt by its owner to spite her former husband.</p>.<p>Lasso tries to win over the skeptical English market with his folksy, optimistic demeanor while dealing with his inexperience in the sport.</p>.<p>Among other accolades, the series won the 2021 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series.</p>.<p>Sudeikis also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Television Series Musical or Comedy and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series.</p>