
“hen we started, we plotted out everybody’s beginning, middle and end of a three-season arc. Storylines like Nate’s (Nick Mohammed) transformation from season one to two were all mapped out at an early stage. That’s part of the reason it makes sense for Sudeikis and Lawrence to have pitched and created a three-season plan for Ted Lasso. With streaming, as Netflix and other platforms hold on to global rights, the aftermarket for those lucrative international deals has also evaporated.

With broadcast, renegotiations used to happen later in a show’s cycle - after the initial six-season talent deals expire - and those used to include ownership points that mean rich fees from syndication and international sales. That’s largely because the cost of producing them skyrockets in season four as showrunner and talent deals escalate. Few Netflix scripted originals make it to season three, and it’s increasingly harder for those to make it to season four or beyond ( see Orange Is the New Black, Grace and Frankie). In the streaming era, only the “biggest” scripted shows - think Stranger Things and The Handmaid’s Tale - tend to survive beyond season two. People forget, he is a dude with two kids, and he is a great dad, and upping your life to London for half the year is tricky.” “But it’s going to only keep going as long as feels like it’s a cool thing for him, not only to do creatively and professionally, but personally.

“I’d love the show to keep going,” Lawrence told TV’s Top 5on Friday after the season two finale.

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