Bill Lawrence On ‘Ted Lasso’ & ‘Shrinking’ Going Beyond Original 3-Season Runs With New Arcs & ‘Scrubs’ Revival Bypassing Season 9

As the proverb goes, nothing is certain but death and taxes, and that includes shows ending when they had intended to end. Two comedy series co-created/executive produced by Bill Lawrence, Apple TV’s Ted Lasso and Shrinking, are doing fourth seasons having both been originally conceived as three-season arcs.

Jason Sudeikis’ Ted Lasso is returning three years after the Season 3 finale, which wrapped the adventure of affable American Ted Lasso as the coach of English Premiere League men’s soccer team AFC Richmond.

Season 4, which features the bulk of the core original cast, kicks off a planned new three-season arc chronicling Ted’s next challenge, coaching Richmond’s second division women’s football team. While driven by Sudeikis, the comedy’s return has been welcomed by fans, Apple TV and producing studio Warner Bros. TV. They all have been campaigning for more Ted Lasso, which, years after its finale,…