When Does "Ted Lasso" Season One (2020) Take Place?

"Ted Lasso" season one is a comedy television series showrun by Bill Lawrence that released August 14th, 2020. So when is "Ted Lasso" season 1 set? 


It takes place in the years: 

2019 AD - 2020 AD 


We know this because the British football/soccer Premier League seasons usually run from August to May. Since it's 2020 AD at the end, it must be 2019 AD at the start of the show. 

Later, during season 1 episode 10 "The Hope That Kills You", Coach Ted Lasso says, "This town got a weird way with words, don't it? I mean, c'mon y'all, it's 2020, let's just call them cigarettes, alright?" so it is almost certainly 2020 AD at the end of the season's story. 

More specifically, the 2019 to 2020 season started on August 9th, 2019 AD and ended on July 26th, 2020 AD in the real world. So it’s very likely that it’s August of 2019 AD during season 1 episode 1 and it’s July of 2020 AD during season 1 episode 10 "The Hope That Kills You", the season finale. 

A complete lack of mentions of the famous and tragic 2020 worldwide COVID-19 pandemic suggests it can't possibly be 2020 AD but the dates are fairly clear. Though the 2020 season was cancelled in the real world due to the pandemic presumably the covid-19 pandemic did not happen during 2020 AD in the fictional world (diegesis) of "Ted Lasso". 


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