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EXCLUSIVE: UTA continues to turn its roster of prolific TV creators and showrunners pinch nan summation of Joe Kelly, co-creator of nan deed Apple bid Ted Lasso. Recent signings besides see The Pitt creator R. Scott Gemmill, Abbott Elementary showrunners Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker, arsenic good arsenic All Her Fault creator/EP Megan Gallagher.
UTA has signed Kelly for practice successful each areas.
Kelly co-created Apple TV’s Ted Lasso, alongside Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, and Brendan Hunt. The critically acclaimed series, which stars Sudeikis arsenic nan titular character, won 13 Emmy awards and received 61 nominations crossed its first 3 seasons. Although nan show was owed to reason aft 3 seasons, Sudeikis decided to continue, and a 4th play was commissioned by nan streamer, which will premiere connected August 5.
For his contributions to nan shot bid arsenic a writer, he received 2 Emmy Award nominations successful 2021, including for nan show’s aviator and nan section titled “Make Rebecca Great Again.” Kelly is simply a shared Emmy victor aft nan show won 2 Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Series successful 2021 and 2022.
Kelly is besides nan co-creator of nan Comedy Central cult deed Detroiters, starring Tim Robinson and Sam Richardson, and now disposable connected Paramount+.
Most recently, Kelly co-wrote nan romanticist drama Office Romance for Netflix alongside Brett Goldstein. The Ol Parker-directed movie stars Goldstein and Jennifer Lopez. Lopez stars arsenic Jackie Cruz, a CEO astatine a awesome hose (she besides flies nan plane), who falls successful emotion pinch caller institution lawyer Daniel Blanchflower (Goldstein). Their concealed matter puts some astatine consequence of destroying their careers erstwhile they determine to “stop playing by nan rules and commencement pursuing their hearts,” according to nan charismatic synopsis. The movie will deed Netflix connected June 5.
Kelly was antecedently a co-executive shaper connected How I Met Your Mother for CBS, arsenic good arsenic a writer for Saturday Night Live.
He continues to beryllium represented by Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.
