“Ted Lasso” star and co-creator Jason Sudeikis will be featured in conversation at a 2026 NACS Show general session on Oct. 7.
The NACS Show will take place Oct. 6 to 9 in Las Vegas and will feature a 440,000-square foot expo, 50-plus education sessions and three days of general sessions. Registration is open at nacsshow.com.
The first season of “Ted Lasso” was nominated for 20 Primetime Emmy Awards—a record for a first-season comedy series—and the show was honored with the Peabody Award, according to NACS.
The TV series, currently in its fourth season, premiered in August 2020 on Apple TV.
Sudeikis has earned several Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy Awards for the show. He twice has won a Golden Globe for best actor in a Television Series–Musical or Comedy. He has been nominated three times.
Sudeikis started as a writer in 2003 on “Saturday Night Live.” Two years later, he was in front of the camera. His final season was in 2013.
The other general session speakers at the NACS Show are Lindsay Shookus, who worked as a producer on “Saturday Night Live” for 20 years until 2022; Annie Gauthier, 2025-2026 NACS chair and CFO/Co-CEO of St. Romain Oil Co.; Lonnie McQuirter, 2025-2026 NACS treasurer and director of operations at 36 Lyn Refuel Station; Frank Gleeson, president and CEO of NACS; and Doug Kantor, NACS general counsel, and Pace McMullan, NACS vice president of government relations.
The NACS Show is the global convenience retail industry’s event of the year. In 2025, more than 25,000 attendees experienced four days of education, networking and a look at what’s new in the convenience industry.
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