Ted Lasso Season 4: Release Date Scoop, Cast Shake-Ups, and the Clues You Missed
Believe it—Ted Lasso is back. The 2020 breakout about an upbeat American coach in British football returns after AFC Richmond’s near-title run, with Ted now back in the U.S. and questions swirling about what’s next for Coach Beard.
Ted Lasso is lacing up again. Yes, after that season 3 ending that felt like a curtain call, the show is officially back, and it is not just more of the same. Ted returns to Richmond, but he is not taking over AFC Richmond's Premier League squad. He is switching pitches to coach a women's team. That is the twist, and honestly, it is a smart one.
Quick refresher: where we left Ted and the gang
The series launched in 2020 with the fish-out-of-water setup: American football coach Ted (Jason Sudeikis) heads to England to lead a British soccer club, AFC Richmond. By the end of season 3 in 2023, Richmond had come painfully close to taking the Premier League title. Ted chose to head back to the U.S., handing the men's team over to a new coaching brain trust: Coach Beard (Brendan Hunt), Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein), and Nathan Shelley (Nick Mohammed). Meanwhile, club owner Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham) and PR wiz Keeley Jones (Juno Temple) started seriously toying with launching an AFC Richmond women's side.
At the time, Sudeikis publicly said the story was done. Two years later, he changed tune and revealed season 4 was already in motion, and that it would pivot in a big way.
"Ted's coaching a women's team. So there, that's [happening]."
That was Sudeikis on the 2025 episode of the New Heights podcast, and it ended up being exactly where the show landed.
So what is season 4 actually about?
Ted returns to Richmond to lead a second division women's football team. The vibe from the official synopsis is all about taking leaps and embracing risk — Ted and his new squad are going to push themselves into chances they would not normally take. It is a fresh setting, a new locker room, and a different set of pressures, with Ted doing what he does best: turning a team into a team.
First look: biscuits on the tarmac, pints at the pub
Apple TV dropped the first photos in January 2026. Sudeikis is back in the signature Lasso uniform, flanked by Coach Beard and a new assistant coach played by Tanya Reynolds. One image has Ted handing Rebecca that pink box of homemade biscuits, notably next to an aircraft — make of that travel moment what you will. Another shot parks Ted at the Crown & Anchor, the show's favorite pub, which is a nice little comfort-food callback amid the change-up.
The teaser: Ted's back on the pitch (with a new acronym)
In April 2026, Apple TV rolled out a teaser that shows Ted getting a warm welcome as he steps back onto the field. It ends with a very Ted-ism: he coins "ASAP PP," which he cheerfully expands to "as soon as possible, pretty please." Expect more of that cornball sincerity, just pointed at a new challenge.
Who is in and who is new
- Returning: Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Juno Temple, Jeremy Swift (their Warner Bros. Television deals were renewed in August 2024)
- New: Tanya Reynolds (as an assistant coach), Grant Feely, Jude Mack, Faye Marsey, Rex Hayes, Aisling Sharkey, Abbie Hern
When and where to watch
Ted Lasso season 4 premieres on Apple TV on August 5. New episodes roll out weekly on Wednesdays.