The belief is strong, so strong that Apple TV+’s smash hit comedy series Ted Lasso is officially back on the pitch for a fourth season.

Rumors and buzz around a fourth season began with Deadline’s exclusive report about Warner Bros’ Television’s initial pick up options on three original cast members who had been contracted under the aegis of the UK acting union Equity. Deadline broke this news in August 2024, but now the return is for sure happening with creator and star Jason Sudeikis on board.

Find everything we know about Ted Lasso Season 4 below:

When does Ted Lasso Season 4 come out?

Summer has been targeted as the premiere window for Season 4, with star Hannah Waddingham sharing that August is the target month for release. It has been confirmed that the new season will premiere August 5.

Is there a trailer for Ted Lasso Season 4?

Yes, a teaser trailer has hinted at what’s to come for the biscuit-baking soccer coach. Set to “Rubber Band Man” by Mumford & Sons from their new album Prizefighter, viewers can spot Brett Goldstein‘s Roy Kent with Juno Temple’s Keeley Jones, Hannah Waddingham’s Rebecca Welton with her new beau and more.

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Who is returning for Ted Lasso Season 4?

Deadline first reported that Waddingham, Brett Goldstein and Jeremy Swift had been secured for a fourth season of the fútbol series. Waddingham portrays AFC Richmond owner Rebecca Walton, whose arc over three seasons took her from vicious enemy to vital friend. Goldstein, who recently went in front of the camera in Shrinking Season 2, another show he co-creates with Bill Lawrence — who worked on the first two seasons of Ted Lasso with Goldstein writing and acting, plays gruff retired footballer and now assistant coach of AFC Richmond Roy Kent. Swift portrays Director of Football Operations and Diamond Dog member Leslie Higgins.

Jason Sudeikis, who created the show with Bill Lawrence based off an NBC skit he did back in 2013 for an ad campaign where he first brought Coach Ted Lasso to life following his meaner version of the character on Saturday Night Live, confirmed his return for Season 4 on the New Heights podcast co-hosted by American football players Travis and Jason Kelce.

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When Deadline first heard of the trio of option pickup contracts, Phil Dunster, who plays Jamie Tartt in the TV show, wasn’t among them due to a scheduling conflict with another series. He has since committed to a regular role on a new HBO comedy starring Steve Carrell, which also comes from from Ted Lasso executive producer Bill Lawrence and Warner Bros TV. The series, titled Rooster comes out in March.

Juno Temple, who portrays Keeley Jones, who became her own PR boss for AFC Richmond and beyond, will be back. Brendan Hunt, who closed his acting deal to return as Coach Beard, has been working in the writers room with Sudeikis — who will star and write and produce. OG cast member Goldstein, who also pulls double duty of starring and writing.

What will Ted Lasso Season 4 be about?

Photos revealed that Ted will take on his biggest challenge yet, coaching a Division 2 women’s soccer team.

As far as we know, Season 4 will pick up where Season 3 left off, but it will hop across the pond to Kansas where Sudeikis’ Lasso returned at the end of the third season. The titular leader figure will then head back to the UK, and the below statement from Sudeikis will give viewers a clue as to why:

“As we all continue to live in a world where so many factors have conditioned us to ‘look before we leap, in season four, the folks at AFC Richmond learn to LEAP BEFORE THEY LOOK, discovering that wherever they land, it’s exactly where they’re meant to be,” he said.

Sudeikis has another three-season arc planned for this iteration of the show, Deadline has confirmed via an interview with Bill Lawrence, who co-created the original series with Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt and Joel Kelly.

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“What’s cool about streaming television is when you pitch a story for Ted Lasso that has a beginning, middle and end, you can do that story and be done with it,” Bill Lawrence said. “And then, anybody that’s seen the pictures can tell that Jason and his gang are telling a brand new three-season story with Ted Lasso.”

Will there be new characters in Season 4 of Ted Lasso?

Deadline broke the news that the series will recast for the role of Ted’s son Henry (previously portrayed by Gus Turner). Now aged 12, Henry, who FaceTimed his dad a lot in Seasons 1-3 of the series, has become a skilled soccer player himself. Grant Feely, known for playing young Luke Skywalker in Disney+ and Lucasfilm’s Obi-Wan Kenobi, will play Henry.

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New series regulars include Tanya Reynolds (Sex Education), Jude Mack (Back In Action), Faye Marsay (Adolescence), Rex Hayes, Aisling Sharkey (Jurassic World: Dominion) and Abbie Hern (My Lady Jane).

What about the footballers? Which soccer players are returning for Ted Lasso Season 4?

Since Sudeikis mentioned “folks” at AFC Richmond and not necessarily players, this could signal a shift in the team featured in Season 4, and Sudeikis confirmed the popular fan theory after the Season 3 finale on the New Heights podcast as well that Ted Lasso will indeed, be coaching a women’s soccer team in Season 4.

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“We’re writing Season 4 right now,” he told the Kelce brothers after they asked if Season 4 was in the works. “Ted’s coaching a women’s team.”

Has Ted Lasso Season 4 started production yet?

Production began in July 2025 after the series casted new characters. Jeremy Swift, who portrays Higgins, recently posted that production has wrapped on the fourth season.

Who else is behind the making of Ted Lasso Season 4?

The Season 4 writing team, featuring mostly Ted Lasso alums, has already been working on scripts for a couple of months. Deadline hears the writers room is led by co-showrunners Sudeikis and new series addition Jack Burditt (Modern Family, 30 Rock), a comedy veteran who recently played a key role on the first season of Netflix’s Nobody Wants This.

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Sudeikis, Hunt and Goldstein are executive producers alongside fellow returning Ted Lasso writers-producers Joe Kelly, Jane Becker, Jamie Lee, Bill Wrubel and Leann Bowen. Also back in the Ted Lasso writers room are Phoebe Walsh and Sarah Walker as producers, Sasha Garron as co-producer, and Dylan Marron as story editor. In addition to executive producer/co-showrunner Burditt, who has signed an overall deal with Apple TV+ upon joining the show, new to the team is staff writer Julia Lindon.

Lawrence, who developed the series with Sudeikis, Kelly and Hunt, is a non-writing executive producer via his Doozer Productions alongside the company’s Jeff Ingold and Liza Katzer. Lawrence is also working on Season 2 of Apple’s Bad Monkey as well as Season 3 of the hit comedy series Shrinking which stars Jason Segel, Harrison Ford, Jessica Williams, Luke Tennie, Michael Urie, Christa Miller and many more.