'Ted Lasso' Season 4 Is Officially In Production

Nearly two years after the divisive third-season finale, which felt like a definitive ending — if not for the show, at least its main character — Apple TV+'s Ted Lasso has officially started production on a fourth season. Considering it took the streamer over a year to even confirm all the speculation and behind-the-scenes gossip that hinted the show's run wasn't as over as everyone previously insisted, the fact that Season 4 is now a thing that's happening feels...well, more than a bit surreal.  

Your mileage may (and likely will) vary when it comes to whether you think this show should be coming back for a fourth season after everything that happened in its third season. But on some level, its return was likely inevitable. After all, before the success of Severance and Slow Horses, Ted Lasso was Apple TV+'s biggest mainstream hit, racking up awards hardware, cultural buzz, and officially licensed merchandise. It's easy to see why the folks in charge might want that success to continue. 

However, Season 3 concluded with Jason Sudeikis's affable Ted heading home to his family in Kansas, leaving the gruff Roy Kent to take over as the AFC Richmond head coach. In many ways, it felt like a fairly complete end to his character's story. However, the hour certainly left the door open for potential spin-offs or sequel series, such as Roy's coaching debut or the Richmond women's team, which Keeley and Rebecca were so hyped about. Now, it sounds as though the new season will pick up on some of those narrative threads, but in a way that somehow incorporates Ted's return to the U.K.

Here's the bare bones Season 4 synopsis.

Ted returns to Richmond, taking on his biggest challenge yet: coaching a second division women’s football team. Throughout the course of the season, Ted and the team learn to leap before they look, taking chances they never thought they would.

Filming is officially underway on Season 4 in Kansas City, as several fan favorite characters appear to visit America in the hopes of convincing Ted to return to England.

Alongside Sudeikis, Apple has officially confirmed the returns of Hannah Waddingham as Rebecca Welton, Brett Goldstein as Roy Kent, Brendan Hunt as Coach Beard, Juno Temple as Keeley Jones, and Jeremy Swift as Lesley Higgins. No word has been released yet on the other performers who might appear throughout Season 4. Phil Dunster, who plays Jamie Tartt, is conspicuously absent from this initial release of information, as is Nick Mohammed. However, he has unsubtly tweeted extensively about the series' return over the past year, making it seem unlikely that we won't see Nate again. Deadline is reporting that Apple has signed this group to three-year options, which means there's most likely a fair bit of Ted Lasso in our future over the next few years. 

New faces joining the cast include Tanya Reynolds (The Other Bennet Sister), Jude Mack (Such Brave Girls), Faye Marsay (Adolescence), Aisling Sharkey (Jurassic World: Dominion), Abbie Hern (My Lady Jane), Rex Hayes, and Grant Feely (Obi-Wan Kenobi), who is taking over the role of Ted's son, Henry. 

30 Rock's Jack Burditt joins the series as an executive producer for Season 4, alongside Sudeikis, Hunt, Goldstein, Joe Kelly, Jane Becker, Jamie Lee, and Bill Wrubel. Goldstein serves as writer with Leanna Bowen, Sarah Walker, and Phoebe Walsh, who will also serve as co-executive producers. Julia Lindon will write for Season 4, with Dylan Marron as story editor. Bill Lawrence also executive produces via his Doozer Productions, with Jeff Ingold and Liza Katzer. 

Ted Lasso Season 4 does not yet have a release date, but it is expected to debut sometime in 2026, probably around the time of the World Cup.