'Welcome to Wrexham' Scores a Season 5 Commission

The stunning success of Welcome to Wrexham cannot be overstated. It's a rare reality series that can stand shoulder to shoulder with prestige TV, and even when one does, it's tough to maintain for an extended run over several years. But Wrexham discovered it had a secret weapon: the local fans. They have provided the series with the ability to explore everything from the post-Brexit economic situation in Wales to the toxic masculinity embodied in "footie culture." As for the team, it turned out it just needed owners willing to put in the work off the field that the players do on, and the result is a club that has scored back-to-back promotions, twice.

Since the show’s second season, Wrexham AFC has progressed from the fifth tier to the EFL League Two and then to the EFL League One. When Season 4's trailer arrived with the announcement that Wrexham would be promoted to the Championship League, a place the team hadn’t been since 1980, it was essentially a given that a Season 5 commission would follow shortly.

However, success may breed more seasons, but it also encourages FX to take a swing at new series. Thus far, the production company behind Wrexham, owner Ryan Reynolds' Maximum Effort, has announced a docuseries focused on the Canadian hockey team, the Edmonton Oilers, titled The Great Ones. (Reynolds is Canadian, hockey is their religion, the way football is in the U.K.) However, before that, FX will premiere another football-focused series, with actor Eva Longoria joining Reynolds and Wrexham co-owner Rob McElhenney to invest in the Mexico-based Club Necaxa, which plays in the city of Aguascalientes.

Anyone who has watched Wrexham has probably taken note of the parade of American celebrities who pass through the owner's box, several of whom now invest in European and American football teams, including Will Ferrell, who now owns a stake in LAFC. It was merely a matter of time before Reynolds and McElhenney saw another team with the same potential for cultural exploration and Cinderella-style success. 

For her part, the American-born Longoria has long focused on her Mexican roots; she holds a master's degree in Chicano studies and supports her community through charities like the Eva Longoria Foundation. The actor also uses her celebrity status to draw attention to the immigration crisis and fronts a CNN docuseries about Mexican culture. In short, she is the perfect ambassador to bridge the cultural divide between white audiences and Mexican sports culture, along with appealing to the long-underserved Spanish-speaking U.S. audience. 

There is no synopsis for Season 5 of Wrexham yet. However, there is an extensive one for Necaxa:

Necaxa is a gripping bilingual docuseries chronicling a turbulent, transformational time marked by staff shake-ups, career-defining injuries, and the relentless grit of a football team determined to defy expectations and deliver hope to its city of Aguascalientes, Mexico. Once a powerhouse in Mexican football, Club Necaxa has spent decades navigating instability, including relocations, relegation battles, and near-constant reinvention. Though its legacy has flickered in and out of the national spotlight, a passionate core of diehard supporters continues to believe, clinging to the dream that their beloved “Rayos” will one day rise again.

With unprecedented behind-the-scenes access, the series follows the emotional journeys of the players, the steadfast fans and believers — and even the skeptics. Necaxa brings viewers onto the training pitch and into the locker room as Los Rayos and their supporters chase a playoff dream and hope that lightning can, in fact, strike again. A portrait of faith, resilience, and the enduring power of hope, Necaxa dives into the lives and dreams of the people who surround the team. Will Club Necaxa make it, or will they lose another season and the hearts of Aguascalientes once and for all?

McElhenney and Reynolds continue to star in Wrexham as well as the forthcoming Necaxa alongside Longoria. The two owners also executive produce Wrexham, along with Josh Drisko, Bryan Rowland, Jeff Luini, Humphrey Ker, Nick Frenkel, George Dewey, and Boardwalk Pictures’ Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard, Sarina Roma, and Andy Thomas. The duo also executive produces Necaxa with Longoria, Frenkel, Dewey, plus Cris Abrego, Rachelle Mendez, Jackie Cohn, Alex Fumero, and Diana E. Gonzales. 

Welcome to Wrexham Season 4 continues with new episodes on Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on FX, and streams the next day on Hulu. The series will continue with one episode a week through the end of June. Necaxa Season 1 does not yet have a release date, but it is expected to air on FX and Hulu starting in summer 2025. Currently, The Great Ones, slated for 2026, only has a Canadian distributor and will air/stream on Super Channel up north. It remains to be seen if it also lands on FX and Hulu eventually.