Ted Lasso season 4: cast, plot and everything we know
Ted Lasso and AFC Richmond are back.

Time to pull out your AFC Richmond gear once again, because Ted Lasso season 4 is on the way.
Though Ted Lasso season 3 was billed at the time as the final season of the hit Apple TV Plus original series, rumors soon began to swirl that a fourth season could be in the works. Well, Ted Lasso season 4 is officially happening.
For those that need a reminder, Ted Lasso season 3 ultimately saw Ted decide to leave AFC Richmond to return to the US to be closer to his son. But he left Richmond in a good place, with Coach Beard, Roy and Nate leading the team, while it was also teased that Rebecca and Keeley were working to launch a women’s AFC Richmond team.
How will the story of Ted Lasso continue? When will fans be able to watch it? Who from the original series is returning? We’ve got all the information we have on those questions and more directly below.
Ted Lasso season 4 release date
There is no premiere date for Ted Lasso season 4 at this time.
Production is officially underway, meaning that there's a good chance that the latest season could premiere sometime in 2026.
Whenever Ted Lasso season 4 premieres, it is going to stream exclusively on Apple TV Plus, so a subscription will be necessary. In the meantime, Apple TV Plus subscribers can watch the first three seasons of Ted Lasso on the platform whenever they want.
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Ted Lasso season 4 cast
Jason Sudeikis is set to reprise his Emmy-winning role as Ted Lasso. He will be joined by other returning cast members Hannah Waddingham (Rebecca), Brett Goldstein (Roy Kent), Jeremy Swift (Leslie Higgins), Juno Temple (Keeley) and Brendan Hunt (Coach Beard) are all returning.
The first batch of new cast members have also been announced, including Tanya Reynolds (Sex Education), Jude Mack (Back in Action), Faye Marsay (Andor), Rex Hayes, Aisling Sharkey (Jurassic World: Dominion), Abbie Hern (My Lady Jane) and Grant Feely (Obi-Wan Kenobi).
Ted Lasso season 4 plot
As we mentioned, the creation of an AFC Richmond women’s team was teased in the season 3 finale, and that will be the main storyline of the new series, as teased by this synopsis:
"Ted returns to Richmond, takingon 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 theylook, taking chances they never thought they would."
Goldstein, who in addition to starring serves as an executive producer and writer on the show. He is joined in the writing room for season 4 by Leanne Bowen, Sara Walker, Phoebe Walsh, Sasha Garron and Julia Lindon, with Dylan Marron serving as the story editor.
Ted Lasso season 4 trailer
There is no trailer for Ted Lasso season 4 right now, but a quick clip of Swift, Waddingham, Temple and Sudeikis was released to help announce that production for the season was underway:
Ted Lasso season 4 behind the scenes
It’s incredible to recall, but the character of Ted Lasso was originally created as a promo bit for the Premier League coming to what was then NBC Sports in the US. From there it was developed by Sudeikis, Hunt, Bill Lawrence and Joe Kelly, all of whom remain executive producers on the show along with Jane Becker, Jamie Lee, Bill Wrubel, Jeff Ingold and Liza Katzer.
A new member of the creative team for Ted Lasso season 4 is Jack Burditt, Emmy-winning executive producer of Modern Family, 30 Rock and Nobody Wants This, who becomes another executive producer on the show.
While Ted Lasso is an Apple TV Plus original, it is also a production of Warner Bros. Television, Universal Television and Doozer Productions.
Production for Ted Lasso season 4 is taking place in both Kansas City and London.

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