Ted Lasso returns to Apple TV+ on August 5, more than three years after its third season concluded — and this time, Ted Lasso is coaching a women’s team, a pivot that reshapes the show’s dynamic while bringing back most of the original ensemble that made it one of streaming’s defining comedies.
Apple TV+ announced the premiere date Tuesday alongside the show’s first official trailer. New episodes will drop weekly every Wednesday, with the season finale scheduled for October 7. Apple CEO Tim Cook broke the news himself on social media, writing: “Welcome back coach! Ted Lasso returns August 5.”
Season 4 sends Ted back to Richmond, where he takes charge of a second-division women’s football team — described by Apple as his biggest challenge yet. The trailer wastes no time establishing the friction that premise creates: a local resident dismisses the appointment by calling Ted a “wanker” for working with “a bunch of girls,” setting up the gender politics the season appears ready to tackle head-on.
Returning for the new season are Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Juno Temple, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, and Jeremy Swift. The trailer also teases a Roy and Keeley reunion, with Higgins caught awkwardly in the middle. New additions to the cast include Tanya Reynolds, Jude Mack, Faye Marsay, Aisling Sharkey, Abbie Hern, Rex Hayes, and Grant Feely, who takes over the role of Ted’s son Henry from Gus Turner, who played the character across the first three seasons. Tracey Ullman also appears in the trailer in an as-yet undisclosed role.
Several familiar faces from the Richmond dressing room are absent from both the press release and the trailer, including Phil Dunster as Jamie Tartt, Toheeb Jimoh as Sam Obisanya, Nick Mohammed as Nate Shelley, and Cristo Fernández as Dani Rojas — absences that make sense given the show’s shift from the men’s first team.
Emmy winner Jack Burditt joins as executive producer under a new overall deal with Apple TV+. The season was developed by Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Joe Kelly, and Brendan Hunt, and is produced by Doozer Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television. Reports indicate the renewal extends beyond Season 4, with sources suggesting Apple has plans for Seasons 5 and 6 to complete a new three-season arc.
The show accumulated 61 Emmy nominations across its original run, with Outstanding Comedy Series wins in its first two seasons.
