Ted Lasso is gonna have to book another transatlantic flight. Well, three to be precise. All good: AFC Richmond will probably take care of that.
On Tuesday, Apple TV released the trailer (below) for the 10-episode fourth season of its crown jewel Ted Lasso — this whole thing came so close to never happening. Ted Lasso season four premieres with just one episode on Wednesday, Aug. 5; the remaining nine episodes will roll out one at a time each Wednesday through Oct. 7. Apple has every reason to want to extend this thing — who knows how, when and even if we’ll get more.
After a few years back in the states, in season four, Ted (Jason Sudeikis) returns to Richmond, “taking on his biggest challenge yet: coaching a second division women’s football team,” the synopsis reads. “Throughout the course of the season, Ted and the team learn to leap before they look, taking chances they never thought they would.”
The familiar faces are pretty much all there — minus the men’s players, that is. Hannah Waddingham, Juno Temple, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt and Jeremy Swift all return for season four. Counted among the show’s newcomers are Tanya Reynolds, Jude Mack, Faye Marsay, Rex Hayes, Aisling Sharkey, Abbie Hern and Grant Feely.
Ted Lasso is executive produced by Sudeikis alongside Hunt, Joe Kelly, Jane Becker, Jamie Lee and Bill Wrubel. Jack Burditt joins their ranks this season under a new overall deal with Apple TV. Goldstein is writer and executive producer alongside Leann Bowen. Sarah Walker and Phoebe Walsh are writers and producers for season four; Sasha Garron co-produces. Julia Lindon will write for season four, and Dylan Marron will serve as story editor.
Bill Lawrence executive produces via his Doozer Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television. Doozer’s Jeff Ingold and Liza Katzer also serve as executive producers. The series was developed by Sudeikis, Lawrence, Kelly and Hunt, and is based on the terrific, old NBC Sports commercials.
Ted Lasso won back-to-back best comedy Emmys for its first two seasons. Season three was a bit of a regression, and seemed to serve as the natural conclusion for the series. And then Sudeikis had an epiphany.
