Ted Lasso returns for season 4, focused on women’s football
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A review of Apple TV+'s "Ted Lasso" confirms the sitcom has returned for a full 10-episode fourth season, more than three years after Jason Sudeikis' relentlessly upbeat coach appeared to walk away from AFC Richmond. The revival shifts its central focus onto the club's women's football team, reframing the show's usual message about self-belief into a broader look at fairness and opportunity in the women's game, while largely justifying its comeback despite still needing to prove it is essential rather than merely comforting.
The review, based on the first four episodes, finds Ted settled into a quieter life in Kansas, co-parenting son Henry with ex-wife Michelle, before Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham), Keeley (Juno Temple) and Higgins (Jeremy Swift) travel over to lure him back to England. Rather than returning to coach the men's team, the Greyhounds, Ted instead takes on a role with AFC Richmond's women's side, with the season written and overseen by returning showrunners Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt, Bill Lawrence and Joe Kelly.
- "Ted Lasso" Season 4 returns after three-year gap, 10 episodes
- Ted now works with AFC Richmond's women's football team
- Rebecca, Keeley and Higgins persuade Ted back to England
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Ted Lasso first arrived on Apple TV+ in 2020, following an American football coach hired to run an English football club despite knowing almost nothing about the sport. Played by Jason Sudeikis, the character became known for his relentless optimism and folksy warmth, helping the fictional AFC Richmond club through relegation battles and personal setbacks over three seasons. The show ended in 2023 with Ted apparently leaving the club and returning home to the United States.
The wider cast includes Hannah Waddingham as Rebecca, the club's owner, Juno Temple as Keeley, a former marketing executive, and Jeremy Swift as Higgins, a club administrator, all of whom have been part of Richmond's story from the start. Apple TV+ later confirmed the show would return for a fourth season, reuniting Sudeikis with fellow writers and producers Brendan Hunt, Bill Lawrence and Joe Kelly.
Interest in this new season centres on a change of direction: rather than picking up where the men's team left off, the storyline now involves Richmond's women's football team, an area of the sport that has grown rapidly in profile and funding in recent years but still faces questions about equal treatment and support compared with the men's game. This shift matters because it moves the show beyond its original "fish out of water" setup into territory that touches on real debates about opportunity and fairness in women's sport.
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Originally published by Collider as “‘Ted Lasso’ Season 4 Proves There’s Still Plenty Left of Apple TV’s Beloved Sitcom To Believe In | Review”.