Ted Lasso will return on August 5, with Season 4 dropping globally and new episodes arriving weekly on Wednesdays.
Jason Sudeikis, the series co‑creator and star, confirmed he will return for the new season on the New Heights podcast.
The new teaser makes the change plain: "Ted returns to Richmond, taking on 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 they look, taking chances they never thought they would." The show will bring back Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Juno Temple, Brendan Hunt and Jeremy Swift, while adding Tanya Reynolds, Jude Mack, Faye Marsay, Rex Hayes, Aisling Sharkey, Abbie Hern and Grant Feely to the cast. Grant Feely will play Ted’s son Henry, now 12 years old and a skilled soccer player himself.
Production credits underscore the continuity: the series was developed by Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Joe Kelly and Brendan Hunt, and Season 4 is adding Jack Burditt as an executive producer under a new overall deal with Apple TV.
The turn to a second division women’s side is the clearest plot shift so far and gives the season its headline number: second division. Fans have already been bubbling with rumor and buzz about a fourth season since an early exclusive report about Warner Bros. Television’s initial pick up options on some original cast members, and Sudeikis’ confirmation on the podcast put dates on the chatter.
The change in Henry’s casting is another concrete marker of the season’s reset: earlier seasons featured Henry portrayed by Gus Turner; that role is now played by Grant Feely, reflecting the character’s new age and abilities at 12 years old.
Not every reaction to the premise has been warm. One unnamed fan posted, "Welcome back, Coach. Too bad you’re coaching a bunch of girls… Ya w***er." That crude jab highlights the friction the show is choosing to put its lead into — a coach beloved for his optimism stepping into a different locker room and a different set of expectations.
If you want the official rundown now, the season landing page is live and the newsroom published an early preview, which you can read here: Ted Lasso Season 4: Jason Sudeikis Returns Aug. 5 to Coach a Women's Team.
This is not a brief cameo: the facts are clear. Ted Lasso returns as a series with a full season that shifts focus to women’s football, Jason Sudeikis is back, Henry is older and played by Grant Feely, and viewers will get new episodes every Wednesday starting August 5 — a weekly cadence that will stretch the story across the late summer and autumn schedule.
The most consequential question — whether the show’s warmth and optimism will translate to a women’s second division and convince the viewers who were skeptical — is effectively answered by the show’s choice: it is doubling down. By moving Ted into a second division women’s role and surrounding him with both familiar faces and a new cast, the makers are signaling that Season 4 is meant to test the character’s methods in a different arena, and audiences will see the result beginning August 5.
