Ted Lasso Season 4 Trailer: AFC Richmond Returns Again

Ahh, the universe is right on time again.

The teaser trailer for Ted Lasso Season 4 is here, and it looks like Ted and Coach Beard are heading back across the Atlantic to the UK to take on a new chapter with AFC Richmond’s women’s team. The new season premieres August 5 on Apple TV+.

When I first stumbled upon this show, I was not exactly sold. Ted Lasso came off like Ned Flanders with Midwestern sensibilities and a kind of “toxic positivity” that felt like it might get old fast. Even Ted jokes about it himself, that he looks like Ned Flanders doing cosplay, and honestly, that comparison initially turned me off.

Boy, was I wrong.

This show ended up being something special.

I am genuinely happy a fourth season is happening because somewhere along the way, I fell in love with these characters. The heart of it, the real core, is redemption and hope. And lately, that feels like something we are running short on in general life, not just television.

This new season shifts focus to the development of an AFC Richmond women’s team, and that alone has fans buzzing. It is a fresh direction, but still grounded in the same emotional DNA that made the show resonate in the first place.

The return of Hannah Waddingham as Rebecca, Juno Temple as Keeley, Brett Goldstein as Roy, and Brendan Hunt as Beard brings a sense of continuity, especially for those worried this might turn into a total reset. That familiar “family” energy is still there, at least on paper.

But I will admit something selfish here.

Season 3, to me, ended perfectly. It had closure, weight, and emotional honesty. So part of me can’t help but wonder if a fourth season risks softening that legacy.

And then there is the big question hanging over everything. Why would Ted even come back to England after that emotional departure to Kansas to be with his son? That ending felt final in a very intentional way.

Now we are getting new cast members like Tanya Reynolds, Jude Mack, and Faye Marsay, which raises another question entirely. Can this new version of Ted Lasso build the same kind of “family” chemistry that made the original run work so well?

Maybe it can. Maybe it should not even try to repeat it.

I keep landing in two places at once. I will watch it no matter what, but there is also that quiet thought sitting in the back of my mind that maybe they should have left it alone.

Still, if even a little of that old magic is left in the tank, it might just be worth the comeback one more time.