‘Ted Lasso’ Season 4 Begins Filming This Summer
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Earlier this year, we finally got official confirmation that Ted Lasso is returning for a fourth season. Now it looks like Apple’s Emmy award-winning series is set to start filming in the next few weeks, according to a new report from Deadline.
Very subtle hints of a fourth season of Ted Lasso began circulating in early 2024 and were later backed up by industry reports that Warner Bros., the production company behind the series, was working to get the band back together. By January, it seemed apparent things were on track to begin filming, but it wasn’t until March that the man behind the eponymous football coach, Jason Sudeikis, gave us the official word.
Sudeikis not only stars as Ted but also serves as co-creator, executive producer, and head writer. There was no way that Ted Lasso would have returned without his say-so. Last summer, co-creator Bill Lawrence confirmed that and hedged a bit by hinting that Sudeikis may not have yet been entirely on board. “He’s also the dude whose life just has to be completely overhauled and moved to a foreign country with young children,” Lawrence told Collider.
However, as one of the biggest hits on Apple TV+, it’s understandable how Apple and Warner Bros. wanted to figure out a way to bring it back. The show garnered record viewers and became the most-nominated freshman comedy series in Emmy Awards history, surpassing 2010’s Glee, earning it an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, along with three additional awards for outstanding lead and supporting actors and three more for editing, sound mixing, and casting.
Ted Lasso was initially written as a three-season arc, but while it wrapped things up nicely in May 2023, stars and producers were reluctant to see that as a final end. Jason Sudeikis called it “the end of this story that we wanted to tell” but left the door open to the possibility of a new chapter in the Lasso-verse.
A report in February gave us a hint of what that chapter might be about, with the suggestion that Season 4 might focus on the formation of a women’s football team at AFC Richmond. Sudeikis confirmed that in March, although he didn’t offer much detail. “Ted’s coaching a women’s team, so there, that’s it,” he said.
There also hadn’t previously been much official word on who would return to the cast other than Sudeikis. An Apple press release confirmed that Brendan Hunt (Coach Beard) and Brett Goldstein (Roy Kent) are returning to the writing team, suggesting we should see them reprise their on-screen roles. The report from last August also said that contract options had been picked up on Hannah Waddingham (Rebecca Welton), Jeremy Swift (Leslie Higgins), and Juno Temple (Keeley Jones).
Today’s Deadline report confirms that team owner Rebecca Welton will indeed be returning in season 4, which always seemed to be a given if the focus is going to be on forming a women’s team.
Our writers are literally Jedi Knights. They’re just incredible. And we’ve got like a full room of real feminist men. So we’ve got all the fabulous women there, and the men that are in there, and I think you really see it in the scripts … it’s just so beautifully drawn.
Hannah Waddingham, speaking with Deadline
Sadly, we likely won’t see much of Jamie Tart in the new season. Phil Dunster has moved on to other projects, and while we’re hoping for a guest appearance or two, there’s been no word on whether that will happen.
Filming is set to begin in July, so we’re still months away from a release date, and nothing has been officially announced. Season 4 might sneak in before the end of the year, but it’s more likely that we’re looking at an early 2026 season premiere.
