Jason Sudeikis returns as Ted Lasso on Aug. 5, 2026, when Apple TV premieres Season 4 of its hit soccer comedy after a three year break. The 10 episode season sends Ted back to England to coach AFC Richmond’s new women’s team, creating a promising reset that still carries the baggage of the show’s overstuffed past. Two years after Ted left Richmond for Kansas City, team owner Hannah Waddingham ’s Rebecca Welton, marketing executive Juno Temple ’s Keeley Jones and operations chief Jeremy Swift ’s Leslie Higgins travel to the United States with an offer: put Ted in charge of the club’s newest underdogs, the Greyhounds. The premise gives the series a clean slate while preserving its reunion appeal, and those two goals do not always play nicely together. Can the New Team Save the Show? Season 4 works best when it focuses on women’s sports and the specific challenges facing a brand new league, rather than treating the original ensemble like a museum exhibit. The first five episodes supplied to critics suggest that the reboot has room to improve on Season 3’s widely criticized bloat, but the show still spends too much energy protecting familiar characters and nostalgia. Tanya Reynolds is the standout newcomer as Alice Chilton, a sharp edged coach whose icy skepticism makes her a natural counterweight to Ted’s relentless optimism. Alice is the only new character who feels fully developed in the early episodes, while Sudeikis remains a major creative force and the returning cast continues to crowd out the fresh blood this comeback needs.