Apple TV+ Sets Ted Lasso Season 4 Premiere for August 5

Apple TV+ announced Thursday that its award-winning comedy series "Ted Lasso" will return for a fourth season, premiering August 5 with weekly episodes through October 7.

The streamer released the first trailer for the new season, which shows Jason Sudeikis reprising his role as Ted Lasso, the optimistic American coach originally hired to lead AFC Richmond, a fictional English soccer club. This time, Ted returns to Richmond to coach the club's second-division women's team, facing what Apple described as his "biggest challenge yet." According to the official synopsis, "Throughout the course of the season, Ted and the team learn to leap before they look, taking chances they never thought they would."

Returning cast members include Hannah Waddingham as club owner Rebecca Welton, Brett Goldstein as Roy Kent, Juno Temple as Keeley Jones, Brendan Hunt as Coach Beard and Jeremy Swift as Leslie Higgins. New additions to the ensemble are Grant Feely, who takes over the role of Ted's son Henry; Tanya Reynolds, known from "Sex Education"; Jude Mack; Faye Marsay; Rex Hayes; Aisling Sharkey; and Abbie Hern, who are expected to portray members of the women's team.