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See the full story · 2 sourcesGo to the 9to5Mac home page Switch site 9to5Toys 9to5Google Logo 9to5Google Electrek Drone DJ Logo DroneDJ Space Explored About Privacy Toggle social menu Toggle dark mode Search for: Submit Toggle search form Forums Store Podcasts Apple@Work Happy Hour 9to5Mac Daily Overtime iPhone iPhone Mac Mac MacBook Pro MacBook Air iMac Mac mini Mac Studio Mac Pro iPad iPad Pro iPad Air iPad mini iPad iPadOS Watch Apple Watch Apple Watch Ultra Apple Health Apple Watch SE Vision Vision Pro visionOS Music and TV Apple Music AirPods HomePod Apple TV Guides Reviews How Tos AAPL Apple Store Apple Arcade Apple Card Apple Silicon Apple One Apple Fitness+ CarPlay Siri HomeKit Toggle dark mode Apple TV Ted Lasso Ted Lasso returns next week with two major changes in season 4 Ryan Christoffel | Jul 31 2026 - 10:15 am PT 0 Comments Ted Lasso is almost back ( watch on Apple TV ), with season 4 premiering this Tuesday, August 4 at 9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT. Here are two major changes to expect from the new season of Ted Lasso.
Ted Lasso season 4 features many of the beloved characters from prior seasons, like Ted, Rebecca, Keeley, Roy, and Coach Beard.
But there’s also significant cast turnover due to the new plot now centering on a women’s team: the Lady Greyhounds.
Newcomers in season 4 include Tanya Reynolds as Alice Chilton, who coaches alongside Lasso, plus Lady Greyhounds players: Abbie Hern as Gemma, Jude Mack as Boots, Faye Marsay as Lizzie, and a pair of twins, Aisling Sharkey as Niamh and Rex Hayes as Siobhan.
The men from AFC Richmond are not returning as regular cast members. Jamie Tartt, Dani Rojas, Sam Obisanya, Isaac McAdoo, and Colin Hughes will be missing—though some might appear in cameos.
Nick Mohammed, who played Nate in seasons 1-3, might return in some capacity but it’s not clear at the moment.
For Ted Lasso’s first couple seasons, co-creator Bill Lawrence was heavily involved in the show alongside Jason Sudeikis. Lawrence is also known for Apple TV’s Shrinking and Bad Monkey , and other hits like Scrubs and HBO’s Rooster.
Notably, on season 3 Lawrence had virtually no involvement. And by most accounts, the show suffered creatively as a result.
So for season 4, Apple brought in Jack Burditt to help Sudeikis. Per The Hollywood Reporter :
Jack Burditt, whose résumé is stuffed with hit sitcoms like 30 Rock and Modern Family , seemed ideally suited, but, as he’d very clearly told his reps, he was done being a showrunner-for-hire…That they’d be running it together made it more palatable, as did the outsize success of the show. Plus, Sudeikis seemed to know that he needed help, and the delineation of duties was largely clear.
“He was like, ‘I need someone to put up the walls, and I’ll hang the art,’” says Burditt, who understood that to mean that his job would be to keep the show on budget and on schedule while Sudeikis would continue to be the creative engine
Previous reporting said Burditt also co-ran the writer’s room on season 4. Early indications are that the new season is a welcome return to form after the uneven season 3.
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Ryan got his start in journalism as an Editor at MacStories, where he worked for four years covering Apple news, writing app reviews, and more. For two years he co-hosted the Adapt podcast on Relay FM, which focused entirely on the iPad. As a result, it should come as no surprise that his favorite Apple device is the iPad Pro.
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