Ted Lasso Season 4 Story Teased As "A Self-Reboot" By Co-Creator

Ted Lasso season 4's story gets an update from co-creator Bill Lawrence. Well over a year after the soccer dramedy closed out its third installment, it was reported in August that plans were being put into place to get Ted Lasso season 4 rolling. Warner Bros. TV, the studio behind the hit Apple TV+ series, was said to be reaching out to the actors and checking their availability in the hopes of getting a writers' room up and running. But executives at WB TV, as well as cast and crew, have been reluctant to confirm whether the show is actually coming back.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times to discuss some of his recent TV projects, including the Shrinking season 2 finale, Lawrence gives the most candid response about season 4 yet. The veteran writer, who created Ted Lasso with Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt, and Joe Kelly, makes clear that he is not the leading creative voice on the show and that it is Sudeikis who will share details about what's next. However, in the quote below, Lawrence describes Ted Lasso season 4 as a “self-reboot” and doesn't dispute that it is happening:

I’m always very careful to make sure it never comes out on my mouth like it’s my show, because I’m so proud to be part of it. But Jason’s the guy driving the wheel on that. But the one thing that he was always very clear about, without divulging anything, is that the story that we came up with for the first three seasons was “Ted Lasso” had a beginning, middle and end; without a doubt it had an end, you saw him jumping around and go home. It helped cement my thoughts and I don’t want to speak for him, but it’d be interesting to see that there’s always another story to tell with characters that people like, but it’s a different story. It’s almost a self-reboot. I think that he [Jason] always had in his head another story he wanted to tell.

It's A Fresh Start

Close

Ted Lasso, like Shrinking, was conceived as a story with three parts. By the time the season 3 finale premiered, the titular Ted's story came to a stop and he returned to the U.S. to be with his family. Lawrence's comments could mean that, as speculated, Sudeikis' on-screen as Coach Lasso takes a backseat as season 4 focuses on a women's soccer team. It could also mean that the focus on the central AFC Richmond team continues, albeit without Lasso being a focal point.

Related 6 Things Ted Lasso's Cast & Creators Have Said About Season 4 Happening From Bill Lawrence to Hannah Waddingham, a lot of key creatives involved with Ted Lasso have weighed in on the possibility of season 4.

Since the initial report about Warner Bros. TV working to make season 4 happen, there hasn't been much movement on what the future of the series will look like outside of the fact that Phil Dunster reportedly won't come back as a main Ted Lasso cast member due to his commitments with other series though he still could make guest appearances. Lawrence's remarks underline the fact that the show's next chapter won't be a straightforward continuation of what came before but a new idea instead.

Our Take On Ted Lasso Season 4

The Details Make All The Difference

Ted Lasso is one of the most popular streaming shows, ranking as Nielsen's most-watched series at one point. It's no surprise that executives at both WB and Apple would welcome new episodes. But hopefully, after the holidays, there will finally be some concrete details on what the next iteration of what the Emmy-winning series will actually look like.

Source: Los Angeles Times