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Ted Lasso Season 4 Becomes Apple TV+'s Biggest Launch Ever
Ted Lasso is a TV show about a very kind and funny football coach.
Ted stays cheerful and positive no matter what, and that helps his teams win.
The show has come back for a fourth season.
It is set three years after the last season, and Ted returns to coach a women's team.
Many fans love the show, and millions of people watched the new season.
In fact, it became the most-watched launch ever on Apple TV+.
People watched it for nearly 300 million minutes in just two days.
Lots of actors from the old seasons came back, and some new actors joined too.
The show has also won big awards in the past, like an Emmy.
Ted's big new challenge is coaching a second-division women's football team.
Ted Lasso Season 4 aired on 5 August and became Apple TV+'s biggest launch ever, with 296.6 million minutes watched in just two days.
The new season is set three years after season 3, with Ted returning to Richmond for his biggest challenge yet: coaching a second-division women's football team.
Jason Sudeikis returns as Ted, joined by series regulars Hannah Waddingham, Juno Temple, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt and Jeremy Swift.
According to Nielsen, the show was the most streamed in the United States and beat highly watched shows such as Severance, with nearly 200 million viewers.
The series previously won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, while Sudeikis won Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Best Actor awards.
- Who
- Jason Sudeikis reprises his role as Ted, joined by returning cast members Hannah Waddingham, Juno Temple, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt and Jeremy Swift, plus new cast members including Tanya Reynolds, Faye Marsay, Jude Mack, Rex Ahyes, Aisling Sharkey and Gráinne Feely.
- What
- Ted Lasso Season 4, Apple TV+'s biggest launch ever, follows Ted returning to Richmond to coach a second-division women's football team and drew 296.6 million minutes watched in two days.
- Where
- The story returns to Richmond, and the season was the most streamed show in the United States, according to Nielsen.
- When
- Season 4 aired on 5 August and is set three years after season 3.
- Why
- The show returned by popular demand despite Sudeikis saying in 2023 that season 3 ended the story the team wanted to tell; the new season presents Ted with his biggest challenge yet.
Key facts
- Show
- Ted Lasso - Season 4
- Platform
- Apple TV+
- Premiere date
- 5 August
- Setting
- Three years after season 3
- Premiere viewership
- 296.6 million minutes watched in two days
- US streaming rank
- Most streamed in the US per Nielsen, with nearly 200 million viewers
- Lead actor
- Jason Sudeikis
- Storyline
- Ted coaches a second-division women's football team in Richmond
Quotes
Jason Sudeikis
Actor and star of Ted Lasso
““This is the end of this story that we wanted to tell, that we were hoping to tell, that we loved to tell,” he said.”
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