Of all the returning shows in 2026, from Netflix’s flagship romance series Bridgerton to Prime Video’s best ass-kicking action series Reacher, there is perhaps none more exciting than the long-awaited return to AFC Richmond in everyone’s favorite heartwarming sports series, Ted Lasso. Apple TV’s most famous series that once solidified them as a major player in the streaming wars was seemingly over in 2023, when Ted’s (Jason Sudeikis) time as coach at AFC Richmond came to an end as he made the tough decision to return to Kansas to spend more time with his son.
But how would the show return? Is there a way of coaxing Ted back to London that wouldn’t ruin the touching ending of Season 3? On August 5, Season 4 of Ted Lasso began with the titular soccer coach working as a part-time grocery store assistant and full-time father in Kansas. However, Keeley Jones (Juno Temple), Leslie Higgins (Jeremy Swift), and Hannah Waddingham‘s Rebecca Welton have other ideas, as they fly to the States to try and encourage Ted back to AFC Richmond to take over the brand-new women’s team, The Lady Greyhounds.
Apple TV, which rarely announces its viewership data, was proud to confirm in the past couple of days that the Season 4 premiere drew 296.6 million views during its first two days on streaming, including over 200 million minutes watched alone during its first day on the platform. These are record-breaking figures for Apple TV, marking its biggest streaming launch in history. Unsurprisingly, at the time of writing, the series is the most-watched show on Apple TV both in the U.S. and around the world.
Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most? Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek
Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🚀Star Wars
💍Lord of the Rings
🧙Harry Potter
👑Game of Thrones
🖖Star Trek
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What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning? Every universe is built around a different answer to this question.
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Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit? The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully.
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How do you prefer your conflicts resolved? The shape of a world’s conflicts tells you everything about its soul.
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Who do you want beside you when things get difficult? Your ideal companions reveal the world you were made for.
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What is your relationship with power? How you seek, wield, or resist power is the map of who you are.
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How does your universe treat good and evil? A world’s moral architecture tells you more about it than any map.
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What role would you naturally fall into? Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying?
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What do you ultimately believe about the future? The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you.
Your Universe Has Been Chosen You Belong In…
Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.
You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance.
You’d find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources.
Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story.
The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to use it for something larger than yourself certainly is.
Middle-earth
Lord of the Rings
You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.
Middle-earth is a world of ancient wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough small acts of courage accumulate.
You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival.
Tolkien’s universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something heavy across a very long distance.
Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world.
The Wizarding World
Harry Potter
You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.
The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle.
You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete.
Harry Potter’s universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying.
That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely.
Westeros · The Known World
Game of Thrones
You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.
Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation.
You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don’t confuse the world as it is with the world as you’d like it to be.
Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are sharp enough to know which one lasts longer.
Winter always comes. You are already prepared.
The United Federation of Planets
Star Trek
You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.
Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear.
You would belong here because you are fundamentally optimistic about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being honest about how hard that achievement is.
The Federation is the universe’s most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better?
You don’t just hope that’s possible. You think it’s the only thing worth working toward.
What Have Critics Said About ‘Ted Lasso’ Season 4?
After what felt like the perfect ending in 2023, many were skeptical of how Apple TV would pull off the return of Ted Lasso. So far, the viewing figures have been impressive, but how have critics reacted? On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the fourth season has so far earned a strong average rating of 90%, which is a 9% increase on Season 3. Collider’s Tania Hussain praised the show for being able to “move forward without losing what made it special” in her review, awarding a positive 7/10 score.
Ted Lasso Season 4 airs weekly on Apple TV. Make sure to stay tuned to Collider for more streaming stories.
Release Date
August 14, 2020
Network
Apple TV
Directors
Declan Lowney, MJ Delaney, Erica Dunton, Matt Lipsey