Nick Mohammed, who had quite the character arc as AFC Richmond assistant coach Nate Shelley, teased fans of the series when he announced rescheduled dates for his Show Pony comedy tour “for some filming that I wasn’t able to reschedule due to financial constraints.”
“I cannot say what that filming is. But it will be announced shortly,” he said in part in the X video as his Show Pony character Mr. Swallow.
“In the meantime, I would really appreciate if people just didn’t speculate as to what they think it might be,” Mohammed continued, holding up the hand-painted “BELIEVE” sign from the show. “The last thing I want is for people to be going mad.”
After the third and likely final season of Ted Lasso aired in early 2023, the show’s studio, Warner Bros. Television, previously picked up options for three original cast members: Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, and Jeremy Swift.
In addition to actors and co-creators Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt, co-star Juno Temple was also in talks to return in August.
In October, co-creator Bill Lawrence withdrew from confirming a fourth season, leaving it to Sudeikis, who plays the titular cheery football coach.
“Jason Sudeikis, is the voice, heart, driving factor behind the show, not only professionally, but on a personal level, that’s the dude whose life gets upended and who would be making the biggest sacrifices,” explained Lawrence. “The only sure bet in Hollywood is that nobody involved with Ted Lasso will ever, ever speak about it until Jason makes his decision of who he wants to talk to and what he wants to tell.”
Sudeikis, who co-created Ted Lasso with Lawrence, Hunt and Joe Kelly, originally envisioned the comedy as a three-season story, and stuck to that plan despite the show’s runaway success. But he hadn’t closed the door on more Ted Lasso — which is why season three wasn’t declared definitive — depending on finding the right idea. To fans’ delight, it now appears, more than a year after the season three finale, that’s what’s happened.