Believe: 'Ted Lasso' Season Three Will Finally Hit Apple TV+ in March — and It Has a Trailer

What happens when AFC Richmond's assistant coach Nathan 'Nate' Shelley (Nick Mohammed, Intelligence) walks out on the club, and on his perennially optimistic American senior coach and mentor Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis, Saturday Night Live), for a rival team? Apple TV+ viewers, you're about to find out. After a year gap, sitting on the bench in 2022, award-winning hit soccer sitcom Ted Lasso is finally set to return in 2023 — and it now has a March release date and a first trailer.

Get ready for a hefty rivalry, given that the Ted-versus-Nate clash is set to be quite the focus for the show's long-awaited third season. This 12-episode run, which will start streaming from Wednesday, March 15, will explore AFC Richmond's promotion to the Premier League — and the predictions that it'll come last as a result — plus Nate's move over to West Ham United. Also, Ted has both work and personal struggles to deal with, Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein, Uncle) leans into his assistant coach role, his partner Keeley Jones (Juno Temple, The Offer) is managing her own PR firm, and AFC Richmond owner Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham, Hocus Pocus 2) is all about defeating West Ham United (and her ex Rupert Mannion, played by Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Anthony Stewart Head, who owns it).

While Ted Lasso has felt like streaming's biggest warm hug across its first and second seasons, it wasn't afraid to skew darker in the latter, including as Nate felt pushed aside, ignored and unloved by Ted. Viewers will know that the last batch of episodes culminated with Nate's defection — but as seen in the first teaser trailer for season three, the rest of the AFC Richmond crew still has plenty to believe in, taking one of Ted's favourite words to heart.

Also part of the team, whether on or off the field: recent hotshot player Jamie Tartt (Phil Dunster, The Devil's Hour), his teammates Sam Obisanya (Toheeb Jimoh, The French Dispatch) and Dani Rojas (Cristo Fernandez, Spider-Man: No Way Home), Ted's laconic second-in-charge and long-time friend Coach Beard (Brendan Hunt, Bless This Mess), and AFC Richmond Director of Football Operations Leslie Higgins (Jeffrey Swift, Housebound).

As the sitcom's first two seasons have shown, viewers definitely don't need to love soccer or even sport to fall for this series' ongoing charms — although if you obsessed over the 2022 World Cup, it might help fill the gap until the 2026 version arrives.

Kind-hearted in the way that Parks and Recreation, Wellington Paranormal, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Abbott Elementary have also proven, Ted Lasso will be in for a significant obstacle in 2023, thanks to Ted and Nate's battle. Usually, this series celebrates people who support each other, are always there for each other and form close bonds as a result. Indeed, that's what has made it so instantly likeable. But with Nate now working for the competition, change is afoot — don't expect to see the show mess too much with its winning formula, though.

Check out the trailer for Ted Lasso's third season below:

Season three of Ted Lasso will stream via Apple TV+ from Wednesday, March 15.

Read our full review of season two.