The beloved that taught us all about the importance of being goldfish looks closer than ever to getting its long-rumored and long-hoped for Season 4. That’s right, fans — the rumor mill has cranked back up again, after months of being dropped here and there. This time, the excitement is due to the fact that Warner Bros.

Television has reportedly secured the options on three OG cast members: Hannah Waddingham (AFC Richmond owner Rebecca Walton), Brett Goldstein (Roy Kent), and Jeremy Swift (AFC Richmond Director of Football Operations Leslie Higgins). It’s not anything that’s been officially announced yet, but it would that nailing down those options is a crucial first step in the requisite locking down of everyone who would be involved in a fourth season. According to our sister publication , it’s also believed that star Jason Sudeikis himself is going to be involved in Season 4 in an executive producer capacity — which, I should add, lines up with many people’s belief that a new season would work best if focused on some of the non-Ted characters, like Rebecca and Keeley.

No one is commenting on anything at this point (big surprise!), but there’s also a rumor that a writers’ room is in the works with a hoped-for Season 4 production start date of sometime early next year. “After securing (Waddingham, Goldstein, and Swift), the studio is expected to start reaching out to cast members with SAG-AFTRA contracts whose options had expired,” . Needless to say, t.