FX Bets Big: Welcome to Wrexham Renewed Through Season 8 Ahead of Season 5
Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac are going the distance: their hit sports docuseries scores a three-season renewal, running through 2029.
If you told me a few years ago that one of the biggest, most reliable hits on FX would involve Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney, Welsh football, and a lot of panicked, truly outstanding crowd shots, I would have laughed you out of the room. But here we are: 'Welcome to Wrexham' is officially sticking around for the long haul, and FX is betting big that Wrexham’s fairy-tale climb still has a few more twists left.
FX Bets Big: Three More Seasons Locked In
FX has just dropped the kind of renewal you almost never see anymore: three seasons, all at once, before the new season even hits the air. So 'Welcome to Wrexham' – which hasn’t even premiered its fifth season yet (drops May 14, if you’re counting) – is now guaranteed through Season 8. Yes, that takes us all the way through 2029. That’s practically science fiction in TV terms these days.
To put this in perspective: most shows, especially docuseries built on real-world events, get year-to-year renewals or, if they’re lucky, two at once. Here, FX is so sure that Wrexham’s real-life story will stay gripping that the network just greenlit three more full years. Even Reynolds and McElhenney admitted that a deal like this is 'nearly unheard of.'
How Did We Get Here?
If you’ve lost track, it started as what some folks called a 'celebrity sports experiment': Reynolds (yes, Deadpool) and McElhenney (of 'It’s Always Sunny' fame) bought a scrappy Welsh football club, turned the cameras on, and ended up with a genuinely compelling docuseries. In the early days, the show was about simple, concrete (but uphill!) goals: rescuing Wrexham AFC, making the team competitive, connecting with the town, and maybe snagging a promotion if the soccer gods were smiling.
Fast forward a few seasons, and suddenly Wrexham is on a run that’s straight out of sports movie territory — the club pulled off three consecutive promotions and is now on the very edge of the Championship League. One more big run, and the Premier League (the top of English football, where the real money and drama are) is suddenly possible.
What Makes This Show Click?
Here’s the thing: 'Welcome to Wrexham' isn’t just famous-people-own-a-sports-team reality TV. What’s kept people tuning in (myself included) is that the drama and tension never seem manufactured. The club really does keep raising the stakes — which also means Reynolds and McElhenney get more stressed out, episode after episode.
'Good for TV, bad for blood pressure.' — That’s how Ryan Reynolds summed it up on Instagram. To be fair, he’s not wrong.
Plus, the show keeps finding time for the folks in Wrexham itself. The fans, the local stories, the moments that actually matter to people who live there. It’s a massive part of the formula, and FX boss Nick Grad echoed that in his own words: this series became way more than just a sports doc — it’s a snapshot of a town, a team, and its new global fanbase.
Where to Watch & What’s Next
- Season 5 premieres May 14, 2024 (US on FXX, streaming on Hulu; globally, it’s on Disney+)
- Seasons 6, 7, and 8 newly ordered and in the pipeline — confirmed through 2029
- The story promises more of the day-to-day promotion grind, community drama, and maybe… just maybe… Premier League football in Wrexham
Final Thoughts: An Unlikely, Ongoing Saga
Three seasons at once is basically a TV unicorn these days, especially for a docuseries living on the edge of each new football result. But FX seems convinced there’s unfinished business in Wrexham — and honestly, as someone who likes my sports stories messy, complicated, and occasionally hilarious, I’m not about to argue.
The only real question at this point: how far can this team and show really go? Guess we’ll all be tuning in (sometimes through our fingers) to find out.