{"id":8301,"date":"2025-06-16T02:25:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T02:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/?p=8301"},"modified":"2025-06-16T02:32:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T02:32:29","slug":"variety-welcome-to-wrexham-season-5-necaxa-premiere-1236411472","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/variety-welcome-to-wrexham-season-5-necaxa-premiere-1236411472\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Welcome to Wrexham\u2019 Renewed for Season 5 at FX as Spinoff \u2018Necaxa\u2019 With Eva Longoria Sets Summer Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-339\" src=\"http:\/\/vqt.nlm.mybluehost.me\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VarietyLogo1-300x86.jpg\" alt=\"Logo for Variety\" width=\"300\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VarietyLogo1-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VarietyLogo1.jpg 504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\u201c<a id=\"auto-tag_welcome-to-wrexham\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/welcome-to-wrexham\/\" data-tag=\"welcome-to-wrexham\">Welcome to Wrexham<\/a>,\u201d the\u00a0<a id=\"auto-tag_fx\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/fx\/\" data-tag=\"fx\">FX<\/a>\u00a0docuseries following Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney\u2019s ownership of Welsh soccer team Wrexham AFC, has been renewed for a fifth season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">Additionally, FX set a summer premiere window for \u201c<a id=\"auto-tag_necaxa\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/necaxa\/\" data-tag=\"necaxa\">Necaxa<\/a>,\u201d a new docuseries from the \u201cWelcome to Wrexham\u201d producers. Following their success with Wrexham AFC, Reynolds and McElhenney bought a stake in Mexico\u2019s Club Necaxa, as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/biz\/news\/ryan-reynolds-rob-mcelhenney-club-necaxa-eva-longoria-wrexham-1235985035\/\"><em>Variety\u00a0<\/em>exclusively reported<\/a>\u00a0in April 2024. That July, FX greenlit a \u201cWrexham\u201d-style docuseries about the soccer team, which Eva Longoria also has a stake in.<\/p>\n<p>Per a new synopsis, \u201cNecaxa\u201d sees Longoria work to \u201creignite the soul of one of Mexico\u2019s oldest and most storied football clubs\u201d with Reynolds and McElhenney\u2019s help. The series follows \u201ca turbulent, transformational time marked by staff shake-ups, career-defining injuries and the relentless grit of a football team determined to defy expectations and deliver hope to its city of Aguascalientes, Mexico. Once a powerhouse in Mexican football, Club Necaxa has spent decades navigating instability including relocations, relegation battles and near-constant reinvention. Though its legacy has flickered in and out of the national spotlight, a passionate core of diehard supporters continues to believe, clinging to the dream that their beloved \u2018Rayos\u2019 will one day rise again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRob and Ryan helped Wrexham AFC become one of the greatest sports stories of our time and what has happened in Wrexham, Wales is truly magical. With Eva Longoria, they\u2019re now teaming to support the dreams and aspirations of the Necaxa fans and Aguascalientes community too,\u201d said Nick Grad, president of FX Entertainment. \u201cAs we begin the journey alongside our partners at Disney+ Latin America with\u00a0Necaxa\u00a0this summer, everyone is excited to see them bring the same love and support to Mexico that they\u2019ll be bringing to the fifth season of\u00a0Welcome to Wrexham\u00a0as the Club heads into the Championship; the next chapter of its fairytale journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\u201cNecaxa\u201d executive producers include Longoria, Reynolds, McElhenney, Cris Abrego, Rachelle Mendez, Nick Frenkel, Jackie Cohn, George Dewey, Alex Fumero and Diana E. Gonzales. The series is produced by Hyphenate Media Group, More Better Productions, Maximum Effort and 3 Arts Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">Season 5 of \u201cWelcome to Wrexham\u201d will follow the club\u2019s upcoming debut in the EFL Championship after its third consecutive promotion. Season 4 is currently airing, having premiered on May 15.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">Executive producers include McElhenney, Reynolds, Wrexham AFC executive director Humphrey Ker, Josh Drisko, Bryan Rowland, Jeff Luini, Nick Frenkel, George Dewey and Boardwalk Pictures\u2019 Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard, Sarina Roma, and Andy Thomas.\u00a0More Better Productions, Maximum Effort, 3 Arts Entertainment and Boardwalk Pictures produce the series.<\/p>\n<p>View this article at <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/welcome-to-wrexham-season-5-necaxa-premiere-1236411472\/#recipient_hashed=126efbe9838c9486e70cb7e17dd5f97a19d1bc792673226da08732e16aac5098&amp;recipient_salt=d352ac9c3b3ceec191b1aebc35c5c650cdd40336bd9d3ca3ee1be772cb3cdbb8&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=exacttarget&amp;utm_campaign=newsalert&amp;utm_content=610660_05-28-2025&amp;utm_term=2297620&amp;utm_medium=&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_campaign=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_id=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWelcome to Wrexham,\u201d the\u00a0FX\u00a0docuseries following Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney\u2019s ownership of Welsh soccer team Wrexham AFC, has been renewed for a fifth season. Additionally, FX set a summer premiere window for \u201cNecaxa,\u201d a new docuseries from the \u201cWelcome to Wrexham\u201d producers. Following their success with Wrexham AFC, Reynolds and McElhenney bought a stake in<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/variety-welcome-to-wrexham-season-5-necaxa-premiere-1236411472\/\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,32,150,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-geoff-lee","category-michelle-chang","category-tatiana-perez","category-variety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8302,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8301\/revisions\/8302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}