FX'S "THE LOWDOWN" SEASON TWO PREMIERES OCTOBER 14 ON FX AND HULU

Creator Sterlin Harjo and Executive Producer and Star Ethan Hawke Return with the Second Season That Adds Tommy Lee Jones and Betty Gilpin to the Cast

FX's The Lowdown - L-R Tommy Lee Jones and Ethan Hawke - photo credit Share Brown

FX's The Lowdown - L-R Betty Gilpin and Ethan Hawke - photo credit FX

LOS ANGELES, August 12, 2026 - "Truthstorian" Lee Raybon is back for the next chapter of FX's "The Lowdown," the acclaimed drama from creator, executive producer, writer and director Sterlin Harjo ("Reservation Dogs") and starring executive producer Ethan Hawke. Season two, which adds Academy Award(R) winner Tommy Lee Jones and four-time Emmy(R) nominee Betty Gilpin to the cast, will premiere Wednesday, October 14 at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT on FX and Hulu and will be coming to Disney+ internationally. New episodes of the eight-episode second season will be available each following Wednesday.

FX's "The Lowdown" follows the gritty exploits of citizen journalist Lee Raybon (Hawke), a self-proclaimed Tulsa "truthstorian" whose obsession with the truth is always getting him into trouble. The show's debut season was honored with an AFI Award as a TV Program of the Year, was featured on more than 30 TV critics' Top 10 lists and is rated 98% Certified Fresh by Rotten Tomatoes. All episodes of season one are available to stream on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers in the U.S.

Lee lives and works in a rare books store tucked in the heart of Tulsa - a local refuge and unofficial community hub. While Lee's no idealist, he's fiercely committed to exposing corruption and unearthing the city's hidden rot, even when it puts him at risk. As the season begins, Lee's recent story on the life and untimely death of Dale Washberg (as seen in season one) earns him a local citizen journalist award. Unable to process things going well for a change, Lee self-medicates and, unsurprisingly, makes a less than stellar showing at the ceremony. But his wildly unfiltered speech grabs the attention of beautiful and brash public defender Ginger (Gilpin), herself a crusader for truth.

Though uncommonly immune to his charms, Ginger does accept Lee's help on a case. One of her clients has gone MIA from the state penitentiary - but how can a man go missing in prison? The situation turns out to have all of Lee's favorite ingredients: power, corruption and malfeasance among the wealthy elite. It's a perfect next story for The Heartland Press, where Marty (Keith David) is now Managing Editor, much to Lee's chagrin.

Bumbling his way through the investigation with Ginger, Lee reluctantly enlists the assistance of Johnny (Rafael Casal), a jujitsu-trained dentist with a heart of gold, who is also new husband to Lee's ex Samantha (Kaniehtiio Horn), and co-parent to Lee's teenage daughter Francis (Ryan Kiera Armstrong), who longs for more time with her ever-busy father. Lee loves Francis more than anything in the world, but the urgency of this new case pulls him away from her more often than either of them would like. Things on the homefront get even more complicated when Lee's estranged grifter father, Lee Raybon Senior (Jones), unexpectedly arrives in town - especially awkward since Lee has always told Francis that her grandfather was dead.

"The Lowdown" was created by Sterlin Harjo, who executive produces with Garrett Basch, Ethan Hawke, Ryan Hawke, Duffy Boudreau and Scott Teems. The series is produced by FX Productions.

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About FX

FX, a division of Disney Entertainment, is a global multiplatform brand that develops, produces, commissions and markets original programming for Hulu and the FX and FXX linear channels in the U.S., and Disney+ in all other international territories. Over the past two decades, FX has been responsible for some of the most-critically acclaimed and award-winning shows on television. Some of the brand's current and legacy titles include the dramas "Alien: Earth," "American Crime Story," "American Horror Story," "The Americans," "The Beauty," "Clipped," "Damages," "Dying for Sex," "Fargo," "FEUD," "Justified," "Love Story," "Nip/Tuck," "The Old Man," "The Patient," "Pose," "Rescue Me," "The Shards," "The Shield," "Shōgun," "Say Nothing," "Snowfall" and "Sons of Anarchy;" the comedies "Archer," "Atlanta," "The Bear," "Better Things," "DAVE," "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," "The Lowdown," "Reservation Dogs" and "What We Do in the Shadows;" and a slate of docuseries and documentary films including "Welcome to Wrexham," "The New York Times Presents" and "Dear Mama."