The Lowdown

The Truthstorian Rides Again! FX’s The Lowdown Renewed for Second Season on FX and Hulu Sterlin Harjo’s Western-Noir Drama Will Return as One of the Most Acclaimed Series of the Year Ethan Hawke Led Series Featured Prominently on TV Critics’ “Best TV of 2025” Lists and Recognized by AFI Awards as an Outstanding Television Program of 2025 All Episodes Currently Streaming on Hulu LOS ANGELES, January 7, 2026 — The pain of anticipation was temporary…and now it ain’t! FX’s The Lowdown, the acclaimed drama from Sterlin Harjo starring Ethan Hawke, has been renewed for a second season on FX and Hulu. The first season of The Lowdown, which follows the gritty exploits of citizen journalist and self-proclaimed “truthstorian” Lee Raybon premiered earlier this year and has been hailed as one of the best television series of 2025. Production on season 2 will begin in Tulsa this spring. The Lowdown will be recognized at this week’s AFI Awards as one of the 10 most outstanding television programs of 2025 and is among the year’s most acclaimed series, with the BBC declaring it the #1 Best Show of the Year. The first season also earned a spot among on more than 30 critics’ “Top 10 Shows of 2025” lists, including The A.V. Club, Consequence, Den of Geek, The Hollywood Reporter, Indiewire, Mashable, The New York Times, The Playlist, The Ringer, RogerEbert.com, Salon, Slant Magazine, Slate, TIME, TVGuide.com, Variety, Vulture, The Washington Post and What’s Alan Watching. The Lowdown is created by Sterlin Harjo, who executive produces with Garrett Basch, Ethan Hawke, Ryan Hawke and Duffy Boudreau. The Lowdown is produced by FX Productions with all episodes currently available to stream on Hulu. The Best TV of 2025 acclaim includes: “There is no television character this year that seems like a better hang than Ethan Hawke’s Lee Raybon” - Rolling Stone “An ambitious series that reinforces [Sterlin] Harjo's standing as a true creative original” #1 Show of 2025 - BBC “The Lowdown gives the iconic actor [Ethan Hawke] one of his best roles yet” - Collider “Ethan Hawke turns in a career-best performance as Lee Raybon. The show cements [Sterlin] Harjo as a creator of must-see television” - Huffington Post “Hawke is at the top of his game” - Slashfilm “a kinetic watch, anchored by a top-notch [Ethan] Hawke” – The Atlantic “The Lowdown is a crowd-pleaser and weirdo’s delight all at once. Don’t miss it” - IndieWire “Shows this loose and so confident in their own rhythm don’t come around very often, and The Lowdown deserves to be stumbled upon” - Vulture “It's fun just to watch this show humble its self-righteous hero, especially because Hawke is so game, but the vivid community around him is what really makes this the coolest show on TV. It's got soul” - TVGuide.com “Truly one of a kind: a textured, lived-in portrait of Tulsa led by a charming, grizzled turn from Hawke” - Mashable “The Lowdown draws you in with the confidence of its vision and the sense that wherever the plot may lead, it’ll certainly be a good time” - Slant Magazine “Sterlin Harjo has cooked up a love letter to Tulsa, Oklahoma, brimming with humor, affection, and specificity” - Vanity Fair “You just want to spend more time in its weird, golden, broken world” - The Washington Post “Equal parts sincere noir and The Big Lebowski cracked mirror version of it, The Lowdown featured one superb performance after another, with Hawke embracing his inner buffoon without losing any of his movie star swagger” - Alan Sepinwall/What’s Alan Watching? 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. 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. In season one, the publication of Lee’s latest exposé – a deep dive into the powerful Washberg family – is immediately followed by the suspicious suicide of Dale Washberg, and Lee knows he’s stumbled onto something big. Following a trail of breadcrumbs Dale has left behind, urging someone to dig deeper into the circumstances surrounding his death, Lee does just that. The first season also starred Keith David and featured guest stars Kyle MacLachlan, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tim Blake Nelson, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Michael “Killer Mike” Render, Kaniehtiio Horn, Tracy Letts, Peter Dinklage and the late, great Graham Greene.

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Sterlin Harjo’s Western-Noir Drama Will Return as One of the Most Acclaimed Series of the Year