FX has revealed a Season 2 premiere date for “The Lowdown,” together with new character particulars about a few main additions to the ensemble.
The Sterlin Harjo comedy will return Wednesday, October 14, at 9 p.m. on FX and Hulu, with Ethan Hawke reprising his function as “truthstorian” Lee Raybon. This time round, he’ll be joined by Tommy Lee Jones, who performs his estranged grifter father, Lee Raybon Sr., together with Betty Gilpin, who performs a “lovely and brash public defender” named Ginger, “herself a crusader for reality,” based on the official logline.
In Season 2, Lee’s story on the life and loss of life of Dale Washberg earns him an area citizen journalist award — although his “wildly unfiltered” acceptance speech catches the eye of Ginger, who finally accepts his assistance on a case involving a shopper who has mysteriously gone lacking from state jail. Their investigation uncovers “energy, corruption, and malfeasance among the many rich elite,” offering Lee along with his subsequent story for The Heartland Press, the place Marty (Keith David) is now managing editor.
Lee and Ginger enlist the assistance of Johnny (Rafael Casal), the brand new husband of Lee’s ex Samantha (Kaniehtiio Horn) and co-parent of his teenage daughter Francis (Ryan Kiera Armstrong). The case more and more pulls Lee away from Francis, whereas issues at house are additional difficult by the surprising arrival of his estranged father (Jones) — whom Lee has all the time informed Francis was useless.
FXIn different scheduling information…
- The grownup animated collection “Dang!,” executive-produced by Mike Schur, will premiere Tuesday, September 8 on Netflix. The eight-episode comedy, that includes the voices of Stephanie Hsu (“Laid”), Poppy Liu (“Hacks”), and creator Andrew Legislation, “follows a brother and sister duo whose enjoyable, messy lives in New York Metropolis are interrupted when their worst nightmare comes true: their high-achieving older sister exhibits up and desires to hang around with them.”
- Peacock has launched a full trailer for Season 2 of “The Paper,” dropping Wednesday, September 9, with all 10 episodes. Watch it beneath:
- Netflix has launched a trailer for the brand new unique collection “Crew Woman.” Premiering Thursday, September 10, with all eight episodes dropping directly, the YA drama facilities on a teenage rowing prodigy (Miku Martineau) who’s compelled to start out over at an elite boarding faculty, the place she turns into the coxswain of its dysfunctional boys’ varsity crew. Jessica Paré (“Mad Males”) co-stars.
- HGTV’s “Scariest Home in America,” hosted by Retta (“Parks and Recreation,” “Good Women”), will return for Season 3 on Friday, September 18, at 9 p.m. This season, Retta will go to such harrowing locations as a centuries-old farmhouse, an eerie former nursing house, and a rotting 1800s jailer’s home, all stated to be rife with supernatural exercise, ghostly apparitions, and unearthly whispers.
- Netflix has launched a teaser for the film “Animals,” directed by and starring Ben Affleck, about an L.A. mayoral candidate whose son is kidnapped, leaving him and his spouse (performed by Kerry Washington) scrambling to lift the ransom “whereas making selections that might tear their world aside,” per the official logline. Steven Yeun and Gillian Anderson co-star within the movie, which drops Friday, October 9.
