Tommy Lee Jones, 80, Makes Ultra Rare Red Carpet Appearance
The Oscar-winning actor made a rare appearance on the red carpet Oct. 7 for the season two premiere of FX’s The Lowdown at AFS Cinema in Austin, nearly three years after he last appeared on the red carpet for the premiere of Finestkind in December 2023.
Jones kept it casual for the outing, donning blue jeans and a blue button up shirt with a black blazer. He was joined in the carpet by costars Ethan Hawke and Ryan Kiera Armstrong, as well as the show’s creator Sterlin Harjo.
The 80-year-old is set to appear on two episodes of The Lowdown—premiering Oct. 14—as the estranged father of Hawke’s character Lee Raybon, a bookstore owner in Tulsa, Okla., who moonlights as a journalist to uncover the grim truths about local corruption.
And Hawke and Harjo knew that Jones would be perfect for the role.
“We're just kind of going about who would be a great formidable figure in Lee Raybond's life and Tommy Lee popped up in our mind,” he shared with TV Insider in September. “Then we couldn't get him out and he was a fan of The Lowdown.”
Plus, having the chance to work with Jones was an opportunity that Hawke could not pass up.
“I have been a huge fan of his my whole life,” he added. “From Coal Miner’s Daughter through Lonesome Dove, I’m the perfect age for him. The Fugitive, No Country for Old Men, he’s one of the all-time greats. And it was a real privilege to work with him.”
Rick Kern/Getty Images
During his time out of the spotlight, Jones has been navigating challenges at home. His latest appearance comes less than a year after his 34-year-old daughter Victoria Jones was found dead in a San Francisco hotel room on Jan. 1, with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in San Francisco determining her death to be an “accident,” caused by the “toxic effects of cocaine.”
Shortly after her passing, the Men in Black star—who is also dad to son Austin, 43, with ex-wife Kimberlea Cloughley—shared a statement on behalf of his family, telling E! News, "We appreciate all of the kind words, thoughts, and prayers. Please respect our privacy during this difficult time."
For more shows hitting the small screen this year, keep reading.
TLC/Warner Bros. Discovery
90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way (TLC) - Oct. 4
The 90 Day Fiancé spinoff returns for season eight, following Americans who leave behind everything familiar to build a life abroad with the person they love. The new season features five new couples and two returning pairs as their journeys take them across Ghana, Singapore, France, Italy, Australia, and Mexico.
TLC/Warner Bros. Discovery
Sister Wives (TLC) - Oct. 4
Christine, Janelle, and Meri continue navigating life after polygamy, each facing new opportunities, challenges, and unanswered questions. As a new era begins, the three women are forging their own paths while redefining what family looks like today.
Oxygen
Prosecuting Evil With Kelly Siegler (Oxygen) - Oct. 3
In nine new episodes, Oxygen’s Prosecuting Evil with Kelly Siegler examines some of the most high-profile murder investigations and shocking trials through the expert perspective of veteran prosecutor Kelly Siegler. The series explores a mix of Siegler’s own cases and other impactful trials she watched unfold during her career, with each case offering a unique legal focus. In each episode, Kelly shares why these cases were significant and how they helped change laws, shape the judicial landscape and forge new approaches to investigating and prosecuting crimes.
Gilles Mingasson/CBS
Marshals (CBS) - Oct. 4
Giddyup! Get ready to ride again because season two of the Yellowstone spinoff starring Luke Grimes returns this fall.
Netflix
Bass x Machina (Netflix) - Oct. 6
In a lawless Steampunk West overrun by brutal outlaws, machines, and supernatural terrors, a father is forced to become judge, jury, and executioner—knowing that every act of justice meant to protect his family may ultimately cost him the very people he’s fighting to save.
Prime Video/Amazon MGM Studios
Carrie (Prime Video) - Oct. 7
Based on Stephen King’s iconic debut novel, Carrie is a bold, timely, and surprising reinvention of this classic coming-of-age story, adapted for television for the first time by visionary showrunner Mike Flanagan.
Misfit high-schooler Carrie White (Summer Howell) has spent her life hidden away inside the walls of her home with her fiercely protective mother, Margaret (Samantha Sloyan). After her father’s sudden, untimely death thrusts her into the unforgiving ecosystem of public high school, Carrie is forced to navigate a viral bullying scandal that tears through her community, the relentless pressure and casual cruelty of the social-media age, and the awakening of mysterious telekinetic powers that rise alongside her adolescence.
NBCUniversal
Chicago Fire (NBC) - Oct. 7
Firehouse 51 faces the fallout of the warehouse fire, and the team welcomes a new crop of probies into the fold.
NBCUniversal
Chicago P.D. (NBC) - Oct. 7
Intelligence investigates the shooting of a parole officer. Voight is forced to allow an outsider into the bullpen. Imani makes a difficult decision about her sister.
NBCUniversal
Chicago Med (NBC) - Oct. 7
Gunshots at a wedding lead to chaos in the E.D. Goodwin defends herself under threat of being fired. Hannah makes a decision while on maternity leave.
Netflix
Who Is Martin Mull? (Netflix) - Oct. 7
Musician, cult comedian, unlikely TV fixture, acclaimed painter — Martin Mull spent his life becoming someone new, and no version was ever what anyone expected. This candid, star-studded documentary, directed by Bob Saget and Neil Berkeley, traces his restless reinvention from smoky folk clubs to primetime sitcoms to gallery walls, told in his own words and by the friends who watched it happen, including Steve Martin, Tom Waits, David Alan Grier and others. W
Disney/Gary Askew
Jamie Foxx: Take Care of Yourself (Hulu) - Oct. 7
Jamie Foxx only gets better with age. THe new comedy special delivers a much-needed dose of self-care in his most honest, evolved, and unforgettable chapter yet.
Apple TV
Small Prophets (Apple TV) - Oct. 7
Small Prophets is a comic tale of the eccentric Michael Sleep (Pearce Quigley) who, since his darling Clea disappeared seven years ago, has lived a very ordinary life. He works in a DIY store, visits his dad Brian (Michael Palin) and hopes for Clea to return. One day Brian shares an old recipe involving rainwater, horse manure and more than a little alchemy. With recipe in hand, Michael sets out (albeit with some skepticism) to create homunculi - magical spirits that can predict the future - in the hope they have the answer to his burning question, “will I ever see Clea again?”
Netflix
Below (Netflix) - Oct. 8
Calvin Penney (Josh Hartnett) is a big-hearted but stubborn fisherman living in a small Newfoundland town, who’s still haunted by his father’s mysterious death from decades ago. When an unidentified sea creature begins terrorizing his hometown, Calvin must fight to hold his close-knit community together. Determined to keep his son Wade (Charlie Heaton) and the rest of his family safe, he teams up with a visiting marine researcher (Mackenzie Davis) to confront the creature and reveal the island’s buried secrets before it’s too late. Blending local myth, thrilling suspense, and heartfelt humor, this twisty six-part limited series dives into themes of family, community, and change - both terrifying and inevitable.
Disney
The Kardashians (Hulu) - Oct. 8
For the Kardashian-Jenners, a new chapter starts now. This season is all about love, reinvention, and what comes next. Kris, Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall, and Kylie balance empire-building with something far more personal, from unexpected sparks and new relationships, to healing old wounds and embracing independence. As the family steps into this new era, they'll discover that love, whether it's self-love, family, or something new, might be the most powerful journey of all.
Paramount+
Avatar: Seven Havens (Paramount+) - Oct. 9
Set in a world shattered by a devastating cataclysm, Avatar: Seven Havens follows Pavi, a young Earthbender who discovers she's the new Avatar after Korra, only to find that in this dangerous era, that title marks her as humanity's destroyer, not its savior. Hunted by both human and spirit enemies, Pavi and her long-lost twin Nisha must uncover their mysterious origins and save the Seven Havens before civilization's last strongholds collapse.
Bravo
The Real Housewives of Potomac (Bravo) - Oct. 11
The Real Housewives of Potomac season 11 marks a season of growth, change and unexpected turns. As familiar faces return and new dynamics emerge, the women of Potomac find themselves navigating shifting loyalties as renewed tensions with friendships are being tested like never before.
MGM+/Amazon MGM Studios
Treasure Island (MGM+) - Oct. 11
A high-stakes reinvention of the classic, Treasure Island follows teenager Jim Hawkins and his formidable mother Bess as they’re pulled into a deadly race for the treasure of the infamous Captain Flint. Battling for control are Long John Silver—a ruthless survivor who is just as charming as he is cunning —and Aaron Graham, a revolutionary spy seeking to use the gold to upend colonial power. Set in 1788 across storm-battered Cornwall, treacherous seas, and a jungle island soaked in secrets, this is Treasure Island reimagined as a thrilling, immersive, and character-driven epic.
Bravo
Below Deck (Bravo) - Oct. 12
Capt. Kerry Titheradge sets sail on a new adventure as he takes the helm of motor yacht Azul V in Phuket, Thailand. Surrounded by breathtaking islands, dramatic limestone cliffs and world-renowned beaches, Capt. Kerry and his crew strive to deliver excellent white-glove service while adapting to a new environment, mounting pressure and increasingly tense crew dynamics.
Disney
Clown Panic (Hulu) - Oct. 12
When children in a small South Carolina community report seeing clowns hiding in the woods in 2016, few believe them. But as sightings spread across the country, panic escalates into school lockdowns, police investigations and a nationwide media frenzy. Featuring chilling archive footage, viral internet videos and revealing interviews with witnesses, law enforcement, clowns and cultural commentators, the documentary examines the collision of fear, social media and modern America at a moment of deep national anxiety. Darkly funny, unsettling and unexpectedly emotional, the film uncovers how a bizarre urban legend spiraled into a global moral panic that has echoes that resonate today.
BritBox
Ludwig (BritBox) - Oct. 13
Picking up from the end of season one, master puzzle-setter John "Ludwig" Taylor (David Mitchell) is now a Crime Scene Consultant, working alongside DCI Russell Carter (Dipo Ola), on ‘impossible’ crimes for the Cambridge Police Authority. No longer having to masquerade as his brother, he’s openly more ‘Ludwig’ than ever – brilliant at solving puzzles but hopeless at everything else. But John’s identical twin brother, James, is still missing, and now that he’s an official employee of the station, John is forbidden from using any police resources to look for his brother or uncover exactly what he was investigating. Of course, John won’t stop and neither will Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin), John’s sister-in-law and wife of his missing brother James. A puzzle needs solving and a husband and father needs bringing home. One masquerade may have ended, but a new one has just begun.
Netflix
Tyson (Netflix) - Oct. 13
Tyson is a gripping four-part documentary series exploring the explosive life of Mike Tyson—one of the most feared and fascinating figures in sports history. From his chaotic upbringing in Brooklyn to global superstardom, it traces his meteoric rise as the youngest heavyweight champion ever. But beyond the glory lies a turbulent story of fame, influence, and controversy that nearly destroyed him. With raw honesty, Tyson confronts the choices, pressures, and personal cost behind his legacy. Unfiltered and deeply personal, Tyson is a powerful portrait of greatness, fall, and redemption.
Share Brown/FX
The Lowdown (FX) - Oct. 14
The Lowdown follows the gritty exploits of citizen journalist Lee Raybon (Ethan Hawke), a self-proclaimed Tulsa “truthstorian” whose obsession with the truth is always getting him into trouble.
Season two adds Tommy Lee Jones and Betty Gilpin to the cast.
Netflix
Love Is Blind (Netflix) - Oct. 14
A new group of singles looks for love in Boston as they date without seeing their potential love interests.
Peacock
Crystal Lake (Peacock) - Oct. 15
A prequel to the Friday the 13th franchise, the series follows single mother Pam Voorhees who has been unable to shake her grief after her young, sickly son Jason tragically drowned in the town lake almost a year before. When two strangers arrive at Pam’s door digging into her past, a disturbing chain of events is set into motion, leaving the townspeople of Crystal Lake wondering: just who is Pam Voorhees?
Netflix
Hollywood Arts (Netflix) - Oct. 15
In this all-new series, struggling actress Trina Vega (Daniella Monet) returns to her former high school, Hollywood Arts, as an unqualified substitute teacher, quickly finding herself both clashing with and unexpectedly inspiring a new generation of ambitious and talented students as they learn to find their true path at Hollywood’s most elite performing arts school.
USA Network/Versant
The Rainmaker (USA Network) - Oct. 16
The season picks back up with Rudy Baylor (Milo Callaghan), an underdog lawyer taking on powerful interests alongside his boss Jocelyn “Bruiser” Stone (Lana Parrilla) and his right-hand man Deck Shifflet (P.J. Byrne) the firm’s colorful paralegal. This season, J. Lyman Stone and Associates faces old adversaries and new ones in a case where the lives of hundreds of children hang in the balance, and where winning might be just as dangerous as losing. Later, Rudy goes up against his former law school flame, Sarah Plankmore (Madison Iseman), in the courtroom at the behest of her mysterious new boss, Amanda Vonn (Merle Dandridge), a powerful attorney whose agenda may be hiding a shocking international conspiracy.
Disney
Katseye: Wild Hearts (Hulu & Disney+) - Oct. 16
The new doc takes audiences inside the global girl group's bold new era, celebrating the fans who helped make it possible. Featuring never-before-seen footage, EYEKONS fan videos, and intimate interviews with the group, the film explores the powerful bond between KATSEYE and their global fandom.
National Geographic/Disney
Super Scam Me (National Geographic) - Oct. 17
Romance scams are now one of the fastest-growing and most devastating forms of financial crime. The rise of generative AI, which is capable of convincingly imitating celebrities and public figures, is only making these scams more sophisticated and harder to spot. An estimated one in seven adults has lost money to this form of deception, and in 2025 alone, romance scammers stole more than $1 billion from American victims.
After years of reporting on the scam industry, Mariana Van Zeller enters one of her most immersive investigations to date in Super Scam Me. In a real-life social experiment, she builds a new online dating persona and goes undercover as the target of a romance scam to understand and expose the tactics, technologies, and psychological manipulations these criminals utilize to deceive their victims.
Oxygen
Catfish Murders (Oxygen) - Oct. 18
In Catfish Murders, the phone isn’t just a backdrop to a crime – it is part of the crime scene. Every day, millions of people form a relationship with someone they’ve never met. A message sparks a conversation which turns into a connection. Sometimes, however, that connection can become something far more dangerous. Across ten gripping episodes, Catfish Murders explores just how far people will go to manipulate victims through false job opportunities, artificial promises of love, and online coercion, only to lead to devastating consequences when those lies spill into the real world.
E!
The Golden Life (E!) - Oct. 20
Kelly Bensimon, Luann De Lesseps, Dorinda Medley, Sonja Morgan and Ramona Singer are bringing decades of friendship and feuds to sunny Palm Beach, Fla., for a new start in the Sunshine State.
The series follows the iconic group of New York snowbirds as they pack their bags and head down south to reconnect in their “golden” era of life. Whether it’s yacht parties accompanied by past flings on the not-so-sunny coast of Florida, championing the Gay Polo League, an old-school girls weekend in Miami, or glamorous shop-and-sip events in luxury boutiques, the ladies bring their iconic personalities to the exclusive Palm Beach scene.
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News App
KioskNews shows a cleaned-up reading view extracted from the publisher’s page — the original always lives on their site, not ours.