FX has set summer 2025 premiere dates for the fourth season of the Emmy-winning dramedy The Bear and the series premieres of Alien: Earth and The Lowdown. The network confirmed the dates and released new details on the upcoming seasons.
The Bear will return on Wednesday, June 25 at 5pm PT/8pm ET with the release of all 10 episodes on Hulu. In addition to Jeremy Allen White as Carmy, the returning cast includes Ayo Edebiri as Sydney, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richie, Abby Elliott as Sugar, Lionel Boyce as Marcus, Liza Colón-Zayas as Tina, and Matty Matheson as Neil. Oliver Platt and Molly Gordon return in their recurring roles as Uncle Jimmy and Claire, respectively.
“Season four of FX’s The Bear finds Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, Sydney Adamu, and Richard “Richie” Jerimovich pushing forward, determined not only to survive but also to take The Bear to the next level,” reads FX’s synopsis. “With new challenges around every corner, the team must adapt, adjust, and overcome. This season, the pursuit of excellence isn’t just about getting better—it’s about deciding what’s worth holding on to.”
The critically acclaimed series was created by Christopher Storer. Executive producers include Storer, Josh Senior, Joanna Calo, Cooper Wehde, Tyson Bidner, Matty Matheson, Hiro Murai, and Rene Gube.
FX has set a Tuesday, August 12, 2025 premiere date for Emmy winner Noah Hawley’s Alien: Earth. Based on the blockbuster sci-fi film franchise, the series will kick off with the release of the first two episodes on Hulu at 8pm ET and FX linear at 8pm ET/PT. New episodes of the eight-episode first season will arrive on Tuesdays.
“When the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, ‘Wendy’ (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat in FX’s Alien: Earth,” reads FX’s synopsis. “In the year 2120, the Earth is governed by five corporations: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic, and Threshold. In this Corporate Era, cyborgs (humans with both biological and artificial parts) and synthetics (humanoid robots with artificial intelligence) exist alongside humans. But the game is changed when the wunderkind Founder and CEO of Prodigy Corporation unlocks a new technological advancement: hybrids (humanoid robots infused with human consciousness). The first hybrid prototype named ‘Wendy’ marks a new dawn in the race for immortality. After Weyland-Yutani’s spaceship collides into Prodigy City, ‘Wendy’ and the other hybrids encounter mysterious life forms more terrifying than anyone could have ever imagined.”
Timothy Olyphant plays Kirsh, Alex Lawther is Hermit, Samuel Blenkin is Boy Kavalier, Babou Ceesay is Morrow, Adrian Edmondson is Atom Eins, David Rysdahl is Arthur Sylvia, and Essie Davis is Dame Sylvia. The series also stars Lily Newmark as Nibs, Erana James as Curly, Adarsh Gourav as Slightly, Jonathan Ajayi as Smee, Kit Young as Tootles, Diêm Camille as Siberian, Moe Bar-El as Rashidi, and Sandra Yi Sencindiver as Yutani.
Fargo‘s Noah Hawley created the series and executive produces along with Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, Joseph Iberti, Dana Gonzales, and Clayton Krueger.
Ethan Hawke stars in and executive produces FX’s new drama The Lowdown, premiering on September 23, 2025 at 9pm ET/PT with the release of the first two episodes. The eight-episode season will air on Tuesdays.
Reservation Dogs‘ Sterlin Harjo created the Tulsa noir series and writes, directs, and executive produces. Ethan Hawke, Ryan Hawke, and Garrett Basch also serve as executive producers.
FX released this lengthy description of the series:
“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.
Lee lives and works in a rare bookstore 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. His constant sleuthing pulls him deep into Tulsa’s underbelly—and often away from his 14-year-old daughter, Francis (Ryan Kiera Armstrong), a precocious kid who’s inherited his curiosity and longs to join him on his adventures. His ex, Samantha (Kaniehtiio Horn), is exasperated by Lee’s endless digging but still sees the good in him—especially when it comes to Francis, the one thing they’ve never stopped showing up for.
When 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 (Tim Blake Nelson), the black sheep of the family, 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. What Lee finds is that Betty Jo (Jeanne Tripplehorn), the grieving widow, seems to be more interested in her brother-in-law, Donald Washberg (Kyle MacLachlan), a gubernatorial candidate, than in her dearly departed. And powerful forces want to prevent Lee from learning anything more.
Lee has also gained the attention of a mysterious stranger who seems to appear whenever Lee least expects it: refined and suave, Marty (Keith David) shares Lee’s appreciation of great literary minds and seems unusually interested in his investigation into the Washberg family.”
