Rob Lowe Is Searching for Ghosts With His Sons on A&E, Part of Its Switch to an All-Reality Lineup

Network hopes The Lowe Files extends 5 months of ratings growth

A&E made a surprising pivot in April, transitioning away from scripted series just days after airing the Bates Motel series finale and going all-in on reality series. But jettisoning scripted shows hasn’t put an end to big stars popping up on the network.

On Aug. 2, A&E will debut The Lowe Files, which follows Rob Lowe and his sons Matthew and John Owen as they investigate mysterious legends and spooky stories.

For Lowe, who is also an executive producer, the show “is like the 8-year-old boy trapped in a 53-year-old man’s body’s dream,” he said at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour in L.A.

But more important to the actor was the chance to bond with his sons.

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