The series is created and executive produced by Sterlin Harjo, co-creator, executive producer and showrunner of the network's critically acclaimed series Reservation Dogs.
The Sensitive Kind marks a reunion - Hawke (pictured, left) guest-starred on Reservation Dogs as Rick Miller in the series' penultimate episode, titled Elora's Dad, playing Elora Danan's (Devery Jacobs) father who she never had met.
The Sensitive Kind, created by Harjo (pictured, right), is a Tulsa noir about a man (Hawke) who knows too much.
Harjo is also a writer and director of the pilot, which he and Hawke are producing with Garrett Basch. The project falls under Harjo's overall deal with FX Productions.
The order for The Sensitive Kind comes on the heels of Reservation Dogs, which concluded three award-winning seasons on FX. John Landgraf, the network's chief executive, said this week that he and his team are focused on finding worthy successors to Reservation Dogs and the handful of other successful series that wrapped in the past year.
“We have glaring needs for new dramas and comedies, starting in 2025,” he said, adding that he’s “desperate to find the next great thing” after the writers strike paused development for six months last year and that his team is leaning into FX Productions’ and Disney TV Studios’ roster of overall deals in their search.
Reservation Dogs won an AFI Award in each season as one of the 10 Outstanding TV Programs of the year. Harjo's previous narrative and documentary work includes the feature films Love and Fury, Mekko, This May Be the Last Time, Barking Water and his Sundance Award-winning directorial debut Four Sheets to the Wind.
Four-time Oscar nominee Hawke recently wrote and directed the Flannery O'Connor biopic Wildcat, starring his daughter Maya Hawke. He also returns for The Black Phone 2, the sequel to the successful 2022 Blumhouse-Crooked Highway-Universal production.
In series, Hawke made his series debut in Blumhouse's Showtime series The Good Lord Bird. Hawke also executive produced and co-wrote the series based on James McBride's novel. He also appeared in Marvel's Moon Knight, opposite Oscar Isaac as the title character.