In 2008 Lyons appeared in the American MTV teen series, The Hills, and shortly afterwards followed that up by appearing in the MTV spin-off series, The City, playing the part of Whitney Port's boyfriend, with whom he was having a relationship with in real life.
After moving to New York City to begin employment with Diane von Fürstenberg in 2008, Port was commissioned to star in her own spin-off series The City, which originally documented the lives of Port and companions Jay Lyon, Olivia Palermo, and Adam Senn.
This gave him the 18th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Jay Lyon in the first round.
Lyon | Jay-Z | Jay Leno | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | William Lyon Mackenzie King | Nathaniel Lyon | Alan Jay Lerner | Stephen Jay Gould | John Jay | University of Lyon | Jay Sean | Jay Gould | Jay-Jay Okocha | Jay Farrar | Jay Mohr | Jay Chou | Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée | Jay Feaster | Garry Lyon | The Jay Leno Show | Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 | Jay McInerney | Jay Leonhart | Jay Lane | Jay and the Americans | Opéra National de Lyon | Jay Nixon | Jay Inslee | Jay | George Jay Gould I |