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Where to Stream the 2024 Emmy-Winning Limited TV Series Online

From 'Baby Reindeer' and 'Fargo,' to book-inspired shows such as 'Lessons in Chemistry,' 'Fellow Travelers' and 'The Sympathizer,' here's how to watch the winners and nominees.

Somehow John Hawkes Also Composed the Song for ‘True Detective: Night Country’

Not only did John Hawkes land his first Emmy nomination this year, he actually earned two: a supporting actor nod for playing the corrupt cop Hank Prior in True Detective: Night Country and another for his song “No Use,” which he composed and performed in character on the HBO anthology series. After Hawkes was cast, […]

Kali Reis Weighs In on ‘True Detective: Night Country’ Ending’s “Haunting Questions”

[This story contains spoilers from True Detective: Night Country.] Kali Reis and the rest of the Night Country brain trust faced a tall order as the new stewards of the True Detective franchise.  Reis, alongside showrunner Issa López and two-time Oscar-winning co-star Jodie Foster, opted to chart a new course for HBO’s well-regarded crime anthology […]

‘True Detective: Night Country’ Showrunner on Creator Nic Pizzolatto’s Criticisms of Latest Season: “It Was Very Confusing”

Issa López was a niche horror auteur from Mexico City when HBO enlisted her to create a fourth season of its True Detective franchise. She then penned and directed all six episodes of True Detective: Night Country, which co-stars Jodie Foster and Kali Reis as Alaskan law enforcement investigating the death of a group of […]

Jodie Foster Is Still Thawing Out From Her ‘Night Country’ Shoot

Much — arguably, too much — is often said about place as character in literature, film and television. And while a valid case could be made that the fictional town of Ennis, Alaska, was the real lead of True Detective: Night Country, those who made the HBO series credit an even bigger entity with moving […]

“F*** This, Let’s Just Talk About It”: Jodie Foster, Jennifer Aniston, Sofía Vergara Let Loose on THR’s Drama Actress Roundtable

“I don’t know if anybody told you, but none of us knows what we’re doing,” announces two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster halfway through the Drama Actress Emmy Roundtable. She’s surrounded by two more Oscar winners — Expats’ Nicole Kidman and Lessons in Chemistry’s Brie Larson — who nod in agreement. The True Detective star continues, […]

‘TV’s Top 5’: Amy Schumer on Making a Deeply Personal (and Timely) Second Season of ‘Life & Beth’

Welcome to the 249th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]

‘True Detective’ Renewed for Season 5 With Issa López at the Helm

HBO is returning to True Detective. On the heels of its season four finale, the premium cable network has handed out a fifth-season renewal for the anthology. Additionally, Night Country showrunner Issa López has signed an overall deal with the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned cabler and will return to steer the fifth season after taking over […]

Critics’ Conversation: Winter TV’s Wicked Games

THR’s TV critics weigh in on a conspicuously murderous past few months of small-screen offerings, with a wide range of whodunits dominating the landscape — and a few refreshing exceptions to the rule (thank you, Max’s Sort Of!).

TV Ratings: ‘True Detective: Night Country’ Ends With Season High

The finale of True Detective: Night Country drew the season’s largest first-night audience, ending well above where the season began. On broadcast Sunday, Tracker fit seamlessly into CBS’ lineup in the first episode after its post-Super Bowl premiere. Sunday’s closing episode of Night Country brought in 3.2 million cross-platform viewers (for the first airing on […]

‘True Detective: Night Country’ Team Explains Ambiguous Ending: “You Should Be Making Theories”

[This story contains major spoilers from the True Detective: Night Country finale.] True Detective: Night Country winked and nodded to the HBO crime anthology’s original iteration all season long. But perhaps never more overtly than in the finale, which conjured up the franchise’s most indelible phrase: “Time is a flat circle.” In the sprawling episode, […]

‘True Detective: Night Country’ Hits Series Ratings Highs for HBO

True Detective’s current season has become the most watched in the anthology’s history at HBO. The Jodie Foster- and Kali Reis-led fourth season, subtitled Night Country, is averaging 12.7 million viewers across all platforms since its Jan. 14 premiere. The show has supplanted True Detective’s first season, which aired a decade ago, as the biggest […]