True Detective
American anthology crime drama television series
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| 2025 | True Detective: Night Country was nominated for Best Miniseries or Television Film |
| 2025 | Kali Reis is nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television. |
| 2025 | Jodie Foster is nominated for Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television. |
| 2025 | Fifth season of True Detective is scheduled to begin filming, set in the Jamaica Bay area of New York City. |
| 2025 | Casting and filming for the fifth season is set to commence, with Issa López returning as showrunner |
| 2024 | American Film Institute ranks True Detective: Night Country among the top 10 television programs of the year. |
| 2024 | The season receives 19 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, becoming the most nominated season in the series' history. |
| 2024 | The season receives widespread critical acclaim and becomes the most viewed limited or anthology series for HBO in 2024. |
| 2024 | At the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, the series receives three nominations, with Jodie Foster winning Best Actress. |
| 2024 | Fourth season, titled True Detective: Night Country, aired starring Jodie Foster and Kali Reis, with Issa López as writer and director, marking Nic Pizzolatto's first time not being involved as writer or showrunner. |
| 2024 | True Detective: Night Country was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Drama, and Jodie Foster was nominated for Individual Achievement in Drama. |
| 2024 | John Hawkes and Kali Reis are nominated for Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress awards respectively. |
| 2024 | Fourth season (Night Country) becomes the most-watched season of the series, averaging 12.7 million cross-platform viewers. |
| 2024 | Night Country receives nineteen nominations at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards, with Jodie Foster winning Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. |
| February 2024 | HBO renewed True Detective for a fifth season following the fourth-season finale, with Issa López returning as director and writer. |
| January 14 2024 | True Detective season 4 premiered on HBO, after being originally intended to debut in 2023. |
| April 2023 | Producer Mari-Jo Winkler and writer-director Issa López announced that filming for season 4 had finished. |
| November 8 2022 | HBO confirmed that production on the fourth season had commenced. |
| October 2022 | Additional cast members Aka Niviâna, Isabella Star LaBlanc, and Joel D. Montgrand were announced, and it was confirmed that Issa López would be the primary writer and showrunner. |
| September 2022 | John Hawkes, Christopher Eccleston, Fiona Shaw, Finn Bennett, and Anna Lambe joined the cast of True Detective season 4. |
| June 2022 | HBO officially greenlit the series, and Kali Reis was cast as Evangeline Navarro. |
| May 2022 | Jodie Foster was reported to star in a lead role for the fourth season of True Detective. |
| March 2022 | Development of True Detective season 4 was reported, with Issa López writing the pilot episode and Barry Jenkins as executive producer. |
| 2019 | Nic Pizzolatto and team were nominated for Long Form – Original award, indicating continued recognition for the series |
| 2019 | The series was nominated for the David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television, with producers Nic Pizzolatto, Scott Stephens, Daniel Sackheim, Peter Feldman, Steve Golin, and Bard Dorros recognized for their work. |
| 2019 | True Detective receives multiple Emmy Award nominations across various technical categories, including Cinematography, Hairstyling, Main Title Design, Makeup, Music Composition, and Sound categories. |
| 2019 | Mahershala Ali was nominated for Best Actor in a Movie/Limited Series. |
| 2019 | Third season aired, starring Mahershala Ali, Carmen Ejogo, Stephen Dorff, Scoot McNairy, and Ray Fisher |
| September 3 2019 | True Detective season 3 was released on Blu-ray and DVD, including eight episodes, bonus featurettes 'Designing the Decades' and 'A Conversation with Nic Pizzolatto and T Bone Burnett', deleted scenes, and an extended version of the season finale. |
| August 2018 | Filming for the third season of True Detective concluded after a six-month production period in Northwest Arkansas. |
| June 2018 | Additional casting calls are issued on Backstage for Asian talent to portray Vietnamese civilians and soldiers. |
| March 2018 | Daniel Sackheim was added as a director for the third season, with plans for him and series creator Pizzolatto to direct the remaining six episodes after Jeremy Saulnier's initial departure. |
| February 2018 | Filming for the third season of True Detective began in Northwest Arkansas, spanning multiple locations including Fayetteville, Bentonville, Lincoln, Rogers, and Springdale. |
| January 2018 | Stephen Dorff is cast as detective Roland West, and Ray Fisher is cast as Henry, Wayne Hays' son. |
| January 2018 | The Agency Inc. issues casting calls for up to 1,500 actors, stand-ins, and photo-doubles to film in Northwest Arkansas, noted as the largest production the agency has ever cast. |
| November 2017 | Carmen Ejogo is cast in the role of schoolteacher Amelia Reardon for True Detective season 3. |
| August 2017 | HBO officially greenlit the third season of True Detective, which would explore a narrative set in the Ozarks spanning three decades. |
| July 2017 | Casey Bloys announced at the Television Critics Association press tour that Pizzolatto had written the third season almost in its entirety. |
| June 2017 | The Tracking Board reported that Mahershala Ali was in early discussions with HBO to play the lead role of state police detective Wayne Hays. |
| March 2017 | David Milch was recruited to assist Nic Pizzolatto in preparing the third season, with the first two episodes already written. |
| July 2016 | Casey Bloys, HBO's head of programming, confirmed plans for a third season of True Detective, describing the series as a 'valuable franchise'. |
| January 5 2016 | Second season of True Detective released on Blu-ray and DVD, featuring bonus content including a making-of featurette, cast and crew interviews, and audio commentaries for episodes 'Down Will Come' and 'Omega Station'. |
| 2015 | The second season of True Detective was released with a different production approach, featuring six directors across eight episodes and Pizzolatto retaining writing control, which led to mixed reviews and critical reevaluation of the first season's creative process. |
| 2015 | True Detective season 2 was named one of the worst television programs of the year by multiple news outlets including Variety, New York Post, Newsday, and TV Guide. |
| 2015 | Rachel McAdams received a nomination for Best Actress in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series at the 6th Critics' Choice Television Awards for her performance in the season. |
| 2015 | T Bone Burnett composes an electronic-influenced score for True Detective season 2, adapting his musical approach to the California landscape setting. |
| 2015 | Michelle Monaghan was nominated for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film |
| 2015 | Woody Harrelson was nominated for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film |
| 2015 | Second season premiere maintains viewership with 3.2 million viewers, though subsequent ratings trend downward. |
| 2015 | Second season aired, starring Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, Kelly Reilly, and Vince Vaughn |
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