HBO's The Night Of: 8 Reasons It's The New True Detective
1. It's HBO's Next Hit, And This Summer's Big TV Obsession
While HBO may be known as the home of great drama, having given us the likes of The Sopranos, The Wire, and True Detective over the years, its current slate is a little sparse. Game of Thrones remains a behemoth, but has only two seasons left. The Leftovers, meanwhile, will enter its third and final season this year. With no future on the horizon for True Detective, it means HBO are in need of another hit.
The Night Of is currently set as a limited series, so the chances of Ahmed and Turturro returning are slim, but it could be turned into the kind of smart, sleek anthology that True Detective couldn't be. And even if not, it gives them an immediate hit if nothing else, because this is a series that's sure to take off.
Much like True Detective grew week-upon-week as word spread, the same could well happen with The Night Of. As the mystery expands and the show takes various twists and turns, it's going to begin to dominate more of the conversation, and like Mr Robot last year, should be this summer's new TV obsession.
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