Even ‘Succession’ can’t compete with a female-led Max smash that’s already been renewed despite showrunner drama

Not even nay-sayers or Nic Pizzolatto devotees could rain on Issa López’s parade after, despite the controversy, HBO renewed True Detective for a new season, with the Night Country showrunner set to return. After López took over from the Italian-American series creator Pizzolatto as the showrunner for Night Country, it didn’t take long for it to become the latest entry in the canon of unreasonably targeted and hated female-led projects in male-dominated spaces.

The first season of True Detective might be worshipped among a certain best-avoided subsection of male social media s, but López’s Night Country broke all the viewership records, beating the likes of Succession, Tokyo Vice, and Young Sheldon to the top spot of Max’s most-streamed shows globally, per FlixPatrol. Season 4 drew in 12.7 million cross-platform viewers to become the show’s most-watched installment to date, Variety reported. It has spent 23 days on FlixPatrol’s Max Top 10, taking the first-place crown in over 40 countries.

Night Country stars Jodie Foster and Kali Reis as Detectives sabotage her season. The excessive backlash found online despite a harmless, if imperfect, season backs the showrunner’s accusations.

Meanwhile, Pizzolatto was ungracefully stoking the fire on his So insulting calling it True Detective,” one of them said.

The season’s 92 percent critical Rotten Tomatoes score, based on 190 professional reviews, begs to differ. Season 2, written by Pizzolatto, and largely considered the show’s weakest, sits at 47 percent. Unlike its Alaskan setting, Night Country was warmly received by the majority of viewers.

True Detective: Night Country is available to stream in full now on Max.