‘True Detective: Night Country’ Edges Season 1 To Become Series’ Most Watched Installment

Four episodes into its six-episode run, True Detective: Night Country has become the most watched season of the crime anthology series with 12.7 million cross-platform viewers, surpassing the 11.9 million viewer average for the original True Detective installment.

A lot has changed since True Detective starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson ran in 2014, breaking records as the most watched freshman season of an HBO series since Six Feet Under.

The bulk of viewing at the time was done on linear/delayed viewing with the now defunct HBO GO as the only streaming option. (It crashed under demand the night of the season finale.) In Live+Same Day, that season drew 2.3M-3.5M viewers for the premiere telecast on HBO.

For Night Country, starring Jodie Foster and Kali Reis, most of the consumption is done on Max, with a fraction of the viewers, 0.6M-0.7M, coming from the original HBO telecast.

Night Country‘s first two episodes continue to pace ahead of The White Lotus, Season 2 (8.6 million) and Succession, Season 4 (7.9 million). This week’s Episode 5 has totaled 5 million cross platform viewers since its early Max debut on Friday. Season 4 was created and executive produced by Issa López.