HBO is renewing ‘True Detective’ for a fifth season

LOS ANGELES >> Original “True Detective” creator Nic Pizzolatto’s social media feed might get pretty active again soon: HBO has announced it is renewing “True Detective” for a fifth season, with Issa López as showrunner.

The renewal arrives days after its fourth season, “True Crime: Night Country,” concluded its six-episode run, the crime drama’s most-watched season — and the first not to have Pizzolatto at the helm. Set in fictional Ennis, Alaska, the season starred Jodie Foster and Kali Reis as detectives trying to solve the case of eight men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station, who are later found frozen in a “corpsicle.” Sunday’s finale brought in the season’s largest first-night audience, with 3.2 million cross-platform viewers. But its success wasn’t without some controversy. Pizzolato, who remains an executive producer on the series, made headlines for his vocal distaste for the new season, reposting criticisms of the finale to his Instagram stories.