HBO explains why ‘True Detective’ is competing for Emmy’s Best Drama series award

HBO explains why “True Detective” is competing for Emmy”s Best Drama series award
“This project was pitched to us, it was produced by us and marketed by us as a series, says HBO programming president Michael Lombardo, adding that creator Nic Pizzolatto “never thought of this as a miniseries, and we always treated him as a creator of a series. In our minds this is a series, and the only reason to enter it as a miniseries was a cynical reason that didn”t feel like the right thing to do.”

Letterman did a 2nd “Late Show” taping after his retirement announcement, with Jay Leno”s final guest
Billy Crystal will appear on Friday”s show, which usually tapes on Thursdays. PLUS: Steve Martin calls Letterman “a significant force in my ‘later” career.”

“The Late Show” interviews R.E.M.”s bassist about breaking Letterman”s retirement news on Twitter
“Right place, right time, what can I say,” Mike Mills says of his tweet in an interview posted on Letterman's YouTube page.

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