So, ICYMI, HBO will enterTrue Detective in the best drama Series category at the Emmys this awards season. This is a pretty bold move if you consider that True Detective is an anthology which means its eligible to enter the less competitive, almost more fitting best mini-series category. While this is good news for a show like FX's American Horror Story, which will now most likely sweep the category, it doesn't seem to be sitting well with the network: FX chief John Landgraf recently spoke on the matter and called HBO's actions "unfair."
“My own personal point of view is that a miniseries is a story that ends, a series is a story that continues,” Landgraf said. “To tell you the truth, I think it’s actually unfair for HBO to put True Detective in the drama series category because essentially you can get certain actors to do a closed-ended series — a la Billy Bob Thornton in [FX's] Fargo or Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in True Detective — who you can’t get to sign on for a seven-year [regular drama series] deal.”
FX has two anthologies on its network, Fargo and AHS. The latter has competed in the best mini-series category in the past, and Landgraf said the former will as well if it has the opportunity to do so.
After The Wrap originally reported the news, Landgraf spoke with Entertainment Weekly to elaborate, "it doesn’t strike me as particularly fair. And I can see the entire series category eventually stacked with movie actors who signed on for one series of a show."
[via Entertainment Weekly]
