'True Detective' Season 2 News: Primetime Emmys Resolve Crime Drama's Award Show Confusion? [VIDEO]
True Detective is in for some significant changes if it manages to make an appearance at the Emmys later this year.
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On Feb. 20 the Television Academy announced that there will be some new rules regarding comedy and drama nominations for the 2015 Primetime Emmys.
According to Indiewire, the number of nominees for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Drama Series have both been changed from six to seven, allowing for more content to be recognized at the ceremony.
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The requirements for Outstanding Miniseries will also be changing, as will the name of the category all together. Now called Outstanding Limited Series, the category will include shows which run a minimum of 150 minutes and tell a single story. Any future seasons of the series cannot include the same characters or storyline, but instead must function as stand-alone works in order to qualify under the new category.
True Detective's first season shifted categories between Best Drama and Best Miniseries on an award show by award show basis in 2014 and 2015. It was categorized as a Drama Series at the Emmys last fall, though that could change now that the new limited series rules fit the show's structure.
Written by creator Nic Pizzolatto, the crime drama's second installment will follow the murder of a corrupt city manager in California. It will star Vince Vaughn (career criminal Frank Semyon), Colin Farrell (Detective Ray Velcoro), Rachel McAdams (Detective Anil Bezzerides), and Taylor Kitsch (Officer Paul Woodrugh).
True Detective will return on HBO for a second season mid-2015.
