6. True Detective Best Fiction TV Series

Number 6 in this countdown goes to the pulp detective fiction inspired, anthological crime drama ‘True Detective’, created by Nic Pizzolatto and starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in lead roles. The show, which premiered in 2014 has already been renewed for a second season in 2015 due to high critical acclaim and huge popularity. Spreading over a timeline of over 17 years, the show follows the lives of two detective in Louisiana as they hunt down a serial killer. The TV series has already garnered 5 Prime Time Emmy, 1 Critic’s Television Choice award, beside 9 other nominations in its first year of running. ‘Los Angeles Times’ in its praise for the show wrote “True Detective runs slow and steady without ever seeming to drag. Even minor characters get room to breathe, and seem independently alive; the briefest scenes seem to imply life beyond the frame”.