True Detective is a 2014 English-language Crime Drama show developed by Nic Pizzolatto. The series was Produced by Carol Cuddy, Aida Rodgers and Peter Feldman under the banner of Anonymous Content in collaboration with Parliament of Owls, Passenger, Neon Black, Lee Caplin / Picture Entertainment and HBO Entertainment. for HBO. The series premiered on January 12, 2014. True detective features Matthew Mcconaughey, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Potts, Tory Kittles, Colin Farrell and Michael Broderick. The music was composed by T Bone Burnett. Cinematography was done by Adam Arkapaw , Nigel Bluck and Germain McMicking and editing by Alex Hall , Affonso Gon alves , Meg Ritcher , Chris Fiegler , Byron Smith and Leo Trombetta. The show has a running time of 54-87 minutes for each episode. The show has a total of 24 episodes during it's run of 3 seasons. It was released on 22nd October 2014. Distribution rights for the series were acquired by Warner Bros. Television Distribution. In 2012, Louisiana State Police Detectives Rust Cohle and Martin Hart are brought in to revisit a homicide case they worked in 1995. As the inquiry unfolds in present day through separate interrogations, the two former detectives narrate the story of their investigation, reopening unhealed wounds, and drawing into question their supposed solving of a bizarre ritualistic murder in 1995. The timelines braid and converge in 2012 as each man is pulled back into a world they believed they'd left behind. In learning about each other and their killer, it becomes clear that darkness lives on both sides of the law. Written by Rich28