If you thought Season 2 of “True Detective” was terrible, don’t blame creator Nic Pizzolatto, blame HBO.
At least, that’s what Michael Lombardo, the premium cable network’s president of programming, said during an interview on KPCC’s “The Frame.”
“The first season of ‘True Detective’ was something that Nic Pizzolatto had been thinking about, gestating, for a long period of time. He’s a soulful writer. I think what we did was go, ‘Great.’ And I take the blame,” Lombardo said. “I became too much of a network executive at that point. We had huge success. ‘Gee, I’d love to repeat that next year.’”