HBO’s ‘True Detective: Night Country’ Set for TNT Run; ‘Hacks’ to Air on TBS Before Season 4 Premiere on Max (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Warner Bros. Discovery is once again experimenting with sampling some of its premium pay TV and streaming content on its owned cable networks, this time sampling HBO‘s “True Detective: Night Country” and Max’s “Hacks.” Beginning on March 28, “True Detective: Night Country,” which consists of six episodes, will air on TNT.

From April 3-7, “Hacks” will air its first three seasons on TBS with two episodes going back to back per night. The event leads into the “Hacks” Season 4 premiere April 10 on Max.

As is customary for mature content, the episodes will be edited to meet the standards and practices guidelines for cable. While not the first time HBO content has aired on Warner Bros.

Discovery’s cable networks — “Silicon Valley” and “True Blood” aired on TBS and TNT, respectively, in 2023 — this marks the first time the premium channel has released content that is currently airing or only recently ended, rather than older library titles that made their way to cable several years ago, such as “Sex and the City.” The sampling experiment is led by Channing Dungey, chairman and CEO of Warner Bros.