Jason Bateman discusses his dual Emmy-contending limited series work—producing HBO Max's DTF St. Louis and directing Netflix's Black Rabbit—plus upcoming directing projects (The Cackling of the Dodos) and a John Grisham adaptation (The Partner) with Tom Holland, along with career lessons and favorite on-set memories.
Variety’s interview with David Harbour centers on his bipolar disorder and a difficult year of public scrutiny following Lily Allen’s West End Girl, his shift away from Stranger Things toward the new HBO series DTF St. Louis, and his aim to pursue deeply textured, authentic character work while protecting his privacy and navigating fame.
At the Gotham Television Awards, HBO Max’s I Love LA won Breakthrough Comedy Series and Apple TV+’s Pluribus won Breakthrough Drama; DTF St. Louis took Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series. In acting honors, Tim Robinson (The Chair Company) won Outstanding Lead Performance in a Comedy Series, Chase Infiniti (The Testimates) won Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series, Babou Cessay (Alien: Earth) and Laurie Metcalf (Big Mistakes) won Supporting Comedy and Drama respectively, and Michael Shannon (Death by Lightning) won Lead in a Limited or Anthology Series; HBO Max earned the most trophies (five) while Netflix led nominations.
DTF St. Louis led the 2026 Gotham TV Awards with two wins (outstanding limited or anthology series and best supporting performance for David Harbour). Michael Shannon won best lead performance in a limited/anthology series for Death by Lightning, which tied Big Mistakes for the most nominations (four). Other winners included I Love LA for Breakthrough Comedy Series; Tim Robinson for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Comedy Series (The Chair Company); Chase Infiniti for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series (The Testaments); Babou Ceesay for Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series (Alien: Earth); Linda Cardellini for Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Limited/Anthology Series (DTF St. Louis); Pluribus for Breakthrough Drama Series; Reflection in a Dead Diamond for Outstanding Original Film; and Cory Michael Smith for Outstanding Performance in an Original Film (Mountainhead).
At the 2026 Gotham TV Awards, HBO Max’s DTF St. Louis led the night with multiple wins, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series and a Supporting Performance for David Harbour; Pluribus won Breakthrough Drama Series, I Love LA won Breakthrough Comedy Series, and Chase Infiniti earned Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series for The Testaments. Other winners included Michael Shannon (Lead in Death by Lightning), Tim Robinson (Lead in The Chair Company), Laurie Metcalf (Supporting in Big Mistakes), Katrina: Come Hell and High Water (Breakthrough Nonfiction Series), Reflection in a Dead Diamond (Outstanding Original Film), and Cory Michael Smith (Lead in Mountainhead). Special honorees included Claire Danes, Kerry Washington, Michelle Pfeiffer, the Duffer brothers, and the ensemble of Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette.
Vulture critic Roxana Hadadi argues that DTF St. Louis uses explicit sex to lure viewers into a story about suburban loneliness, sidelining Carol’s interior life and ultimately revealing Floyd’s death by suicide; the finale exposes the trio’s dynamics as underdeveloped, showing the show’s critique of “normal” suburbia but failing to fully use sex as a meaningful storytelling tool.
The HBO Max limited series DTF St. Louis ends with Floyd Smernitch’s death revealed as a suicide, not a murder, as the show shifts from crime solving to a meditation on loneliness, debt, and imperfect relationships, with Richard’s impulsive action in the poolhouse and Clark’s escalating isolation shaping the finale's bittersweet note.
At the LA premiere, Jason Bateman, Linda Cardellini, and David Harbour describe HBO's DTF St. Louis as a genre-bending dark comedy about a married weatherman, his new attraction Carol, and her husband Floyd, whose lives collide via the ‘DTF St. Louis’ app. The show, developed by Steven Conrad and reworked from earlier concepts, uses twists and intimate moments to explore longing and vulnerability, with the premiere airing March 1 on HBO and new episodes dropping weekly through April 12.
IndieWire lauds HBO's seven-episode limited series DTF St. Louis as a funny, sharp murder mystery that doubles as a intimate character study of suburban desire. The show follows Clark (Bateman) and Floyd (Harbour) whose flirtation with a risqué dating app spirals into a murder investigation led by Det. Jodie Plumb and Det. Homer, exposing hidden selves and shifting perspectives. With Bateman delivering a nuanced, ambiguous lead, Harbour’s charm, Cardellini’s restraint, and Steven Conrad’s deft direction, the series blends humor, sex-therapy themes, and moral ambiguity into a stylish, emotionally honest thriller. Premieres March 1 on HBO, with new episodes weekly through April 12.
HBO’s seven‑episode limited series DTF St. Louis stars Jason Bateman and David Harbour as middle‑aged dads caught in a love triangle, sparked by Harbour’s wife’s affair and Bateman introducing a provocative dating app to sabotage the marriage; Linda Cardellini co-stars, Steven Conrad runs the show, and it premieres March 1 on HBO and HBO Max.