When one thinks of auteur-driven Peak TV in the streaming age, the first shows that generally come to mind are “House Of Cards” (2013) with David Fincher at the helm (at least for the first few eps), “True Detective” (2014) by director Cary Fukunaga, and Steven Soderbergh’s “The Knick” (2014). Crucial to the mix, but sometimes missing in that conversation, is Jane Campion’s “Top Of The Lake” starring Elisabeth Moss, which debuted in 2013, right at the beginning of this new second golden age of TV.

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Elisabeth Moss is killing it right now, and as we detailed in our interview with the actress last week about her new Apple TV+ series “Shining Girls,” she is becoming a major triple threat, evolving from an actor who is instrumental in calling the shot, producing and directing nearly everything she appears in. Just like Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” of which Moss is the lead and now a producer and one of the directors, on “Shining Girls”—an ambitious series about an assault victim, a time-traveling serial killer, and a journalistic procedural to catch the killer—she took on a similar role on a (read our review here).

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The now-ubiquitous phrase “Peak TV”—coined by FX networks chief John Landgraf— only first appeared in 2015, but it certainly defined the entire decade of television in the 2010s. The streaming wars are upon us now, really taking off in November 2019 for anyone wanting to keep track— with the arrival of Disney+ and Apple TV+, and the debuts of HBO Max, Peacock, and others in the near future.

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When the rumblings of a second season of “Top Of The Lake” emerged last year, one of the first names linked — and quickly denied — was Nicole Kidman. Well, it turns out those initial reports were right, and with filming gearing up to get underway soon, the rest of the cast for the new season is being rounded up.

Liv Hewson is also boarding the series along with the previously announced Gwendoline Christine, David Dencik, Alice Englert and Ewen Leslie, who are coming along with Kidman and joining the returning Elisabeth Moss for “Top Of The Lake” season two.

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'Game Of Thrones' Star Gwendoline Christie And More Join 'Top Of The Lake' Season 2 With Elisabeth Moss

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