Kind of hard for me to judge right now.
Watched True Detective and it was so dark and emo that it felt like a Harry Potter movie where the dementors tried to suck all of the joy of life out of me and take my soul. So to then turn around and try to watch a bit of a drama/comedy was a hard turn lol.
It will fill the bill as a Entourage type show for HBO with maybe more drama. It will have some drama, some funny, some crazy stories...nice eye candy. Problem is will we find ourselves liking the main characters and their story enough to stick with it.
Same could be said for the show after it, The Brink.