HBO will have its hands full this 2026 awards season as Mark Ruffalo 's critically acclaimed new series Task will return for a second season. HBO confirmed the highly anticipated news during a press presentation. Set in the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia, four-time Oscar nominee Mark plays an FBI agent who is given the challenge of heading up a Task Force to put an end to a string of violent robberies led by an unsuspecting family man.

Task premiered on September 7, and it's been such a success that it would be silly for HBO not to place its focus on the series for the 2026 awards season, especially for Mark and Tom Pelphrey, who have both been praised for their dedication to the project, and would make strong contenders for Lead and Supporting Actor nominations in the

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