Riz Ahmed's Hit HBO Crime Thriller Series Quietly Returns As American Streaming Success

Riz Ahmed’s breakout HBO crime thriller “The Night Of” is returning to prominence as a streaming success, according to performance tracking cited by the article. After a standout year, the Oscar winner is starring in Prime Video’s comedy “Bait” and is set to appear with Tom Cruise in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s satire “Digger.” About a decade earlier, Ahmed rose to wider attention with “The Night Of,” an eight-episode limited series centered on a young man caught up in an unimaginable crime. The series won multiple awards, including an Emmy for Ahmed, and is now resurging on streaming platforms. The article says FlixPatrol data shows it is currently #8 on Apple TV Store’s Top 10 for television shows, after ranking #4 earlier in the month. It offers plot context: Ahmed plays Nasir Khan, implicated in a murder after an overnight encounter. John Turturro plays defense attorney John Stone.