New episodes of Tracker season 4 air Sundays on CBS.

Star Justin Hartley received a major honor at the 2026 Newport Beach Film Festival on October 19.

The actor opened up about what’s different about filming Tracker season 4.

Justin Hartley may be busy with Tracker, but he made time to highlight a major accomplishment.

On October 19, Justin attended the 2026 Newport Beach Film Festival for a special reason. According to a Variety report, Justin received the Artist of Distinction Award as part of the Sunset Series event. He wasn’t the only star recognized at the festival: actress Gemma Chan and film director Jonás Cuarón received the Outstanding Achievement in Acting and Artist of Distinction Award for their respective fields.

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Matthew Ferraiolo for the Newport Beach Film Festival

Justin has other reasons to celebrate right now, too.

The This Is Us alum revealed that he graced the cover of Nobleman Magazine on October 18. Ahead of the issue’s on-sale date, he shared a joint post on Instagram with a behind-the-scenes look.

As Justin shared on Late Night With Seth Meyers on October 29, he’s proud of the boundaries Tracker keeps pushing with each episode this season.

“Every year, we try to push the show in a—not a different direction altogether, but we try to make it better,” he said in a clip posted on YouTube. “We try to make it better with every episode, and this year, it sort of came to me, to all of us, we were like, let’s get more physical with it. And I couldn’t disagree with it.”

Congrats!