Deadwood: The HBO Series Will Return, Sort Of
Can fans save a show? Well, if they act quickly, try hard enough, and use financial pressure, the answer seems to be “Yes!” When it was announced that HBO would we cutting the wild-west Deadwood series short after three seasons, fans of the HBO series got, well, downright ornery! They signed petitions, took out an ad in Variety (a Hollywood trade paper), sent letters and made calls indicating that they would cancel their HBO subscriptions at the end of Deadwood’s third season (which recently started airing).
As a result, HBO and Deadwood creator David Milch have now come to an agreement. Deadwood will return following the third season… sort-of. Rather than a full-blown 12-episode season to complete the series (which would have been quite costly and now, very difficult to coordinate), HBO and Milch will instead produce a pair of two-hour movies.
But wait, hadn’t HBO previously offered to pay for a six-episode fourth season? How is this better? Milch has said that he wasn’t in favor of doing a six-episode season because each episode of Deadwood has typically represented one day in the lives of the characters and South Dakota area. Shifting to two-hour movies will allow him to break that format and to be able to complete the storytelling he had for the final season. Milch has said that he’s thrilled that they worked out a way to continue Deadwood past the third season.
But what about the series actors that were released from their contracts over a month ago. Can HBO get them back? Though Deadwood cast members have not been signed for the movie projects as yet, it seems clear that HBO intends to do all it can to work out this aspect as well. One source has reported that HBO intends to “make it worth their while.” No doubt. Wouldn’t want to upset these fans . . . 
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September 30th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Deadwood would have to be the BEST TV SHOW EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! created. All my mates, (and I ), were hanging on for the next installment of Deadwood, only to be crushed by HBO. HBO must have rocks in their heads to think that something as brilliant as this would go away without anyone kicking up a stink.
All the actors in the show played their parts to perfection, making me want to go and live in ‘ A Hell Of A Place To Make A Fortune’.
Ian McShane, John Hawkes, Robin Weigert, Timothy Olyphant, Powers Boothe, Paula Malcomson, Gerald McRaney, Kim Dickens, W. Earl Brown, William Sanderson are all people who brought the whole Deadwood experience alive.
Living in hope that season 3 won’t be the last.
Long live Deadwood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 7th, 2008 at 10:09 am
I am with Judy, no Deadwood, no HBO….you guys are worse than Drug pushers, you get us Hooked then you change everything, I have all 3 seasons, if I dont get more i’ll cut my TV cable and go into rehab……..pffff!
August 31st, 2008 at 4:03 pm
just finished watching season 3 on dvd can not believe something so good both writing/acting superb beyond any other TV show i have watched …….it was so real you could taste the dust..as for the swearing……yes it shocked me in season one,it was beyond anything i had ever seen or heard before,thats what made it so real..it wasen’t sugar coated or white washed like so many other programmes on TV…
surely something that got people talking/thinking/ looking into the history of your country is worth a 4th season …..
Pauline UK
August 9th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
No Deadwood…NO HBO!!! Simple as THAT! We have all three of Deadwood season’s and have watched them over and over, and will continue to do so! Every show you put on that is good, i.e., Rome, you cut it. I have never used bad words (much), but your actions show that your CEO’s, or whoever is in charge, are all a bunch of Fuc*** C***S******, if you get my drift.
And, try as I might, I can’t EVEN get a Deck of Deadwood HBO Cards Anywhere! {unused ofc.} even on e-bay, “watch as i may”. You can’t tell me HBO didn’t prosper from this Series in more ways than one! Stupid C**********! I was in business and know the “no more than 3yr. Rule”…But when you got a good thing you keep going with it…till it starts to pan out, like Gold. OR Money, for those of you at HBO who don”t know the difference! Until we meet again, judy P.S. DEADWOOD FANS:
Please DISCONTINUE HBO until we have our Beloved C********** BACK!!!
August 7th, 2008 at 2:24 am
deadwood rocks bring it back !!! **** suckers as woo would say !!!!!!!!!!
July 24th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Deadwood was the best series on HBO. I’d come home from work and all I would want to do is sit down with a bag of chips and watch a new episode of Deadwood, but now Im watching re-runs. WE NEED MORE DEADWOOD!!!!………COCKSUCKERS!!!
July 6th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
I was so hooked on Deadwood I almost felt I was in that town..It just about made me want to kick the tv in and send it to HBO..The only thing that really started making me uncomfortable was how every other word was ****–It didn’t need that many f’s.To tell you the truth I thought it might have been taken off because of that!!!!!!
July 6th, 2008 at 3:18 am
We need a Series 4.
We are just about into the final disc of series 3.
Het we need moreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
June 18th, 2008 at 8:07 am
I think people should start to cancel there HBO subscriptions until the Deadwood series is completed. After all there are no good shows on HBO now anyway
February 23rd, 2008 at 5:05 am
HBO, I hope this message gets back to the brass, because they need to grow some brass and do what is right. That is to satisfy their customers!!! How about doing business the old fashion way, with spit and a hand shake and get this thing done. HBO has an obligation to its loyal customers. Step up and do what’s right!! Remember, there is something called RESPECT!!!!
February 14th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
I only signed up for hbo because of your series specials . Six feet under,, sopranos,DEADWOOD,Big love. Your network is 3 month old movies after they leave the video store. I have already seen 95 percent of your movies played . Your mini series are the best on the tube. Please don’t stop filming deadwood.
February 13th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
You already buried your first successful series’Six Feet Under’ go ahead and bury this one too along with your reputation and many subscribers, if you bury it you’re nothing but a bunch of Limberdicked Cocksuckers in my book.
February 13th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Dear HBO, please do not discontinue Deadwood, I am waiting for another season, what kind of Limber#%&*’s are you anyway, you could continue this Series if you want to, it is the only HBO program I watch and look forward to it and have been patiently waiting for the 4th Season. Surely you pay enough money to branch forward with many new excellent episodes for upcoming Seasons’, now get your asses in gear and beg all the cast back for some more Deadwood drama!!!!!!!!!!!!!I would really appreciate it, I would also like to add along with my complaint a very sincere Thank-You for the Seasons 1-3, I have watched the collection numerous times.
February 5th, 2008 at 5:03 am
Please get a grip….. We love Deadwood… There is plenty of storyline left and great actors.
If you have to do this crazy little thing with Deadwood we hope the same actors are showcased.
Please save Rome and the Tudors…HBO was on a roll..Carnivale was canceled at the most crucial moment , however.
WE are fans and are interested in the creative outcome of HBO’s amazing freshness.Please think to keep it alive.
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Drop Deadwood ? HBO should be pistol whipped !! Do they not realize the large group of Americans that were weened on westerns !! Don’t like the language ? Don’t watch ! Simple as that. I know many viewers of Deadwood that were drawn into researching the history of the times more because of that show.
That’s more than I can say about some of the shows out now that surly questions our intelligence to watch !!!! HBO you will loose on this one I’m afraid. “Sit tall in the saddle” and do what you have to do to keep Deadwood alive with the original actors as much as possible. Otherwise you will continue to loose customers……….
January 15th, 2008 at 1:13 am
I think that this is absolute crap i have now watched all three sessions 3 times now and cannot get enough of deadwood. I have really been looking forward to the fourth session and was willing to subscribe to the channel to watch it. But now they can forget it.
January 10th, 2008 at 7:04 am
HBO, you stupid cocksucking ********. Bring back the best ever show on television. I’ll hate you forever!!!!