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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January 5th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
i AM NOT A hbo SUBSCRIBER, BUT AFTER WATCHING THE SERIES ON DISC i WOULD HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR hbo IF THE SERIES CONTINUES. a GOOD WESTERN REPRESENTS aMERICAN HISTORY AND FEW WESTERNS SHOWING THIS EXIST.
December 30th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
HBO is making the biggest mistake ever if they remove Deadwood from their schedule.If it’s canceled i cancel HBO period.
December 28th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
I sit here stunned. I’ve been waiting for the for the day that the Deadwood series would resume , only to discover that it has been canceled. Are you guys stupid. Deadwood was the very best thing on TV. The cast has been released, so obviously there will never again be another Deadwood performance. It’s madness I tell you. Shows such as Deadwood and Rome were the two things that set you apart from other networks! Now that you’ve “caved”, after 25 years of loyalty on my part, I no longer see the need to continue our relationship. Goodbye HBO. I;m sorry it has ended on such a sour note.
December 17th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
I can’t believe that another good show is being canceled on HBO. If it is canceled my subscription to HBO will also be canceled.
December 16th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
Who is the dumb S.O.B. that made the lame decision to cancel this primo flick? Publish his name and I would wager a months pay that he would be hounded into reversing this outrage! We the customers will pay whatever it costs to produce. Hello, can you hear?
December 14th, 2007 at 9:18 pm
I can appreciate the anger vented here. What a tremendous waste, losing Deadwood. But me, I’m just very sad. Its a great series, and now its gone.
November 29th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
HBO ALWAYS HAD THE BEST SHOWS, AND EVERYONE WOULD SAY “THEY ARE THE BEST”===SO WHAT DO THEY DO, CUT COST,TAKE OFF THEIR GREAT SHOWS LIKE DEADWOOD AND LOSE THEIR CUSTOMERS, NOW HBO IS THIS ONE OF MANY.SO WHY SHOULD WE PAY TO WATCH THE SAME THING THAT IS ON SHOWTIME
October 31st, 2007 at 12:10 pm
Over the course of three weekends, my wife and I watched the entire three seasons of Deadwood. It is by far the best TV we have ever seen. HBO must be staffed with brainless,limpdick, moneygrubbing, c**ksucking, choke-the-chicken over the bottomline lemurs to cancel it. Folly, pure folly.
October 28th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
I agree with the others most of the time when you find a show you love HBO quits.
I now have had enough disappointment,sopranos, deadwood was the final straw and I’m going to cancel my subscribtion to HBO after all they did not care for though’s of us that had no other life than sopranos and deadwood.
Come on some of us only have the fantasy of TV. Our spouces have been of disappointment so we watch TV.Well deadwood canellation was it for me.
October 22nd, 2007 at 10:34 am
I think that the ones in charge of HBO can go f**k themselves with a big black dick for being so god dam f**ked in the head for not bring back DEADWOOD for a full season. This is the best western ever done and you f**kers have the balls to cancel well “f**k YOU”. I will just go ahead and f**king cancel you.
October 14th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
we just finished watching all three seasons. it was the best weve watched. the show was great, and we just cant beleive that hbo took it off the air. what the h*ll were you thinking. you cant leave the greatest show hanging like this. how can you keep customers when you keep taking away what we like,and then keep charging more for your freakin network!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 26th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
I just watched the box set in one week. I think you cocksuckers f**ked up not finishing the battle for dead (f**king)wood as I’m waiting for the end……….
September 24th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Ok everyone, yes Deadwood is/was a great series. It’s over. Move one! And most of your comments on here are idiotic. Due to the fact, that it was announced way over a year ago now that the series was not returning…but you people still keep posting comments to bring it back/or i just found it was cancelled…my question is, where in the hell have you been all this time?
September 18th, 2007 at 7:46 am
I too love Deadwood. My wife and look forward to watching it weekly until the network games began. The funny thing is most of the people I come in to contact with watch it. I hear it being spoke of at lunch tables and on job sites. It has a raw feel and I like that. It’s not polictically correct (virginized) and I long for true entertainment. I can remember stories of Grandpa talking about when he saw the James gang ride in to town. What that feeling was like and how the town truely acted. He and I watched alot of western films over the years up until he died and so many times I’ve heard “they would have never done that, it wasn’t like that or they didn’t waste that many bullets because typically you didn’t miss”. I truley believe that if he was still alive and based off what I heard he would have enjoyed watching this series as I do. I think that Deadwood shows a glimpse of an era that was almost all but forgotten. As long as you can run the story and you have actors willing to play these roles and research the characters they’re playing and give a honest representation. HBO should run the show and would be foolish not to with so many viewers. We had to fight for Jerico on another network. So where do I sign up.
September 11th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
I sit and listen to the lanuage of Deadwood and believe it to have the best dialogue ever written for a TV series. No I’m not talking about the profanity, although that adds a richness to the mood of the show. I’m talking about the rhythm and cadence of the language. This must be an actor’s dream. Which leads me to the performances and the casting; positively brillant. How anyone can compare the cast of Lost to this ensemble. Bravo David Milch for creating TV that is art. Thank you for taking the risks that are sadly lacking in the medium of television. Too bad HBO doesn’t seem to be able to behave so bravely.
September 11th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
I am just about finished the third season of Deadwood and i cannot f**king believe that there will not be another season. I just got wind of this bullsh*t and think that this is completely unnacceptable. Everyone should band together and border-line harass these cocksuckers until they change their mind.
September 3rd, 2007 at 9:50 am
I truely enjoy Deadwood and own the DVD collection. This is the one show that my husband and I can’t wait to watch. My son watched it also and is upset that it is not on this year. This show is out there. The characters are fabulous. I had been to Deadwood, South Dakota prior to seeing the series and have gone back to visit the town. We are going back again. Please bring back the series, it is really worth it.
September 2nd, 2007 at 10:13 pm
I got hooked on Deadwood. I got all 3 seasons from Netflix, Well I was ready to get HBO untill i found out that they were not putting it back on. SHAME ON HBO!!! That is one sure way to loose all your customers. Bring back DEADWOOD!!!!!!!!
August 28th, 2007 at 5:09 am
You have got to be kidding they are going to cancel “Deadwood”? My God its the only good show on Tv. im going to cancel my HBO if thats the case. Why pay for something that sucks. Cancel” Big Love” and put that money into DEADWOOD.
August 22nd, 2007 at 8:13 pm
There were only three reasons for me to have HBO… Sopranos..Deadwood..Carnivale
Hmm…They are gone……. so is HBO!!!