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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i agree. we actually cancelled our hbo after the deadwood cancellation. the way that they ended the sopranos and then deadwood?! we couldn’t take anymore of it. they didn’t think it through and now they are talking about deadwood movies? yeah right we were supposed to have a sporanos movie to answer the un answered questions and that has not happened yet. the hbo execs lie!!
I have rented the entire 3 seasons and watched them. The series was awesome with the exception of one thing. It could have done just as well without so much use of the “F” word and especially the Rooster-Sucking word. Why is it so necessary to include those words and the Lord’s name in vain? I was completely drawn into the show and am very disappointed that you didn’t finish it out with season 4. I might have considered subscribing to HBO if I knew you were bringing Deadwood back for at least the 4th season or the two two-hour movies. Well, this posting was over three years ago, so I assume it is not going to happen. I am really disappointed about that.
BRING DEADWOOD BACK!!!!
Deadwood at least has history. I cannot believe that this show is not returning. I cannot believe that reality shows still exsists but Deadwood does not. I guess when something is as big as hbo, they have the power and money to do as they wish. What a shame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Polly
I can,t BELEIVE It.Yyou stupid CoCkSucKerrs !!! We haven,t missed a show.. Have all three seasons.. HBO YOU SUCK!!!!! We are canceling the prime time channel.. MAYBE we should dump you into WU,s pig pen..
**** YOU HBO i hate you, will not pay you money again till you fix this mistake…..
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