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 . . . 
whoever is resposible for canceling deadwood should be fired. Deadwood and the Sopranoes defined HBO and any feeble attempts to include me in HBO’s future viewer plans died with the show’s cancellation. If HBO is smart they will find a way to bring both back.
I love Deadwood. I have all 3 seasons and we watch them all the time. I can’t wait for the movies and hopefully a season 5
I love Deadwood I cant live without more. The best show ever!!!!!!!!!
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… Read more »
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!
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
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… Read more »
deadwood rocks bring it back !!! **** suckers as woo would say !!!!!!!!!!
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!!!
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!!!!!!
Listen Georgia, I have seen many argue about the language on this series and you have to understand something. This show is for the adult audience, and is set in a time of lawlessness, greed, and everyone for themself, and if someone helps you, you are darned lucky. You were lucky to live to 35 then. The writers had to make it real and believable and this is how the old west was…it was cruel and unforgiving, and scary, and you counted your lucky stars if you woke up alive the morning. You have to understand that…they spewed out all… Read more »
We need a Series 4.
We are just about into the final disc of series 3.
Het we need moreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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
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!!!!
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.
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.