USA / HBO / 24x60 minutes / 21 March 2004-continuing

Creator/Executive Producer: David Milch

Western drama series. July, 1876: Seth Bullock abandons his position as Marshall in the Montana Territory to begin a career as a hardware merchant in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, a burgeoning, lawless gold-rush town set in the heart of Native land. Joining Bullock in the endeavor is his friend Sol Star. Before setting off from Montana, Bullock brings final justice to a horse thief, holding off dangerous mob to give him a legal hanging from a makeshift gallows in front of the sheriff's office. 
Also drawn to Deadwood is Wild Bill Hickok, the famed gunfighter and lawman. He travels with his old friend Charlie Utter and the foul-mouthed Calamity Jane. Ruling over much of the town is the foul moutherd Al Swearengen.

Season two saw the action move to 1877 and Deadwood is growing a pace heading right into becoming a town; Seth Bullock is town sheriff and Cy Tolliver is a brothel owner and Al's chief rival in town. Probably the most realistic portrayal of the old west yet seen, foul of mouth and mean of heart Deadwood is fantastic and compelling drama. 
 
Broadcast details:- 
Season One: 21 March - 13 June 2004 / Sundays @ 10.00pm
Season Two: 6 March - 22 May 2005 / Sundays @ 9.00pm
Season Three is due to start in June 2006

cast 
Timothy Olyphant as the new lawman Seth Bullock / Ian McShane as the ruthless town boss Al Swearengen / John Hawkes as Sol Star / Molly Parker as Alma Garret / Powers Boothe as Cy Tolliver / Robin Weigert as Calamity Jane / Brad Dourif as Doc Cochran / Leon Rippy as Tom Nuttal / Paula Malcomson as Trixie / Sean Bridgers as Johnny Burns / W. Earl Brown as Dan Dority / Dayton Callie as Charlie Utter / Jim Beaver as Ellsworth / William Sanderson as E.B. Farnum / Kim Dickens as Joanie Stubbs / Jeffrey Jones as A.W. Merrick / Titus Welliver as Silas Adams / Anna Gunn as Martha Bullock / Garret Dillahunt as Francis Wolcott / Bree Seanna Wall as Sofia Metz / Josh Eriksson as William Bullock.