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Deadwood premieres tonight on HBO – critics clamor for more episodes

Mark Dawidziak joins the chorus of critics arguing that “Deadwood” should be extended by HBO beyond this third a final season:

Let me be the 127th television critic in the country to say, “What in the name of Al Swearengen is HBO thinking?” Memo to HBO executives: “Deadwood” isn’t one of your best programs. It is your best program. Has their thinking become as clear as the mud that covers the streets of Deadwood?

I would have expressed this sentiment earlier, but, until now, I couldn’t find a way of saying it without sounding suspiciously like Ian McShane’s magnificently profane and aptly named Swearengen.

He’s right of course. “Deadwood” is fantastic, and Ian McShane’s Al Swearengen might be the best character on television (along with Ari from “Entourage”). If HBO doesn’t come to its senses and add more seasons, I hope the producers keep Swearengen alive at the end of the series. He could carry some feature films after the series finishes its run.

File under ‘We wish we thought of this’: the 13 most unpopular characters in TV history

The Onion’s A.V. Club has posted the 13 most unpopular characters in television history. Basically, it reads like the mental list that most of us have in our heads but weren’t aware of, though I think it’s fair to say that #3 may surprise many in the Buffyverse. But not me.

Buffy's Oliver

Yep, it’s Dawn Summers, and no, I can’t say that I blame them.

“…intolerably shrill, whiny, manipulative, troublemaking little McGuffin” is how they described her, and I’m pretty sure I’ve used five or six of those words to describe her myself. Note to self: McGuffin is an awesome word. Use it more often.

Oh, and mad, mad props for nailing the reason I stopped watching “Friends” with their #9 choice: Ross Gellar. Oy.

NYC: The city of brotherly love

Wow. Talk about your sibling rivalries. The heat on this whole Johnny/Janet secret relationship fiasco has just gotten turned way up now that Tommy knows. And he promptly beat the shit out of Johnny as soon as he found out, pouncing him from across the table and then taking it to the streets where he could smash his little brother’s head through some car window. Of course, this shouldn’t have even taken place. All they had to do was keep it cool around Tommy (that means no holding hands or playing footsie), and he would have never found out, but they simply couldn’t contain themselves. As far as I’m concerned, Johnny had that ass whooping coming, but the fact that Tommy threw Janet into a parked car was the icing on the cake. That woman is a crazy succubus who needs a lesson in treating others properly. I mean, did she really need to reject Sheila’s offer to help her up? She was just trying to be supportive. Bitch.

Meanwhile, Lou is really hurting, and the fact that money seems to be on everyone else’s mind isn’t helping. Jerry is struggling with the hike in his wife’s medical bills, Franco is contemplating taking the Lieutenant’s exam, and Probie is still trying to decide whether or not he should transfer out of Ladder 62. And after seeing Johnny get the shit kicked out of him, Garrity’s gotta be worried that Tommy will eventually find out about him dating his younger sister, Maggie. It probably doesn’t help that Tommy’s a little frustrated, either. When he’s not busy helping his younger daughter “dispose” of all the junk food she ate earlier that day, or paying off his oldest (and supposedly born-again) daughter not to mention anything about it to their mother, the poor guy has to put up with a chatty Cathy who’d he much rather fuck than listen to talk about things like cheerleading and interior decorating. It’s actually pretty amazing that he still hasn’t turned to alcohol for a little support, but it shouldn’t be very long before he does. For now, though, that seems to be Lou’s forte.

Oh, and did I forgot to mention that Susan Sarandon made her first appearance tonight? Yeah, she plays a smoking hot businesswoman who’s going to do just about anything she can to seduce Franco into her bedroom. Is FX actually getting anywhere with these big name guest stars? I sure hope so.

We’re not dead… yet.

Fans of HBO’s western drama “Deadwood” and FX’s crime drama “The Shield” can rest a little bit easier tonight. Both shows have been renewed for new seasons… kind of.

In lieu of the third (and final) season of “Deadwood,” creator David Milch made a deal with HBO to produce two, two-hour movies that would act as a way of conveniently wrapping up the series set to air following the new 13 episodes of the show this summer. According to the source, Milch was actually offered a six episode fourth season, but he turned it down in favor of the four-hour wrap-up.

Meanwhile, TV Guide is reporting that a sixth season of “The Shield” has been greenlit to go into production following the filming of the final ten, season five episodes slated for early 2007. This is actually bad news for fans of the show, who have finally come to cope with the fact that their favorite show is finally ending. Is there really enough story here to continue the series? I think not. Following the death of Curtis Lemansky at the end of season five, I can’t imagine creator Shawn Ryan not wanting to finish up the drama before it gets out of hand.

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