# Why did "Deadwood" get cancelled by HBO at season 3? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-deadwood-get-cancelled-by-hbo-at-season-3/642726 "2012-12-02T03:00:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-deadwood-get-cancelled-by-hbo-at-season-3/642726/61 "2014-12-22T01:42:48Z")
No, that’s what They want you to think. Plausible deniability, and all. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-deadwood-get-cancelled-by-hbo-at-season-3/642726/62 "2014-12-24T19:24:51Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > And all this time I thought they canceled it because it started to suck. Other way around I think. It started to suck because they cancelled it. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-deadwood-get-cancelled-by-hbo-at-season-3/642726/63 "2014-12-24T19:38:29Z")
> [@zbuzz](#): > > I guess the Hearsts are just chopped liver? They figured that showing what a bastard George was would make people forget Patty. Joke’s on them: folks had already forgotten Patty (except Chris Hardwick probably, since he’s shagging her daughter and all). ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-deadwood-get-cancelled-by-hbo-at-season-3/642726/64 "2014-12-24T20:31:16Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > You missed the Rothschilds, the Masons, the Jesuits, and the Girl Scouts. You really do need to do your homework. Also the Queen of England and the Colonel from KFC, who puts an addictive chemical in his chicken so you crave it fortnightly. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-deadwood-get-cancelled-by-hbo-at-season-3/642726/65 "2014-12-24T21:11:31Z")
Well, of all the things I expected to see when I popped into this back from the Deadwood thread, this was not one of them. O.O ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-deadwood-get-cancelled-by-hbo-at-season-3/642726/66 "2014-12-25T03:56:52Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > Well, of all the things I expected to see when I popped into this back from the Deadwood thread, this was not one of them. O.O No one expects the Trilateral Commission Inquisition! ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-deadwood-get-cancelled-by-hbo-at-season-3/642726/67 "2014-12-26T03:54:01Z")
didn’t watch the show but there’s a multitude of reasons that even some popular shows get the ax. First off, there’s the case of “insufficient popularity”. (The take, though respectable, doesn’t cover the cost.) Personality conflicts between network execs and show runners. (Sounds like this might have comje into play here.) Finally, sometimes network types want to do “something different”. This factor caused the cancelation of CBS’s “country shows” back in the sixties. (Bev. Hillbillies, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, which were doing ok ratings-wise.) It also cost us a second season of Odyssey 5. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-deadwood-get-cancelled-by-hbo-at-season-3/642726.md?page=3)