Reading "Deadwood" Apart from its brilliance as television, it's amazing what "Deadwood" gets away with. This acclaimed series from HBO, which premiered in 2004, is set in the teeming outlaw camp of 'Deadwood'. This work assesses "Deadwood's" many facets: its profane language, its characters, from Al Swearengen and Calamity Jane, to B B Farnham and Mr Wu, and more. Full description