Deadwood

Name: Deadwood
Genre: Crime, Drama, Western
Released: 2004
Cast: Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker, W. Earl Brown, Dayton Callie

2004 · TV Series · TV-MA

Crime Drama Western

More advocacy-driven than 93% of Western titles →

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Audience evidenceThe verdict — who this is for, by the receipts

Made first for older men 1

Deadwood's audience scores lean most toward older men at 100 of 100 1. Its overall reach is rated targeted — targeted reach aimed at a specific demographic segment 2. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers below the baseline for Black and Hispanic 3. On content balance it reads entertainment-first at 4 of 100, weighting storytelling over explicit messaging 4.

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Audience scoreolder men 100 of 100 is the top quadrant.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
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ReachAudience breadth rated targeted.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
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RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: Black 26, Hispanic 28.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1
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Content balanceContent balance entertainment-first at 4 of 100.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1

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Synopsis

The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an organized wild-west civilized town. The story focuses on the real-life characters Seth Bullock and Al Swearengen.