There Are A Lot Of Great Western TV Shows Now, But The Best Is Still HBO's Drama From 21 Years Ago

Western TV shows seem to get better and better every year, but no show has been able to surpass this 2004 epic from HBO starring Timothy Olyphant.

April 18, 2025 · 1 min · 82 words · Jill Arnold

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ThoughWesterns fell out of popularityafter the 1970s, recent decades have seen a huge resurgence for the genre.

Western movies may not be as popular as they once were, but Western TV is doing fine.

They also all owe a debt toDeadwood.

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Deadwood changed the face of Western TV shows in much the same way Star Trek changed science fiction.

OtherWesternslikeYellowstonewould never be as popular as they are ifDeadwoodhadn’t carved a path for them.

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