Deadwood

American television series
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Deadwood

Summary

Deadwood is a television series[1]. Deadwood ranks in the top 1% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,831 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Deadwood is the creator of David Milch[3].
  • Deadwood received the Peabody Awards[4].
  • Deadwood received the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama[5].
  • Deadwood received the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series[6].
  • Deadwood received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series[7].
  • Deadwood received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series[8].
  • Deadwood received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series[9].
  • Deadwood's instance of is recorded as television series[10].
  • Deadwood was directed by Ed Bianchi[11].
  • Deadwood was directed by Davis Guggenheim[12].
  • Elizabeth Sarnoff wrote the screenplay for Deadwood[13].
  • Deadwood's composer is recorded as Reinhold Heil[14].
  • Deadwood's genre is Westerns on television[15].
  • Deadwood's genre is crime television series[16].
  • Deadwood's genre is drama television series[17].
  • Deadwood is named after Deadwood[18].
  • Deadwood was followed by Deadwood: The Movie[19].
  • A cast member of Deadwood was Timothy Olyphant[20].
  • A cast member of Deadwood was Jim Beaver[21].
  • A cast member of Deadwood was Peter Jason[22].
  • A cast member of Deadwood was W. Earl Brown[23].
  • A cast member of Deadwood was Dayton Callie[24].
  • A cast member of Deadwood was Alice Krige[25].
  • A cast member of Deadwood was Sarah Paulson[26].
  • A cast member of Deadwood was Keone Young[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[28]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[29]

  • First release date: 2005[30]

  • Genre(s): blues, country[31]

  • Community tags: ambient; instrumental; new age, blues, blues; acoustic; delta blues; acoustic guitar; gospel, blues; delta blues, blues; gospel, country, country; alternative country, country; bluegrass; instrumental, country; gospel; classic country; acoustic, folk; bluegrass, folk; world; drum and bass, instrumental; guitar; latin; acoustic, jazz; piano[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d6b5850b-5a73-3dd7-acbc-3df1acfa66d7[33]

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Authorship and Creation

Deadwood was produced by Mark Tinker[34]. Directors include Ed Bianchi[11] and Davis Guggenheim[12]. Elizabeth Sarnoff wrote the screenplay for Deadwood[13]. Cast members include Timothy Olyphant[20], Jim Beaver[21], Peter Jason[22], W. Earl Brown[23], Dayton Callie[24], and Alice Krige[25]. Deadwood is the creator of David Milch[3].

Publication

The original language of Deadwood was English[35]. Genres include Westerns on television[15], crime television series[16], and drama television series[17]. Deadwood was distributed by video on demand[36].

Reception

Awards received include Peabody Awards[4], an award[37], in United States[38], founded in 1940[39]; TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama[5], a TCA Awards[40]; Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series[6], a class of award[41], in United States[42], founded in 1971[43]; Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series[7], a class of award[44], in United States[45], founded in 1955[46]; Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series[8], a class of award[47]; and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series[9], a class of award[48].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Deadwood was followed by Deadwood: The Movie[19].

Why It Matters

Deadwood ranks in the top 1% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,831 views/month).[2] Deadwood has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Deadwood is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

FAQs

What awards did Deadwood receive?

Honors received include Peabody Awards[4], TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama[5], Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series[6], and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series[7].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  27. [35] . wikidata.org.
  28. [36] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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