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Lightbox is celebrating Christmas with a slew of initiatives, including a new programming deal with CBS Studios International. The premium library titles range from Deadwood, Dexter and Nurse Jackie to fare that has never aired here in HD, including House of Lies, which MediaWorks wasted on Four, and the terrific high stakes Boston crime drama […]

The Knick: SoHo, 8.30 Thursday. This sensational newcomer from Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh stars Clive Owen as a doctor in New York’s Knickerbocker Hospital at the turn of the 20th century and has been likened to the Deadwood of medical dramas. Said New York magazine: “Not since Deadwood has a period-drama production designed to a fare-thee-well and steeped […]

Being under the hammer with my day job means this post is later than it should be given the quality of the latest releases on Blu-ray. The biggest of the big guns is Thor: The Dark World, which is out in both 2D and 3D. “Thor: The Dark World’s 1080p/MVC-encoded 3D experience is notably better […]

Among the signature HBO series that won’t ride again on Sky’s new SoHo channel is Deadwood. When the HBO-style channel launches on October 31, it will leaven the latest seasons of series like Boardwalk Empire, Weeds and Dexter with what SoHo’s snazzy showreel (Sky, Channel 10) dubs “iconic classics”. These range from The Sopranos and […]

TV One has reinstated Justified to its Thursday night line-up after this week’s episode drew its biggest audience yet. Having endured three weeks of low ratings, the network was going to ditch it for Motorway Cops from next week. But it’s deemed the modern western starring Deadwood’s Timothy Olyphant worthy of a longer run after […]

A Rotten Shame is the name of a new HD documentary about the leaky homes crisis – and sums up TV One’s missed opportunity to showcase in HD the same week a top new drama series. Justified shines out amid the sea of reality dross and fluffy drama that constitutes most of primetime on TV […]

Deadwood fans will want to unleash a torrent of profanity that would do Al Swearengen proud when they learn Paramount Pictures won’t be rounding up the complete series on Blu-ray in this neck of the woods. The news is also bad for those anticipating seeing the 1973 milestone documentary series, The World at War, in […]

Yahoo! Deadwood is being dusted off for Blu-ray. Amazon is taking pre-orders for the HBO western that ran for three season before being axed because of skyrocketing production costs and unrewarding ratings. News of the series being spruced up for HD is a real bonanza for Kiwi fans as it means the show hopefully will […]