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Ian McShane’s Al Swearengen Remains the Greatest Antihero in Western TV History

Deadwood's Al Swearengen may not be as popular to the masses as other western antiheroes, but he's still the best.
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HBO’s Deadwood Quietly Became the Smartest Western Ever Made

The Western genre has countless gunslingers and criminals, but one HBO series is one of the best and smartest Westerns ever.
Rapid City Journal

Al Swearengen's return suited for Deadwood

Al Swearengen is returning to Deadwood. Sort of. The costume worn by Ian McShane, the actor who played the ruthless Al Swearengen on HBO's critically acclaimed series "Deadwood," is now on display at ...
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Before Ian McShane, This Beloved Sitcom Star Almost Became 'Deadwood's Al Swearengen

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...
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The Most Definitive Moments of a Western Drama Are in These 10 Minutes

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...
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Television: True Grit

As its hooves thunder on the horizon, HBO’s Deadwood (Sundays, 10 p.m. E.T.; debuts March 21) might seem like the cavalry coming to rescue viewers affronted by Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl flash.
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Brute force: Tony Soprano's losing it, but `Deadwood' Al has it

If you're among the many "Sopranos" fans who think Tony S. and his HBO program went a little soft this season, just wait until Sunday. Tony's latest run ended last weekend, but Al Swearengen is ...