Deadwood vs Hell on Wheels
Deadwood has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.6/10 for Hell on Wheels). Deadwood is the older of the two (2004 against 2011). Both are drama, western shows, so they suit a similar mood.
Deadwood
Hell on Wheels| Deadwood | Hell on Wheels | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2011 |
| Seasons | 3 | 5 |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Western | Drama, Western |
| Country | – | – |
| Creator / director | David Milch | Joe Gayton, Tony Gayton |
| Main cast | Dayton Callie, Anna Gunn, Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker | Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Robin McLeavy, Christopher Heyerdahl, Phil Burke |
Synopsis
Deadwood
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.
Hell on Wheels
The epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time.
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