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Originally Posted by Jadaki I've heard this but it doesn't make sense. Rome was greenlighted a long time ago, before Deadwood was even made. If you listen to commentary about Deadwood you find out the origional idea was for a story in Rome and HBO told the writer they already had a show on Rome in the works but if he could adapt his story to another area they would consider it. He came up with Deadwood, which stated airing shortly after Carnivale. It would make sense that they knew about doing both shows well in advance, and as slow as HBO is about putting out new seasons, there is no reason to cancel one show for another. |
Or because of the budget Carnivale had, HBO was forced to cancel it so that the budget could be reallocated to Rome. I'm not sure either way, just speculation.