I still have HBO in my Cablevision package, but I dropped HBO ON DEMAND after those shows went off. I think Deadwood was planned to be a 2-3 season show from the start. OZ went 3 seasons longer than they wanted to do, because HBO wanted something to hold the subscribers when Sopranos was off air.

We originally got HBO at my house because I kept telling my old man how good Sopranos Season One was. When other relatives did the same he dusted off some dough and took the plunge. He's dead 10 years and 2 weeks now. Still doesn't seem real at times. Still seems like yesterday when it snows.