"Deadwood," "Oz" to DirecTV

DirecTV, the leading satellite service, made headlines a year ago when it bought an exclusive window for airing "Friday Night Lights" four months before the episodes aired on NBC. That deal saved the show, and this year, the agreement was extended for two more seasons, ensuring that "FNL" will be able to write its storybook ending.

If only DirecTV's 101 channel were around a few years ago when "Deadwood" was at a similar crossroads! Well, it's too late for David Milch's Western classic, but the episodes that did get made are airing on 101 starting this Sunday, along with another beloved HBO series, "Oz."

Just a reminder that on Sunday, May 31st DIRECTV’s The 101® Network is getting a jolt of drama with the addition of the critically acclaimed, award-winning series Deadwood and OZ. These two shows, only available on television in the past with an HBO subscription, will now be part of The 101 Network’s Sunday night HD lineup, uncut and commercial free. Deadwood recounts the lives of settlers within the outlaw camp of Deadwood, South Dakota as it marches slowly towards civilization and OZ chronicles life inside an experimental cell block in the Oswald Maximum Security Correctional Facility. All three seasons of Deadwood (thirty-six episodes) and six seasons of OZ (fifty-six episodes) will begin airing Sunday nights, May 31 on The 101 Network, at 9 and 10 p.m. ET/PT respectively.