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"Last Resort co-creator Shawn Ryan is returning to television with a new HBO drama. Badlands will explore issues of love and family within the context of a struggling mining town hit hard by the economic crisis, Deadline reports. Ryan&amp;#039;s ABC drama Last Resort - devised with Karl Gajdusek - was axed by ABC last month and will end after airing its 13 ordered episodes. He will collaborate with the show&amp;#039;s co-executive producer Ron Fitzgerald again on Badlands. Fitzgerald will write the pilot episode alongside Rolin Jones (Smash, Friday Night Lights). Ryan is best known for creating award-winning FX cop drama The Shield and is also developing a US remake of Sky1&amp;#039;s Mad Dogs. The writer recently admitted that ABC&amp;#039;s decision to cancel Last Resort &amp;quot;didn&amp;#039;t come as a huge shock&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;It wasn&amp;#039;t a huge shock, and yet still it&amp;#039;s a disappointment,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;I would compare it to if you have a relative who becomes terminally ill. You know it&amp;#039;s coming, and yet you still are shocked when it happens.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Last Resort exec on final episode: &amp;quot;I find it pretty satisfying&amp;quot; &amp;gt; 666 Park Avenue, Last Resort: Axed shows to tweak final episodes Watch a trailer for Last Resort below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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