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Yeehaw, the western is back!

The new FX show “Justified” premiered last night at The Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles. The stars of the show, which focuses on a U.S. Marshal who is forced to return to his small hometown in Kentucky and become sheriff, explain to Fox411 why viewers will love a modern day Western.

Actor Walton Goggins describes the show, which premieres on FX on March 16, as a perfect marriage of three things: “Modern day western meets the Coen Brothers and ’The Shield’.”

And all three work seamlessly together according to Goggins, who has starred on “The Shield” and “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.”

“If you got the Coen Brothers in there you know it’s going to be funny and there’s going to be some drama. You’re going to be on the edge of your seat … It’s kind of like ‘Deadwood’ versus ‘The Shield’,” he laughs. “No, I can’t tell you who wins.”

Aside from being entertaining, Goggins thinks  the show revives a much-needed genre. “All too often I think flyover America is ignored and their culture is not reflected in cinema and mainstream,” he tells Fox. “It’s about time that we had something on television that represents a third of our nation.”

Natalie Zea, who plays Winona Hawkins explains, “A modern day western works because it hasn’t to my knowledge really been done,” she tells Fox.

According to Zea, “There’s a lot of repetition going on in television right now. We’re sort of lost in the doctor-lawyer-cop world.”

Viewers will likely agree with the actress, who recently starred on HBO’s “Hung,” and finds “Justified” refreshing and new. “I think it’s a no-brainer. I don’t know why it hasn’t been done yet,” she says.

Nick Searcy, who plays the chief deputy of this small town agrees that “Justified”  has the simplest recipe for success. “It’s a throwback code where you go after the bad guys,” says Searcy. “Sometimes you might have to go after them a little bit outside of the rules and that’s sort of what it is.”

But Timothy Olyphant, who plays U.S. Marshal turned sheriff Raylan Givens, isn’t sure why the show will work. He simply tells Fox, “Lets’ just hope it does.”