Taylor Sheridan's Hit 'Yellowstone' Spin-Off Proves To Be an Absolute Monster Hit on Streaming
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Taylor Sheridan has become one of the most popular TV writers in the world in recent years, and while much of his fame can be traced back to his work on Yellowstone, he was putting out his projects even before then. Sheridan made his feature writing debut all the way back in 2015 on Sicario, his neo-Western thrill ride starring Josh Brolin and Emily Blunt. Sheridan also wrote other critically acclaimed neo-Westerns like Hell or High Water (starring Jeff Bridges) and Wind River (starring Elizabeth Olsen), and it wasn’t until 2018 that he shifted his focus to TV over movies. Sheridan had previously worked in Hollywood as an actor, and he’s spoken openly about how he felt he could make more money and reach more people working as a writer telling his own stories than starring in other people’s shows.
Yellowstone went off the air at the end of 2024, but the story of the Duttons has continued through various spin-offs. One of which to air earlier this year was Marshals, starring Luke Grimes as Yellowstone regular Kayce Dutton. Marshals was the first Taylor Sheridan-produced Yellowstone spin-off to air on CBS and not straight to Paramount Plus, and fans have not made their opinions shy on this matter — Marshals it the lowest-rated series in the Yellowstone saga by a country mile. Still, the show did well enough to earn a renewal, and now that production is underway, it’s all but confirmed that Marshals Season 2 will premiere before the end of this year. Before the show’s return to CBS, it’s trending in the top 10 on Paramount Plus, where new episodes stream weekly while it’s on the air.
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you're complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world's indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you're willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family's weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what's yours, you don't escalate — you finish it. You're not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone's world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn't make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You're a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they'll do to get it. You're not naive enough to think this world is fair. You're smart enough to be the one deciding who it's fair to.
You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you're not above reminding people that the two aren't mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they'd be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they're more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don't need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you're the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky's world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You've made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
As popular as Marshals and other Yellowstone spin-offs like Dutton Ranch have been this year, they still can’t touch the viewership numbers of Landman, Sheridan’s gripping oil drama starring Billy Bob Thornton. Landman aired its first two seasons in 2024 and 2025, and it was thought that the show would once again return this year, but it’s now been pushed back to 2027. Filming for Landman Season 3 won’t start until August, meaning that it would be nearly impossible for the show to return less than five months after filming start, safely putting Landman Season 3 on the 2027 release calendar for Paramount Plus.
Check out the first season of Marshals on Paramount Plus, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Season 2.
Kayce Dutton transitions from life on the Yellowstone Ranch to joining an elite unit of U.S. Marshals in Montana. Merging his cowboy heritage and Navy SEAL expertise, he tackles the challenges of balancing family, duty, and the psychological toll of combating regional violence.