Network television is packed with procedural dramas. From the Carrie Preston-led spin-off of The Good Wife, Elsbeth, to an ongoing second season of High Potential, and ABC’s action-packed cop series The Rookie, some of the best shows airing right now are procedurals. Not just drawing impressive numbers on networks, these shows are also hits on streaming sites, often doing battle with streaming original content and coming out victorious.
One of the best action procedurals in the midst of an acclaimed third season is Tracker, a CBS series adapting the 2019 novelThe Never Game by Jeffery Deaver. After premiering back in April 2024 with a helpful post-Super Bowl LVIII viewership boost, the adventures of skilled survivalist Colter Shaw (Justin Hartley) and his money-making scheme assisting law enforcement and citizens have been a mainstay in the viewing habits of many millions. The current third season, which debuted in October 2025, opened to over eight million U.S. viewers on CBS, according to reports, a number that has stayed consistent throughout the season so far.
But what about streaming? Tracker continues to prove strong competition for Paramount+ original content, such as the many shows of Taylor Sheridan, including Landman and Tulsa King. In fact, so popular has the series been during the past few months that it has now passed a major new milestone. Officially, across all Amazon channels on Paramount+, Tracker has surpassed 100 days in the top ten. Other shows currently proving popular on Paramount+ include the adult animated comedy South Park, Sheridan’s The Madisonstarring Kurt Russell and Michelle Pfeiffer, and Marshalsstarring Luke Grimes.
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Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
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⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
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Where does your power come from? In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.
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Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
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What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.
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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.
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Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
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What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
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When it’s over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
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Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
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.
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🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
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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.
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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.
After a pulse-pounding Episode 15 last week, Colter is back this Sunday with Episode 16, “Struck.” “A pregnant wife reaches out to Colter to find her missing husband,” a synopsis for the episode reads, with the script penned by Alex Katnelson and Amanda Mortlock, and the episode directed by Ben Hernandez Bray. Once this third season comes to an end, fans can look forward to a future for Colter, with Trackeralready renewed for Season 4. Star Hartley executive produces the beloved modern action procedural, alongside Ken Olin, Elwood Reid, Connie Dolphin, Sharon Lee Watson, and Katsnelson.
Tracker Season 3, Episode 16 will air on CBS on Sunday, April 12, at 9 pm EST, and it will be available to stream the next day on Paramount+. Stay tuned to Collider for more streaming stories.
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