We’ve seen much of the wilderness and the natural beauty that North America has to offer over the last few years with shows like Yellowstone and Joe Pickett. But those shows have also told us that the wilderness, and national parks in particular, are also the perfect place to do some old-fashioned murdering. And when those crimes need solved? You call Anna Pigeon.
Anna Pigeon, which is based on the New York Times bestselling novels by Nevada Barr, is set to premiere on Friday, August 7, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on USA Network. The series stars Tracy Spiridakos (Chicago P.D.) as Anna Pigeon, a former city slicker who becomes a park ranger after the course of her life is changed forever following a heartbreaking loss.
The series follows Anna, who, while trying to escape those demons, solves crimes that have taken place on national park grounds. Her leisurely strolls are, sadly, populated by irritating corpses and whatnot. Anna’s unresolved trauma will crop up time and again, and the best way to deal with that is to make sure these crimes stop happening before it’s too late.
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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.
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Who’s Involved with ‘Anna Pigeon’ on USA Network?
The cast includes Ronnie Rowe (Star Trek: Discovery) as Frederick Stanton, an FBI agent; Paulina Alexis (Ghostbusters: Afterlife) as Zoey Bear Child, a young ranger; Melanie Scrofano (Wynonna Earp, Ready or Not) as Bethany Lopez, the wife of park ranger Manny Lopez, and Manuel Rodriguez-Saenz (Heartland) as Manny Lopez.
The series also stars Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica, Lucifer), Kim Coates (Sons of Anarchy), Cooper Levy, Jordan Sledz (Under the Banner of Heaven), Ryan Northcott (The Beach Boys: An American Family), Crystle Lightning (Three Pines), and Nikki Hallow (High School).
Morwyn Brebner serves as showrunner, while Lea Thompson directs and executive produces. Brebner and Thompson executive produce alongside Todd Berger, Brett Burlock, Sonia Hosko, Julie Di Cresce, Peter Emerson, Gordon Gilbertson, Tom Cox, and Jordy Randall. Leslie Cowan serves as producer. The series is produced by Cineflix, December Films, and SEVEN24 Films for USA Network in association with Bell Media. Cineflix Rights is the exclusive international worldwide distribution partner.
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Anna Pigeon premieres Friday, August 7, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on USA Network.
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Release Date
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2018 – 2024
Network
Paramount Network
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Directors
Stephen Kay, Taylor Sheridan, Christina Alexandra Voros, Guy Ferland, John Dahl
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