Tosin Morohunfola in Lawmen: Bass ReevesImage via Paramount
Taylor Sheridan has been hard at work this year with a few new drops, and things are only going to get busier as he moves into the second half of 2026. One of Sheridan’s biggest new premieres of the season so far has been The Madison, the new Yellowstone-style western co-starring Kurt Russell and Michelle Pfeiffer. Paramount clearly had no doubt that the show would be one of its biggest performers — it was renewed for Season 2 before a single episode of Season 1 was released. Even better news for fans: the series has already been picked up for Season 3. Sheridan also recently wrapped filming on the long-awaited third season of Lioness, the black ops espionage series featuring Zoe Saldaña and Nicole Kidman. Their co-star, Michael Kelly, recently confirmed in an interview with Collider that Lioness Season 3 is targeting a release of late this summer, confirming recent reports about the show’s return timeline.
Sheridan has been responsible for some big-time shows over the years, but one of his releases that flew somewhat under the radar was Lawmen: Bass Reeves. Sheridan did not write the 2023 series — that duty fell to Chad Feehan — but he did produce the show and is said to have been involved in its creative direction. Feehan is the creator of the latest Yellowstone spin-off, Dutton Ranch, co-starring Cole Hauser and Kelly Reilly. Since its premiere in 2023, all eight episodes of Lawmen: Bass Reeves have been streaming on Paramount Plus, but the show is finally making the jump that could get it picked up for Season 2. The entire first season of Lawmen: Bass Reeves will begin streaming on Netflix on June 1, which will open it to a much larger potential audience than it ever had on Paramount Plus.
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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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What Is ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ About?
Lawmen: Bass Reeves follows one of the most legendary lawmakers of all time, Bass Reeves (played by David Oyelowo), who was one of the frontier’s greatest American heroes, and also the first Black deputy U.S. Marshal west of the Mississippi River. The show earned widespread acclaim, including scores of 79% from critics and 93% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, but as a limited series, it was not picked up for Season 2. If Lawmen: Bass Reeves experiences a big-time Netflix resurgence, Season 2 talks could heat up. Additional cast members for Lawmen: Bass Reeves including the late Donald Sutherland, Dennis Quaid, Barry Pepper, Rob Morgan, and more.
Check out all episodes of Lawmen: Bass Reeves on Netflix starting June 1 and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Sheridan’s future projects.
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