Taylor Sheridan on the Red CarpetImage via ABACA/INSTARimages.com
Taylor Sheridan has cemented himself as a streaming maven in the last half a decade, and according to the latest data, he seems to have done rather well for himself on linear television, too. While he isn’t creatively involved in the Yellowstone franchise’s first network television offering, the success that the show has seen so far is a testament to his creation. Having debuted in 2018, Yellowstone became a platform-defining hit on Paramount+, spawning a handful of spin-offs and giving Sheridan the creative leverage to develop more shows. Each of them has proven to be popular as well, and Sheridan will no doubt go down in the annals of Paramount history even after he begins a new partnership with NBCUniversal.
Sheridan’s movie deal with Paramount ended a few months ago, while his streaming and television deal at the studio is set to expire in a couple of years. He will return to the theatrical arena with the action movie F.A.S.T. next year, directed by his longtime collaborator Ben Richardson and starring 1923‘s Brandon Sklenar. In 2028, Paramount will release a Call of Duty adaptation written by Sheridan and directed by Peter Berg. But for the foreseeable future, Sheridan will continue to be held to the standards he has set for himself with Yellowstone. The franchise continued with the prequel series 1883 and 1923, both created by Sheridan. However, the recently released Dutton Ranch was created by Chad Feehan. It was preceded in the Yellowstone universe by Marshals.
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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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Here’s the CBS Show That ‘Marshals’ Continues to Trail
Starring Luke Grimes and created by Spencer Hudnut, the procedural series premiered on CBS on March 1. Marshals has emerged as a hit for the network, despite receiving the weakest reviews of the Yellowstone series. It now holds a 42% critics’ score and a 27% audience score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “Marshals confines Kayce Dutton within a dim procedural that lacks the narrative spark and intrigue that Yellowstone managed instantly, making this one ham-fisted trek.” Despite the unflattering critical response, Marshals continues to be among the most popular shows on television. According to the latest Nielsen ratings, it was among only two scripted shows in the top 10 for the week of May 11 to May 17. Marshalsscored more than 7 million viewers for the week, trailing fellow CBS series Tracker, which had fewer than 100,000 more viewers. According to FlixPatrol, Marshals is currently the number one show worldwide on Paramount+, which indicates how the Yellowstone audience prefers consuming its content. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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