Natalie Alyn Lind lounging in a chair in ‘Dutton Ranch’Emerson Miller/Paramount+
If you were to read only about the drama that has unfolded behind the scenes of the Yellowstone franchise’s latest installment, you’d believe that it was a complete trainwreck. However, despite the challenges, the show has emerged as a critical and commercial success. The series’ troubles began even before it premiered this May, when it was revealed that showrunner Chad Feehan had been fired after having disagreements with key creatives. More recently, the legendary Ed Harris said that he wanted to quit the show because he was misled about the length of his role; he was assured that he’d have more to do in future seasons. Around the same time, lead actor Cole Hauser admitted that the creative architect of the Yellowstone franchise, Taylor Sheridan, wasn’t involved in day-to-day operations on set, leaving other veterans of the series in a challenging position.
However, Hauser said that he was proud of what the new team achieved. His confidence wasn’t unfounded; the show in question, Dutton Ranch, debuted to excellent reviews and is now sitting at a “Certified Fresh” 89% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The aggregator website’s consensus reads, “Dutton Ranch takes what its predecessor perfected and carries the mantle well in a new town with the same well-worn trappings, perfectly dusted and ripe for entertaining.” This was exactly the kind of rebound that the Yellowstone franchise needed after the lukewarm critical reception of its previous installment, the CBS series 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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More Viewership Details for ‘Dutton Ranch’
This week, Nielsen reported streaming viewership for June 29 to July 5, which is when Dutton Ranch concluded its first season. According to the tracking firm, the series accumulated 827 million minutes watched during its finale week — this was only slightly lower than its season-high of 840 million minutes watched a few weeks prior. In total, Dutton Ranchamassed more than 6 billion minutes watched over the course of its eight-week run, emerging as one of the biggest hits on streaming. The show also featured a returning Kelly Reilly, alongside Annette Bening, Jai Courtney, and Natalie Alyn Lind. The Yellowstone franchise is expected to continue with more offshoots, even though Sheridan’s deal with Paramount has now come to an end.
You can check Dutton Ranch out at home and stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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Release Date
May 15, 2026
Network
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Paramount Network, Paramount+
Showrunner
Chad Feehan
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Directors
Christina Alexandra Voros
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Writers
Jacob Forman, Hilary Bettis, Chad Feehan, Hayley Tibbenham, J. Todd Scott, K.C. Scott
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