Taylor Sheridan: The Architect Behind the Modern Western Empire

Taylor Sheridan has emerged as one of the most prolific and influential showrunners in contemporary television. His ascent from screenwriter to television mogul has been nothing short of meteoric, with networks repeatedly attempting to lure him away from Paramount, most notably NBCUniversal, which recently secured a lucrative deal with the creator. While Sheridan’s film work—including acclaimed screenplays for Sicario and Those Who Wish Me Dead—established his credentials, it’s his television empire that has transformed him into a household name.

Sheridan has developed or written ten series and counting, creating a vast narrative universe that spans multiple genres and historical periods. His most famous creation, Yellowstone, became a cultural phenomenon, chronicling the Dutton family’s Montana ranch and their complex political entanglements. However, Sheridan’s empire extends far beyond the Yellowstone universe, encompassing everything from modern crime dramas to historical epics.

The recently released The Madison, initially billed as a Yellowstone spinoff, has evolved into its own standalone series, completely unrelated to the Dutton family saga. Ironically, while The Madison severed its Yellowstone connections, the new CBS series Marshals—streaming on Paramount Plus—is indeed a Yellowstone spinoff, though Sheridan isn’t involved in that project. Additionally, Sheridan is developing another spinoff series, Frisco King, featuring Samuel L. Jackson’s Tulsa King character, hitman Russell Lee Washington Jr., which is currently in production.

All of Sheridan’s shows are available to stream now, though they’re distributed across different platforms. Here’s how you can watch all of his television series:

Peacock

Yellowstone (2018-2024) – The Paramount Network greenlit Yellowstone in 2017, and its first episode premiered in 2018. Starring Kevin Costner as John Dutton, a Montana rancher with a complicated family and even more complicated political entanglements, the show lasted for five seasons and became the most popular series on the network and one of the biggest scripted hits on cable during its run. In one of the most surprising decisions of the streaming era, Paramount opted to license the streaming rights to the series to Peacock in 2020. So, you can tune in to all five seasons of the show there, but not on Paramount Plus. (Paramount did retain the rights to all other Yellowstone IP, so the show’s spinoffs and prequels are on Paramount Plus.)

Paramount Plus

The Madison (2025-) – The newest Taylor Sheridan series to arrive on Paramount Plus, The Madison is a standalone story, unrelated to the Yellowstone universe. The show stars Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell as Stacy and Preston Clyburn, a couple who endure a tragedy and relocate their family from Manhattan to the rural Madison River Valley of Montana. The series co-stars Elle Chapman, Beau Garrett, Patrick J. Adams, Amiah Miller, Alaina Pollack and Matthew Fox. The first season consists of six episodes, and The Madison has been renewed for a second season.

1883 (2021-2022) – 1883 is the first limited series to be spun off from Yellowstone and is an origin story of the Dutton family. The cast includes Tim McGraw and Faith Hill as James and Margaret Dutton, the great-grandparents of Kevin Costner’s John Dutton, and Isabel May as their daughter Elsa. Sam Elliott co-stars as the leader of the wagon train, helping the Duttons and several others cross the country so they can settle out west, ultimately ending up in Montana. The series consists of 10 episodes, which are all available on Paramount Plus.

1923 (2022-2023) – 1923 continues the chronological story of the Dutton family, set a generation after 1883. The show starred Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford as Cara and Jacob Dutton. Jacob, the older brother to Tim McGraw’s James Dutton, has raised James’s children, and the series follows them as they deal with the looming hardships of the Great Depression. The show ran for two seasons on Paramount Plus, where you can find all 16 episodes.

Mayor of Kingstown (2021-) – Mayor of Kingstown, Sheridan’s first TV series set outside the Yellowstone universe, is still going strong after four seasons. (You can catch new episodes of season 4 streaming weekly this fall.) The crime series stars Jeremy Renner as Mike McLusky, a powerful broker between local criminals, politicians and inmates in the prison town of Kingstown, Michigan. You can watch every episode of Mayor of Kingstown on Paramount Plus. The show is confirmed to end after season 5.

Tulsa King (2022-) – Sylvester Stallone stars as Dwight “The General” Manfredi in Tulsa King, a series about a mobster who, fresh out of prison, heads to Tulsa and promptly sets up a new life of crime there. Three seasons are out now, and the show has been renewed for season 4. A spinoff series, Frisco King (formerly referred to as NOLA King), started filming in March 2026.

The Last Cowboy (2019-) – The Last Cowboy is the only unscripted series that has Sheridan’s name attached, and it’s about actual cowboys competing for a $1 million prize. There are five seasons of the competitive horse-reining series available on Paramount Plus.

Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023) – Taylor Sheridan executive-produced Lawmen: Bass Reeves, though he didn’t write or direct any of the show’s eight episodes. Born into slavery, the real Bass Reeves, played on the show by David Oyelowo, eventually became one of the first African American deputy U.S. marshals in the American West. There’s been no word about a new season of the western crime drama, although show creator Chad Feehan has left the door open and says that it could become an anthology series about different historical figures. For now, you’ll have to settle for the first season, which is available on Paramount Plus.

Lioness (2023-) – There are two seasons of the spy thriller Lioness (also known as Special Ops: Lioness) available on Paramount Plus, and the show has been renewed for a third season. The series stars Zoe Saldana as Joe McNamara, a CIA official in charge of the Lioness program, a group of undercover female operatives fighting terrorism. The show co-stars Nicole Kidman, Laysla De Oliveira and Morgan Freeman. Sheridan wrote and directed every episode.

Landman (2024-) – The Texas oil drama Landman boasts an impressive cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Demi Moore, Sam Elliott and Andy Garcia all co-star. In the series, Thornton stars as a petroleum landman working for an oil company and the show chronicles the gritty tension around the race to control the remaining supply of fossil fuels in Texas and the men who will stop at nothing to do so. A third season is also on its way.

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