Taylor Sheridanis no stranger to the streaming summit. In fact, it would be noticeably strange for a Sheridan series not to be the most-watched at any given time on Paramount+. Right now, the latest project from his ever-expanding Yellowstoneuniverse is topping the charts, as millions tune in to see Rip (Cole Hauser) and Beth (Kelly Reilly) face Ranch rivalry in their new life in South Texas. With just two episodes left until the season finale, Dutton Ranch proves once more that the Western genre is a sure-fire route to streaming success.
With most Sheridan projects on Paramount+, rival streamers will have to find their Western success elsewhere. On Netflix, this came in the form of Ransom Canyon, a Texas Hill Country-set series created by April Blair. First released in 2025, Ransom Canyon was an instant hit, debuting at #2 on Netflix’s English-language charts with 56.6 million hours viewed. This success continued to rise in the following weeks, eventually leading to a jaw-dropping 1.12 billion viewing hours earned in its initial release period.
Next month, on July 23, Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly‘s Staten Kirkland and Quinn O’Grady will return in a hotly anticipated second season of Ransom Canyon. Creator Blair has teased what fans can expect in the second season, which will feature a six-month time-jump from Season 1. “Love is at the forefront this season, and it’s really about people fighting for those relationships and fighting to figure out how to be with the person they want to be with,” Blair said, also saying:
“Season 1 was fighting these outside forces that were coming in and threatening a way of life. Season 2 is really about community, rebuilding in the wake of that, and coming together. There’s definitely a lightness and hopefulness in Season 2.”
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
⚖️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.
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.
🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
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.
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.
What Is Currently Topping the Netflix Charts?
Before Ransom Canyon inevitably makes its quick rise back to the streaming summit next month, what movies and shows are currently proving popular? At the time of writing, the most-watched series on Netflix is actually a reality show, namely Outlast: The Jungle, the third season in the Outlast series, which sees 16 new contestants battle it out in the tropical jungle of the Panama Islands. On the movie side of the streaming ranks, it’s another work of non-fiction topping the charts, courtesy of director Jessica Dimmock‘s Maternal Instinct.
Ransom Canyon returns to Netflix on July 23, 2026, with Season 1 available to stream in full right now. For more of the latest streaming news, make sure to stay tuned to Collider.
