The 78th annual Primetime Emmy Award nominations were announced on Wednesday, and, as usual, there were many surprising additions and omissions. In the most heartwarming moment of the announcement, Back to the Future star Michael J. Fox earned his first nomination since 2016, with an eighteenth career nod in the Guest Actor in a Comedy Series category. This was one of nine nominations for the Apple TV hit Shrinking, which warmed hearts with its third season earlier this year.
Another Apple TV series, Widow’s Bay, surprised by earning 19 nominations, which was more than any other new series. Jason Bateman earned a surprise Best Actor nod for Black Rabbit, Ryan Murphy‘s critical disaster All’s Fair somehow earned two nominations, and Hacks smashed the record for most nominations for a comedy series with 24. But, sadly, this year was yet again not to be for the prolific Taylor Sheridan, who missed out once again in the most prominent categories, landing just a stunt coordination nod for Tulsa King.
Many had expected this would be the year that Sheridan would break the Emmy curse, with Landman set to receive at least one major nomination. This expectation followed Landman‘s best drama series ensemble nomination from the Actor Awards earlier this year, as well as a previous Critics’ Choice nod for star Billy Bob Thornton. The Madison, another popular Sheridan title, was also snubbed from this year’s Emmys, despite acclaimed lead performances from Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell. Landman Season 2 officially came to an end in January 2026, with a third season already confirmed, but after filming was delayed, it likely won’t air until 2027 despite fans previously hoping for a November 2026 release.
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.
‘Landman’ Is Back on the Streaming Charts
Earning over 9.2 million streaming views worldwide in its first two days, the premiere of Landman Season 2 began with a bang and indicated just how popular the show would be in the coming months. The finale earned an enormous 14.8 million views in two days, breaking the record for Paramount+’s most-watched season finale for an original series ever. Months later, and following an Emmys shut-out, Landman is back in the streaming charts, officially ranking as one of the ten most-streamed shows on Paramount+ in the U.S., at the time of writing.
Landman is streaming on Paramount+. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of all of Sheridan’s future projects.
