On July 3, the latest of Taylor Sheridan‘s many projects in his ever-expanding Yellowstoneuniverse reached its first season finale. The new South Texan ranch rivalry of Rip (Cole Hauser) and Beth (Kelly Reilly) against a powerful local ranching dynasty in Dutton Ranchhad viewers gripped throughout its run, leading to a consistent run as the most-watched show on Paramount+, and one of the most-watched shows on streaming across the board, even breaking records as the biggest original series launch in Paramount+ history.
The end of Dutton Ranch left a Western-sized hole in the streaming charts, with Netflix looking to fill the gap with the sophomore season of their own Western hit. Ransom Canyon, a Texas Hill Country-set series created by April Blair, was an undeniable success when it first aired, debuting at #2 on Netflix’s English-language charts with 56.6 million hours viewed, and eventually rising to a jaw-dropping 1.12 billion viewing hours. The neo-Western saga of Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly‘s Staten Kirkland and Quinn O’Grady quickly became a must-watch series for Netflix, and demanded a second season renewal.
However, even this hit Western series, released at the height of the genre’s popularity, can’t avoid the Netflix sophomore season curse, with it recently reported that Ransom Canyon Season 2 has opened to 4.1 million views, marking a 41% drop on the first season’s opening week numbers (7.2 million). This is no new phenomenon for Netflix in 2026, with a second season slump also hitting the likes of Running Point(43%) and The Four Seasons(63%). However, the latter two shows have managed to earn third-season renewals, so Ransom Canyon fans shouldn’t lose hope just yet.
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.
Another Taylor Sheridan Project Arrives This Weekend
For those desperately seeking a new gritty Sheridan season to sink your teeth into, you’re in luck, as this weekend marks the third season arrival of one of his most thrilling shows. Launching globally on August 2, LionessSeason 3 sees Zoe Saldaña‘s Joe McNamara return, with some suspecting this could be her last stint as the character after she initially signed a three-season deal. Morgan Freeman,Nicole Kidman,Michael Kelly, and LaMonica Garrett all also return in what promises to be one of the biggest shows of August.
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