Of all the shows that Taylor Sheridan has created, or even been a tangential part of in his career, one stands out. It’s the only series on his resume that was envisioned as a grander project, but seems to have been left in the lurch while the hit-maker focuses on other titles. The show in question was initially positioned as a spin-off to 1883, which was itself a spin-off to Sheridan’s magnum opus, Yellowstone. However, it was later decided that the show would stand on its own feet and potentially inspire an anthology. A similar scenario unfolded some months ago, when it was revealed that Sheridan’s newest show, The Madison, isn’t connected to the sprawling Yellowstone saga as had previously been reported.
Sheridan also has new seasons of Mayor of Kingstown, Tulsa King, Landman, and Lioness to focus on. He’s also working on the second season of The Madison, and a third spin-off to Yellowstone. However, a couple of other recent titles under the Yellowstone umbrella haven’t exactly been overseen by the famously authoritative writer. Dutton Ranch, which has remained the number one show on Paramount+ ever since its debut, witnessed clashes between creator Chad Feehan and others. Feehan quit the series ahead of its premiere last month. Interestingly, Feehan was also credited as the sole creator of Sheridan’s seemingly abandoned 2023 Western series.
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.
Taylor Sheridan’s Underrated Western Is Finding an Audience on Netflix
It remains to be seen if Feehan and Sheridan’s current equation creates a new hurdle in that show’s continuation, or if the show’s recent success on Netflix will convince them to make a new season after all. We’re talking, of course, Lawmen: Bass Reeves. Starring David Oyelowoin the titular role, alongside veteran actors such as Dennis Quaid, Donald Sutherland, Shea Whigham, and Barry Pepper, the series opened to mostly positive reviews and left audiences hungry for new seasons featuring famous frontiersmen. Lawmen: Bass Reeves currently holds a “Certified Fresh” 79% critics’ score and a 93% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “With David Oyelowo capably stepping into the stirrups of Bass Reeves, this gritty procedural is slow to the draw but hits its mark nonetheless.” According to FlixPatrol, it’s currently among the most-watched shows on Netflix worldwide, proving its appeal beyond a shadow of doubt. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
Release Date
2023 – 2023-00-00
Network
Paramount+
Directors
Damian Marcano, Christina Alexandra Voros
Writers
Jacob Forman, Ning Zhou, Chad Feehan, J. Todd Scott, Jewel Coronel, K.C. Scott, Terence Anthony
