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Taylor Sheridan may be leaving Paramount to start a new chapter of his career at Universal, but it’s in the studio’s best interest not to tamper with what he’s established. Sheridan remains at the helm of multiple hit projects at Paramount, although his day-to-day involvement in the two latest installments of his platform-defining Yellowstone franchise has reportedly been limited. The two shows premiered rather close to each other, with one expanding the franchise to linear television and the second continuing its streaming domination. The latter, Dutton Ranch, saw an increase in viewership in its third week, according to the latest data provided by Nielsen. The report, which comes with a considerable lag, also highlighted the performance of the first Yellowstone project conceived as a CBS procedural.
The show in question has averaged around 6 to 7 million viewers per week, consistently ranking second on the list of the most-watched narrative television shows this season, behind fellow CBS title Tracker. It also found a spot on Nielsen’s top 10 acquired series list, placing 10th. The list was topped by Bluey, which garnered more than 930 million minutes watched on Disney+ during the week of May 18 to May 24. Six of the 10 titles on this list were available either on Disney+ or Hulu, indicating the hold they have over their competitors when it comes to library titles.
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 CBS Series Is Defying Poor Reviews
The Sheridan show in question is Marshals, created by Spencer Hudnut and executive-produced by Sheridan. Following the story of Kayce Dutton, played by Luke Grimes on Yellowstone, the series concluded its 13-episode first season on May 24. According to the latest Nielsen report for streaming, it garnered 528 million minutes watched during the week of its finale, while Dutton Ranch placed higher with 736 million minutes watched. It’s worth noting that Dutton Ranch is a Paramount+ original, while Marshals is a CBS series that is also accumulating viewers via streaming. That said, Marshals remains the lowest-rated installment of the Yellowstone saga, with a 45% critics’ score and a 27% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. The aggregator website’s consensus reads, “Marshals confines Kayce Dutton within a dim procedural that lacks the narrative spark and intrigue that Yellowstone managed instantly, making this one ham-fisted trek.” Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
