Taylor Sheridan’s Ambitious TV Gamble Has Finally Paid Off

Taylor Sheridan is at the top of his television game, and the charts don’t lie. While his early beginnings in the industry started with acting, Sheridan found early success as the screenwriter of Sicario in 2015. However, it was his 2018 Western saga, Yellowstone, that put his name on the map. In the eight years since, Sheridan has released more than 10 television projects with his name attached. Following the show’s success, he has continued to expand the universe through prequels and sequels.

But Sheridan isn’t afraid to get out of his comfort zone. He has explored other Western stories outside the Yellowstone universe, returned to his thriller roots with projects that echo Sicario, and even begun building a crime universe centered on the mafia. With so many shows under his belt, it might seem easy for some of them to get lost in the crowd. Yet the charts tell a different story, showing that Sheridan’s shows continue to attract viewers months after their initial release.

Taylor Sheridan Has Four Shows in Amazon’s Top TV Charts

As of October 2026, four of Sheridan’s shows — Dutton Ranch, Marshals, Landman, and Lioness — secured spots on Amazon Store’s Top TV Shows charts. Interestingly, these shows didn’t all premiere around the same time. Marshals debuted in March 2026, while Dutton Ranch premiered later in May. Being featured on the Top TV Shows charts proves that audiences still want more stories set in the Yellowstone universe and that spin-offs can be a successful way to keep the franchise going.

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.

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, on the other hand, last released a season in November 2025. With Season 3 still in production and no new episodes arriving this year, its continued presence on the charts suggests that viewers are still invested in the series. Lioness is on a more regular schedule, with its latest season premiering in August. Ultimately, these rankings show that a series’ staying power isn’t determined by release timing alone. Sheridan’s series have built enough of an audience to keep viewers coming back, even between seasons.

‘Yellowstone’ Spin-Offs Are Succeeding, But There’s Still Room To Grow

Yellowstone may have ended in 2024, but fans clearly want to know what happens to the remaining Duttons after they sold their Montana property back to the Broken Rock Indian Reservation. Of course, life doesn’t stop after their family tragedy. In Dutton Ranch, Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) and Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser), together with their adopted son, Finn, pack their bags for Rio Palma, Texas, to build their own ranch from scratch. As for Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes), he’s still living in East Camp in Marshals. Instead of tending to livestock, he’s tapped back into his military roots and joined the U.S. Marshals at the insistence of his former Navy SEAL team leader.

Dutton Ranch‘s debut season quickly became a fan favorite, earning a 90% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Despite sharing similar themes with Yellowstone, Dutton Ranch differentiates itself by featuring a predominantly female cast on the front lines of the ranch business, offering a unique perspective on how these women cope professionally and personally in a male-dominated industry. However, Marshals has its work cut out for it, with a 48% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Marshals Season 1 trades Yellowstone‘s philosophical themes and slow-burn tension for a swift, case-of-the-week procedural akin to NCIS. Luckily, Marshals Season 2 could give the show an opportunity to develop more organically by giving audiences reasons to care about the new ensemble.

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