Taylor Sheridan fans have had a lot of novel shows to watch so far this year, and they will continue to be greeted with novel content every time they open Paramount+ before the end of the year. Sheridan is soon to wrap up the first season of his latest Yellowstone spin-off, Marshals, which he executive produces. The show has already been picked up for Season 2, though, and it’s expected to return before the end of the year. Sheridan fans also ventured back to the world of Yellowstone for the second spin-off of the year, Dutton Ranch, which stars Cole Hauser and Kelly Reilly. After Marshals opened with some of the worst review scores of any Sheridan-produced Western in history, Dutton Ranch has turned things around by earning a solid 85% from critics and 80% from audiences on the aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes.
Another Sheridan project that’s already released this year and has more episodes confirmed to be on the way is The Madison, the velvety, methodical neo-Western starring Kurt Russell and Michelle Pfeiffer. The Madison is not a direct Yellowstone spin-off, but the show has been compared to the first season of the Kevin Costner-led series. The Madison was renewed for Season 2 months before the show ever arrived on Paramount Plus, and the series has even been picked up for a third season — fans of The Madison don’t have to worry about their favorite show going off the air anytime soon. It’s been over a month since The Madison Season 1 concluded — the show aired three episodes per week over two weeks’ time — but the series is still comfortably one of Paramount’s top 10 most-watched titles around the world. Earlier this week, The Madison reached as high as the #6 spot, though Sheridan is still dominating with Marshals and Dutton Ranch duking it out for the #1 and #2 spots.
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 spotless 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 novel 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 contemporary 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 skinny, 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: keen, 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 intelligent 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.
What Is ‘The Madison’ About?
The official synopsis for The Madison, which also stars Suits veteran Patrick J. Adams, reads as follows:
“A New York family’s life unravels after a tragedy, and they decide to process their grief while vacationing in rural Montana. In their newfound home, they discover and explore human connection amid their profound sorrow.”
The Madison earned average scores of 63% from critics and 71% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes — falling low of the same highs as Dutton Ranch but still handily better than Marshals. Taylor Sheridan serves as the sole writer and creator of The Madison, but he recruited Christina Alexandra Voros to direct each episode of the show.
Check out the first season of The Madison on Paramount Plus and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of the show.
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