“Yellowstone” what? The TV world is currently gushing over Taylor Sheridan’s “Landman” and Billy Bob Thornton’s crude oil-industry fixer Tommy Norris.
The hit Paramount+ drama series about life in West Texas oilfields that also stars Jon Hamm, Demi Moore and Ali Larter has been renewed for Season 2, Paramount announced Wednesday.
Sheridan’s “Yellowstone” (minus Kevin Costner’s patriarch, John Dutton) may be seeking new life after officially ending in December with Season 5, Part 2 on the Paramount Network. But “Landman” has continued the producer’s streak of hits since premiering last November, with what Paramount+ claims is its most-watched global series premiere yet.
“Landman” was so spot-on that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones’ emotional cameo visiting the hospital bed of Hamm’s Monty Miller went viral — and was almost powerful enough to erase the memory of his football team’s miserable season. Thornton earned a Golden Globe nomination for best actor in a drama series, but lost to Hiroyuki Sanada for FX’s “Shōgun”.
The Season 2 premiere date has not been announced. But here’s what’s happening on the other Sheridan shows.
‘1923’ continues ‘Yellowstone’ saga in Season 2
After 2021’s “1883” series establishes the origins of the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch, “1923” carries the family saga through the Prohibition era. In Season 2, currently underway, Jacob (Harrison Ford) and wife Cara Dutton (Helen Mirren) defend the early ranch from the evil land baron Donald Whitfield (Timothy Dalton), a cynical early ski-resort proposal. Prodigal nephew Spencer (Brandon Sklenar) and his pregnant bride Alex (Julia Schlaepfer) race home to help save the sacred family plot and breed future generations before the April 6 season finale.
Next up for ‘Yellowstone’ world: Michelle Pfeiffer in ‘Madison’
“The Madison” is the next “Yellowstone” spinoff, starring Michelle Pfeiffer as New York widow Stacy Clyburn, who trades Madison Avenue for the Madison River Valley of central Montana. The exact connection to the Dutton clan is still unclear, except that Clyburn has the family’s grit in the series expected in the fall.
Jeremy Renner vows ‘special’ Season 4 of ‘Mayor of Kingstown’
Just like star Jeremy Renner, beleaguered prison-town fixer Mike McLusky just keeps on rolling in “Mayor of Kingstown.” After fending off the Russian mob that tried to muscle in on the action in Kingstown, Michigan, in 2024’s Season 3, the perpetually battered McLusky will return for Season 4, Paramount+ announced in December. The gritty series also stars Hugh Dillon, who rocks, literally, as Detective Ian Ferguson. Dillon is the frontman of the rock band Headstones as well as an executive producer and Sheridan’s co-creator.
Production is underway. Renner posted a moody Instagram photo from train tracks last month, promising that Season 4 “is shaping up to be something special.”
Stallone won’t sing in ‘Tulsa King’ Season 3
Sylvester Stallone’s Dwight “The General” Manfredi is still ruling his growing Oklahoma crime family of adorable misfits in “Tulsa King.” However, in November’s Season 2 finale, a hooded Manfredi was dragged into a mysterious government office and told, “You work for us, now.” Paramount has not officially greenlit Season 3, but Stallone is certain it will happen. Even before President Trump named him a “special ambassador” to Hollywood in January, Stallone, an executive producer, promised a third season and a suitable big-name actor to play his government handler. Don’t worry, Manfredi won’t sing to authorities about his friends; he’s no prairie canary. The government relationship will be beneficial to Manfredi’s operation.
Zoe Saldaña will bring Oscar gold to Season 3 of ‘Lioness’
Lioness chief Joe (Zoe Saldaña) survived another perilous mission, ending Season 2 last March with a brutal firefight in Iran. There has been no official announcement, but “Lioness” is a slam dunk to return for Season 3. Saldaña told Vanity Fair in November, “I signed up for three seasons at least, and so you do have a sort of contractual obligation to fulfill.”
Saldaña will be packing gold with her tactical equipment. The actress won best supporting actress Oscar for “Emilia Pérez” at the 97th Academy Awards this month.
‘Yellowstone’ Season 5 heads to Peacock. When is new show?
In the ever-shifting Sheridan-verse, previously announced “Yellowstone” spinoffs like “1944” have moved to the back burner while “2024” looks to become the next version of “Yellowstone.”
The table is set for the reported new series, centered on Beth (Kelly Reilly) and Rip (Cole Hauser), or a sixth season of the original “Yellowstone” without Costner’s Dutton (RIP, the finale casket was magnificent). Reilly is ready, Hauser is ripped. But fans are still waiting for the official update. The Season 5 finale (streaming on Peacock starting Sunday) ended with the couple starting fresh on a new ranch about 40 miles from Dillon, Montana. As Rip says to Beth in the closing scene: “Saddle your horse.”
