A color-washed series about tough, no-nonsense guys dealing with high-pressure hands-on stuff in rural America, “Landman” is raw, uncut Taylor Sheridan straight from the source. Set in and around the oil fields of Midland-Odessa, Texas, the series trolls the mesquite-mixed grasslands of the Permian Basin for the artificial drama so endemic there. Smuggling mishaps, oil well blowouts, appendage mangling, and plain old heartbreak provide the fuel in this regard, which flows more liberally than what’s pumped out of the ground.

Continue reading ‘Landman’ Review: Taylor Sheridan’s Oil Series With Billy Bob Thornton Is Mostly Entertaining & Speaks To A MAGA Worldview at The Playlist.

OK, Yellowstoners, we’re catching up on the “Yellowstone” season five part two premiere, which aired late Sunday night on Paramount Network (and wasn’t readily available to watch anywhere if you didn’t catch it that evening; thankfully, Prime sorted me out). Titled “Desire Is All You Need,” episode nine of this two-part season started out a little unceremoniously.

As you all should know by now, “Yellowstone” showrunner/creator writer Taylor Sheridan and Kevin Costner, who plays the Yellowstone family ranch patriarch, John Dutton, had a major falling out nearly two years ago over scheduling and Costner wanting to take time away from the series to shoot his “Horizon: An American Saga” Western (which tanked at the box office this year despite an enormous cost and substantial personal investment by Costner).

Continue reading ‘Yellowstone’ Season 5 Premiere: Taylor Sheridan Does Kevin Costner’s John Dutton Dirty But What Else Could Be Done? [Recap & Review] at The Playlist.

If you’re a “Yellowstone” fan you know there’s been nothing but drama surrounding the show for nearly two years now. At the beginning in 2023, in a shocker of news, it was reported that “Yellowstone,” the most popular show on television was ending suddenly because of problems with Kevin Costnerand the series’ showrunner Taylor Sheridan. The idea at the time was Matthew McConaughey would step in for a new and related spin-off show.

Continue reading Kelly Reilly & Cole Hauser Unsure of More ‘Yellowstone’ Despite Reports Of Them Starring In Season 6, But Game For More [Interview] at The Playlist.

“Yellowstone” season five, part two is just around the corner and premieres this Sunday, November 10. While no one knows for sure what happens in the Western family drama or where it goes, one thing that should be abundantly clear is that Kevin Costner, who plays the Yellowstone ranch patriarch John Dutton, is not part of the show.

We know this because, earlier this year, Costner and “Yellowstone” creator/showrunner/writer Taylor Sheridan had a major falling out over scheduling.

Continue reading ‘Yellowstone’ Cast Worked With Redacted Scripts & Didn’t Know Full Storyline For Highly Secretive Season 5 at The Playlist.

Despite the public fracas between star Kevin Costner and “Yellowstone” writer/creator/sometimes director Taylor Sheridan, the show will have more life to it. However, that wasn’t always the case. Following their public fall-out and the news that its lead star would not return to the hit series, Paramount Network announced that season five of “Yellowstone” would be its last. At the same time, they announced a “Yellowstone ‘24” spin-off, and this was the show that Matthew McConaughey was rumored to star in with some of the “Yellowstone” cast members.

Continue reading Kelly Reilly On ‘Yellowstone’ Season 5: “We Are Absolutely Ending This Show” at The Playlist.

“Yellowstone” reignited the Western genre for millions and millions of fans, while also acting as a sort of career comeback for Kevin Costner.  Emboldening the star to go so far as to self-finance his own cinematic two-part Western epic, “Horizon: An American Saga,” based solely on the popularity of the series.  His attempt to capitalize on the resurgence of his movie star status and the hugely successful neo-Western TV show came up short however. 

Continue reading ‘Yellowstone’ Trailer: Taylor Sheridan’s Neo-Western Drama Returns For Season 5 Part 2 On November 10 at The Playlist.

In two weeks, Taylor Sheridan takes over TV all over again when “Lioness” Season 2 premieres on Paramount+ later this month. So what’s in store for audiences as the CIA’s secretive program continues its fight against terrorism?

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The show’s new sneak peek doesn’t too much away, but it boats new footage from the upcoming season.  Zoe Saldaña and Nicole Kidman return for Season 2, which sees the Lioness program focus on a target closer to US borders and requires them to enlist a new recruit for their team.

Continue reading ‘Lioness’ Season 2 Sneak Peek: Taylor Sheridan’s CIA Thriller Series Returns To Paramount+ On October 27 at The Playlist.

In this week’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo is putting out a hit on other shows to discuss “Tulsa King.” The Paramount+ series follows a former Mafia capo exiled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he builds a new criminal empire with a group of unlikely misfits. The crime dramedy series stars Sylvester Stallone, Andrea Savage, Martin Starr, Garrett Hedlund, Jay Will, Frank Grillo, and more. 

Continue reading ‘Tulsa King’: Terence Winter Discusses Quitting & Returning To The Hit Crime Series, ‘Gotham P.D.’, ‘Tulsa King’ Spin-Offs & More [Bingeworthy Podcast] at The Playlist.

Can a recently recruited operative help the Lioness program? The upcoming season of “Lioness” sees the team facing a mysterious threat. Their new member is tasked with a dangerous mission, as Joe (Zoe Saldaña), Kaitlyn (Nicole Kidman), and Byron (Michael Kelly) provide much-needed support. Meanwhile, Joe faces difficulties in colliding with her personal and professional interests. 

READ MORE: Fall 2024 TV Preview: 40 Must-See Series To Watch

Zoe Saldaña, Laysla De Oliveira, Michael Kelly, Morgan Freeman, and Nicole Kidman once again star in the Paramount+ series.

Continue reading ‘Lioness’ Season 2 Trailer: Zoe Saldaña & Nicole Kidman Return For Taylor Sheridan’s CIA Thriller In October at The Playlist.

Paramount’s Midas Touch man Taylor Sheridan is on quite the tear this year. He’ll have at four, count ‘em, FOUR series coming this fall. “Tulsa King,” season two in September, “Lioness” season two in October, “Yellowstone” season five in November, and yet another show in November, “Land Man.”

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The drama will premiere on Sunday, November 17, exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S.

Continue reading ‘Land Man’ Trailer: Billy Bob Thorton, Demi Moore, Jon Hamm & More Star In Taylor Sheridan’s New Oil Boom Drama at The Playlist.

Taylor Sheridan shows no sign of slowing down, and his Paramount+ empire flexes its muscles this fall. He has three shows coming this fall: a new one, “Land Man,” starring Billy Bob Thornton, about the Texas oil industry, the second part of the final season of “Yellowstone,” and the season two return of the Sylvester Stallone-starring “Tulsa King.”

If you didn’t see season one, “Tulsa King” centers on Dwight “The General” Manfredi (Stallone), a Mafia capo from New York City.

Continue reading ‘Tulsa King’ Season 2 Trailer: Frank Grillo Joins Mob Boss Sylvester Stallone’s Return To Oklahoma September 15 at The Playlist.

“Yellowstone” may be ending with Season 5B this November, but its saga is just beginning.  And according to TVLine, creator Taylor Sheridan may have his leading cast for his latest spinoff, now tentatively titled “The Madison.” So who’s in talks to star in this iteration? Surprisingly, not Matthew McConaughey, who’s been circling a spinoff for over a year now.  Instead, it’s Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell and “Suits” actor Patrick J.

Continue reading ‘The Madison’: Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell & Patrick J. Adams In Talks To Star In ‘Yellowstone’ Spinoff at The Playlist.

Where would Paramount+ be without Taylor Sheridan? Sure, that might seem hyperbolic, but you have to assume Sheridan’s projects make up a large number of streams and minutes watched. More than any other single creator, for sure. And that’s only going to continue to rise when “Landman” is released.

READ MORE: ‘Yellowstone’: Kevin Costner Confirms He’s Not Returning For The Final Episodes Of Season 5

We may still be several months away from the release of Taylor Sheridan’s newest series, “Landman,” but Paramount+ is beginning the marketing push for the series already.

Continue reading ‘Landman’ First Look: Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Hamm & More Star In Taylor Sheridan’s Latest at The Playlist.

Two years after it premiered, Taylor Sheridan’s “Tulsa King,” starring Oscar-nominated actor Sylvester Stallone, is finally returning to Paramount+. Today, the streamer released a new teaser trailer and announced a Sunday, September 15 premiere date in the U.S. and Canada and across Paramount+ international markets beginning Monday, September 16.

READ MORE: ‘Tulsa King’: Terence Winter Talks The “Free Reign” Given From Taylor Sheridan & How The Sylvester Stallone Mob Series Won’t Connect To ‘Yellowstone’ [Bingeworthy Podcast]

“Tulsa King” centers on Mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi (Stallone), a mob captain who kept his mouth shut and stayed in prison for 20 years.

Continue reading ‘Tulsa King’ Season 2 Teaser: Sylvester Stallone’s Mob Crime Series Returns In September at The Playlist.

Stop the speculation: Kevin Costner‘s time on “Yellowstone” is over. Deadline reports that the actor took to social media to confirm he won’t appear in the final six episodes of Taylor Sheridan‘s hit Paramount Network series.  Costner’s news comes on the heels of the network announcing the premiere date for “Yellowstone” Season 5 Part Two, November 10, with a new teaser yesterday.

READ MORE: ‘Yellowstone’ Season 5 Part Two Teaser: The End Begins For Taylor Sheridan’s Hit Series On November 10

It’s the end of an acrimonious period between Costner and Sheridan, which saw, amongst other things, Costner threatening legal action against the “Yellowstone” creator but also expressing interest in returning for another season.  

Continue reading ‘Yellowstone’: Kevin Costner Confirms He’s Not Returning For The Final Episodes Of Season 5 at The Playlist.

Exclusive: Prime Video’s excellent Western sci-fi series the “Outer Range” returns this May for a second season on Prime Video, and it’s as gripping and enigmatic as ever. Josh Brolin, the series’ star, recently stopped by our Bingeworthy TV podcast to discuss the new season, but given all the many secrets and spoilers of that show, we’ll save that conversation a little closer to its release (May 16 on Prime).

Continue reading ‘Sicario 3:’ Josh Brolin Says Christopher McQuarrie No Longer Involved, Taylor Sheridan A Question Mark, But It’s Getting “Closer” at The Playlist.

It’s wild to think that Jeremy Renner was facing life-threatening injuries in January 2023 following his snowplow accident. Yet, about a year later, he was on the set of his crime and prison industrial complex series, “Mayor Of Kingstown,” shooting a third season. And that third season is almost upon us as Paramount+ revealed the full official trailer for “Mayor of Kingstown” S3 today. The series returns and premieres Sunday, June 2, in the U.S.

Continue reading ‘Mayor Of Kingstown’ Trailer: Jeremy Renner Returns For A Third Season Of His Prison/Crime Series On June 2 at The Playlist.

This summer, Kevin Costner will return to the Western genre as both star and director with “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1” (and the movie will debut at Cannes). But for fans of all things Costner, “Horizon” is essentially the reason why his hit TV series “Yellowstone” is ending. Last year, Costner had a very public falling out with show creator Taylor Sheridan and Paramount Television, essentially over his Western film.

Continue reading Kevin Costner Wants To Return To ‘Yellowstone’: “I Thought I Was Going To Make Seven” Seasons at The Playlist.

As we mentioned yesterday, Zoe Saldana’s next movie is the gripping immigration drama, “The Absence of Eden,” Directed by Marco Perego, in the film, Garrett Hedlund plays an ICE Agent struggling with the moral dilemmas of border security, and Saldana stars as an undocumented woman fighting to escape a ruthless cartel (Adria Arjona co-stars). In the film, the two characters eventually cross paths and work together to save an innocent girl’s life (see the trailer below).

Continue reading Zoe Saldana Says ‘Lioness’ Is In Talks For Season 2 & Says She Was Grateful For Critics Who “Reevaluated” The Show at The Playlist.

Despite a near-fatal brush with death in the early new year of 2023, Jeremy Renner is back at it in the acting game, almost as if nothing ever happened. Miraculously healthy, healed, and back to work in early 2024, Renner is back for a third season of his Paramount+ series, “Mayor Of Kingstown,” about a power broker family whose main business is incarceration. Created by Paramount+’s own power broker, Taylor Sheridan, the creator of “Yellowstone” and many of the streaming channels’ top series, after a year break, “Mayor Of Kingstown” returns in June of this year.

Continue reading ‘Mayor Of Kingstown’ Season 3 Trailer: Jeremy Renner Returns To Prison Power Brokers Series In June at The Playlist.

In a strange turn of unexpected events, writer/producer Terence Winter is returning for season two of “Tulsa King,” Paramount’s crime series starring Sylvester Stallone, a year to the month that he left. Amid reports of creative differences with Taylor Sheridan—the show’s creator who admitted he had trouble delegating and letting hired showrunner run their series— Winter stepped down from “Tulsa King” not long after season one finished its run (it took eight long months to be officially picked up for season two).

Continue reading Terence Winter Returns To ‘Tulsa King’ Season 2 After Exiting As Showrunner at The Playlist.

What’s happening over in the world of “Yellowstone”? Well, apparently, quite a lot. A new report by Puck drops a boatload of new information about the 2nd half of “Yellowstone” season 5 and the mooted “2024” spinoff, which almost certainly won’t be titled that in the end.

Let’s start with “Yellowstone,” the series that is still the most popular show on TV via Paramount Network.

Continue reading ‘Yellowstone’: Michelle Pfeiffer May Join Spin-Off, But Cole Hauser, Kelly Reilly & Luke Grimes Are Question Marks Over Money at The Playlist.

The big rumor du jour online at the moment, from several online publications, including a YouTube channel, claims production is imminent, and “Sicario 3” is on the way. What’s more, some outlets have reported that Denis Villeneuve is back in the director’s chair, Taylor Sheridan has finished a new script, and all the principal leads, Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, and Josh Brolin, are on board, too.

Continue reading Denis Villeneuve Shoots Down ‘Sicario 3’ Rumors, But Would Love To Watch Anything Taylor Sheridan Writes at The Playlist.

Is this a match made in heaven or a fumbling attempt to capitalize on the critical success of Martin Scorsese‘s “Killers Of The Flower Moon“? Deadline reports that “Yellowstone” mastermind Taylor Sheridan won a bidding war to adapt “Empire Of The Summer Moon: Quanah Parker And The Rise And Fall Of The Comanches, The Most Powerful Indian Tribe In American History.” Sheridan’s Bosque Ranch banner outbid everyone else to option S.C.

Continue reading ‘Empire Of The Summer Moon’: Taylor Sheridan To Write & Direct Epic About Comanche Leader at The Playlist.

Being on the Taylor Sheridan beat can be as lonely as living on a sprawling acreage of empty prairie. For one, you have friends and colleagues who assume you’re turning into a wacko Libertarian, a Red State Republican, or that your taste is turning old and out of touch. And if you’re lucky, you might have one other person out there, maybe The Watch’s Chris Ryan, or your fellow Yellowstoners Podcast co-host, who understands your fascination— but not necessarily adoration—for a big sprawling, sometimes-connected Sheridan-verse that’s pitched somewhere in between made-for-CBS melodrama and classic Western ruggedness.

Continue reading ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ Review: David Oyelowo’s Dull, Virtuous Gunslinger Make You Miss The Bastards & Messy Melodramas Of ‘Yellowstone’ at The Playlist.