Yellowstone

Created by Taylor Sheridan and John Linson, Yellowstone is a modern-day Dallas that follows the struggles of land baron John Dutton (Kevin Costner) to hold on to the massive Montana ranch that has been in his family since 1883.

In every season of the hit Paramount Network drama, interlopers have threatened to make themselves at home on the range — and come to regret it. Though adopted son Jamie (Wes Bentley) has proven to be less an ally than an enemy, John can always count on force-of-nature daughter Beth (Kelly Reilly) to wage war on his behalf. And when the Dutton family’s patriarch saw no other option to maintain control, he ran for governor and won the office that had been vacated by his sometime lover Lynelle Perry (Wendy Moniz).

The show is so successful that it has spawned two prequels (1883 and 1923) and has a spinoff in the works (6666, set on the Texas ranch at which Jefferson White’s Jimmy Hurdstrom now wrangles cattle). Amid reported conflicts with Costner, Yellowstone was cancelled in May 2023, with the back half of Season 5 serving as the series’ conclusion. A continuation of the show, tentatively titled 2024, has been given a straight-to-series order at Paramount+.