Not Yellowstone, One Show With a 56% Rotten Tomatoes Debut Is Taylor Sheridan’s Real Crown Jewel That Can Save His Career

Taylor Sheridan may be known for Yellowstone, but the show that could actually reshape his career is not a Western at all; it is his spy thriller called Special Ops: Lioness.

TitleOriginal ReleaseSeasonsGenreProductionIMDb ratingRotten Tomatoes ScoreYellowstone 20185Neo-Western Drama101 Studios,

Bosque Ranch Productions, Linson Entertainment8.6/1083%Special Ops: Lioness20232Espionage / Spy Thriller101 Studios, Bosque Ranch Productions7.8/1073%

Yellowstone Season 1's 58% Rotten Tomatoes Score Broke a Major TV Trend That's Still Wild to Think About 7 Years Later

Despite launching with a 56% Rotten Tomatoes score, the series quickly proved its pull on Paramount+, drawing nearly 6 million viewers in its first week and becoming one of the platform’s most-watched global premieres (via Deadline). Viewership climbed even higher in Season 2, which opened with 12.4 million global viewers (via The Wrap), ranking as the streamer’s fourth-biggest original series debut.

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Though Yellowstone has ended the franchise is still going ahead with its spin-offs and sequels, the first of which seems to be coming much sooner than previously thought. Y: Marshals, a sequel focusing on Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton, is already nearing production completion on its first season.

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Y: Marshals will see Kayce leave the Yellowstone to join an elite U.S. Marshals unit, “combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring range justice to Montana, where he and his teammates must balance family, duty and the high psychological cost that comes with serving as the last line of defense in the region’s war on violence.”

Not Yellowstone, One Show With a 56% Rotten Tomatoes Debut Is Taylor Sheridan's Real Crown Jewel That Can Save His Career - IMDb

Rather than air on Yellowstone‘s home at Paramount+, CBS has picked it up for its first season and has set a premiere date of March 1st, 2026. At the CMA Awards, cast member Arielle Kebbel spoke with ET about the upcoming series now that it has a premiere date and revealed production is nearing completion in just a few weeks.

“We’ve been working so hard, Kebbel told ET. “I’m so grateful we have a release date. We can talk about it. We’re actually wrapping filming in like three weeks. So, yeah, it’s getting ready to get put out in the world.”

Y: Marshals features Grimes reprising his role as Kayce Dutton alongside returning Yellowstone actors Gil Birmingham, Mo Brings Plenty and Brecken Merrill. Rounding out the cast is Kebbel, Ash Santos, Tatanka Means, Logan Marshall-Green and Brett Cullen. Spencer Hudnut will serve as showrunner.

The series isn’t the only Yellowstone sequel to continue the story of the Dutton family as Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser will reprise their roles as Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler in The Dutton Ranch.