Apple TV’s ‘Yellowstone’ Replacement Surges on Streaming After Shock Cancellation

It looked like Apple TV had found its next sleeper hit in The Last Frontier, the wintry crime thriller series headlined by Jason Clarke, until

last week. News broke over the weekend that Apple TV had canceled The Last Frontier after only one season, and it’s yet to be announced if

it’s being shopped to find a new home. The series follows a U.S. Marshal who is forced to round up the survivors of a plane crash that was carrying violent inmates. Despite being dealt the axe, The Last Frontier has surged into the #2 spot on Apple TV, behind only Pluribus.

 

Apple TV's 'Yellowstone' Replacement Continues To Dominate Global Streaming  Charts 1 Month After Its Debut

 

In addition to Jason Clarke in the role of Frank Remnick, The Last Frontier also stars Dominic Cooper and Haley Bennett. The show was written and created for TV by Jon Bokenkamp and Richard D’Ovidio, with Ryan Cruise, Melissa Glen, Albert Kim, Akela Cooper, Kelli Johnson, and Glenn Kessler all working in the writers’ room. Clarke also earned a producing credit for his work on The Last Frontier, and Extraction director Sam Hargrave helmed two episodes of the 10-episode series. The show drew comparisons to Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone, though it’s more like Prison Break.

Pluribus and The Last Frontier are the two most popular shows on Apple TV. Other shows, such as Slow Horses and Ted Lasso, are also firmly in the Apple TV top 10, with sci-fi masterpieces such as Invasion and Severance set to exit the top 10 in the coming days. Brad Pitt’s blockbuster racing film F1 has set the Apple TV streaming charts ablaze after its premiere, even taking the crown from Mark Wahlberg’s Family Plan 2. Still, both The Family Plan and The Family Plan 2 are hanging around behind F1, and Guy Ritchie’s Fountain of Youth is following behind at #4.