Taylor Sheridan has a complete disrespect for one of my treasured possessions: downtime. In just seven years, Sheridan has created eight TV shows resulting in 164 episodes, the overwhelming majority of which he wrote entirely himself. Let that soak in for a moment. Here’s a quantitative but not qualitative comparison: …
Read More »'Landman': What If 'Yellowstone,' But With Oil?
There are few character types on television whom it would seem quite as exhausting to be as the only guy who knows how to get things done on a Taylor Sheridan show. From Kevin Costner on Yellowstone to Jeremy Renner on Mayor of Kingstown — and now Billy Bob Thornton …
Read More »Blake Shelton and Taylor Sheridan Team Up for New Singing Competition Show 'The Road'
Blake Shelton is returning to his roots of helping discover emerging artists on singing competition shows — but this time, he won’t be in a spinning chair. The country star and Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan have teamed up to search for the next music star in the CBS competition show …
Read More »'Lawmen: Bass Reeves' Makes a Remarkable Story Unremarkable
Bass Reeves has one hell of a story. Born into slavery in Arkansas, he was forced by his owner to fight on the Confederate side of the Civil War. He escaped — legend has it, he beat up his owner over a card game and ran off — and lived …
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