Overview

• When Yellowstone’s writers’ room faltered during season three, Sheridan stepped in to write new episodes each weekend and sustain production.
• The flagship series holds an 8.6/10 score on IMDb and an 83% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, underscoring its global popularity.
• Paramount has greenlit two Yellowstone spin-offs so far, with additional projects officially in development.
• Viewers criticized Sheridan’s choice to kill Kevin Costner’s character off-screen and found the 1923 spin-off’s bleak tone off-putting.
• Sheridan’s unconventional ‘horse opera’ style reflects over two decades of Hollywood struggle shaping his raw, dialogue-driven storytelling.