Published Jun 21, 2026, 4:00 AM EDT
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**Taylor Sheridan is the king of modern-day streaming, as the man behind a selection of the most-watched shows in the world. It all started with the ambitious Yellowstone, and has since expanded into the likes of Landman, Tulsa King, Mayor of Kingstown, and The Madison. Next on the agenda for the prolific producer is a novel, titled How to Not Die in Prison, which will be released on June 23 by Simon & Schuster.
“I’ve never been to prison. But, like every man, I’ve certainly wondered how I would survive if circumstances ever put me there,” Sheridan said about the book, which he has co-written with Tom Nelson, a man who knows exactly what it’s like to live behind bars, having spent 17 years in maximum and medium-security prisons. In anticipation of How to Not Die in Prison’s arrival, fans continue to binge the smorgasbord of Sheridan shows on streaming, and, in doing so, have helped one of his newer projects reach an impressive milestone.
The first broadcast procedural in the Yellowstone universe, Marshals, debuted earlier this year to impressive viewing figures, with the premiere drawing 20.6 million multiplatform viewers over its first seven days. This helped the series become the most-watched new broadcast show of the season, as millions tuned in to see Luke Grimes return as Kayce in the shadow of selling the ranch to Rainwater (Gil Birmingham). Shortly after the premiere of Season 1, and thanks to instant success, Marshals was picked up for Season 2, with production having already begun.
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
Almost a month since Marshals’ first season finale, the series has hit a major streaming milestone, officially crossing 100 days on the Paramount+ charts in the U.S. However, the series can’t overcome the current crown-holder on Paramount+: Dutton Ranch. One of Sheridan’s darkest projects yet, the series recently aired its seventh episode, “Den of Sin,” and has been a mainstay at the top of the U.S. streaming charts. Following Rip (Cole Hauser) and Beth’s (Kelly Reilly) move to a new life in South Texas, the show neatly expands the Yellowstone canon without feeling tied to any source material, allowing for creative freedom and plenty of twists and turns.
Marshals Season 1 is available to stream in full now on Paramount+. Make sure to stay tuned to Collider for more streaming stories.
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