Netflix's Best Taylor Sheridan Replacement Officially Returns in Less Than 2 Weeks

Published Jul 12, 2026, 7:45 PM EDT

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When people hear the name Taylor Sheridan, what comes to mind is sweeping neo-Westerns that explore stories not told on regular television. The Yellowstone creator has cornered this niche, with each year bringing one hit show after another. While Sheridan is set to depart Paramount for NBCUniversal, most of his shows remain Paramount+‘s property. But he has proven that there is an appetite for stories about family, legacy, love, and horses. Netflix loves nothing more than giving people what they want, and the streamer has tried to court the loyal Western audiences.

Arguably, the most successful neo-Western on Netflix is a show that has all those things that viewers love. The series is set in a picturesque location where sunrise and sunset meet flora and fauna in a beautiful way. Meanwhile, stories of all kinds are playing out in the community, but the biggest ones are love stories. Created by April Blair, the series titled Ransom Canyon is the closest a Netflix series has come to capturing Sheridan’s allure. Its first season was a hit, and soon after, Netflix renewed the series for a second season set to premiere this month on July 23.

Ransom Canyon largely focuses on Staten Kirkland (Josh Duhamel) and Quinn O’Grady (Minka Kelly), two people from Ransom Canyon, Texas, whose slow-burning romance has been unresolved for their entire lives. The pair have individual dreams and aspirations: Staten is a rancher, while Quinn is a talented musician. Their love had been almost impossible because of the many differences in their lives, and when it seemed they might make it work, something else came along.

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.

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