Taylor Sheridan will be moving from Paramount to NBCUniversal — but what does that mean for Yellowstone and his other hit shows?
News broke on Monday, October 27, that Sheridan, 55, closed a film and TV deal with NBCUniversal. The five-year overall deal for film, TV and streaming will begin January 1, 2029, after Sheridan’s TV deal with Paramount — which goes through 2028 — officially ends.
Fans had questions about what that means for Sheridan’s shows, including where they will be available to stream. After getting his start as an actor, Sheridan started writing scripts for movies and then moved on to the small screen with Yellowstone, which aired from 2018 to 2024.
Sheridan expanded his TV universe with prequels 1883 and 1923 as well as the upcoming spinoffs The Dutton Ranch, The Madison and Y: Marshals. Sheridan has also worked on original shows Landman, Mayor of Kingstown, Lioness and Tulsa King.
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount will retain the rights to Yellowstone and the other franchises Sheridan created under his deal with the company, so he is expected to create brand new IP for NBCUniversal.
Sheridan’s move came after Paramount’s recent merger with Skydance. Before his exit, Sheridan opened up about not wanting to “compromise” on his storytelling vision, telling THR in 2023, “I spent the first 37 years of my life compromising. When I quit acting, I decided that I am going to tell my stories my way, period. If you don’t want me to tell them, fine. Give them back and I’ll find someone who does — or I won’t, and then I’ll read them in some freaking dinner theater. But I won’t compromise. There is no compromising.”
Sheridan praised Paramount in the past for supporting his vision.
“Because Paramount trusts me and gives me the time to go shoot 10 to 14 days for a television episode, we can treat it like a movie, and it looks like a movie,” he told Deadline in January 2022. “We can take the time to rehearse it and light it and build these set pieces. And if I call them and say, ‘I need two helicopters in one day,’ they just go, ‘Alright.’”
He added: “At the end of the day, to go to some of these locations where most people have never been, where you’re opening up a new world, and all of these places or characters in the story, to me, it’s fascinating.”
Ahead of the move, Sheridan had the chance to collaborate with A-list actors including Kevin Costner, Harrison Ford, Billy Bob Thornton and Demi Moore. Other stars such as Blue Bloods alum Tom Selleck, meanwhile, have named Sheridan as their dream producer to work with in the future.
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“A good Western’s always on my list,” Selleck, 80, told Parade in December 2024 as Blue Bloods ended its 14-season run. “I miss that; I want to sit on a horse again.”
Selleck specifically showed support for pal Sam Elliott, saying, “Sam was great in [1883]. Sam’s always great. We go way, way back. I love him dearly. I’d love to work with Sam.”
Reba alum Christopher Rich also mentioned Sheridan’s TV universe after returning to acting.
“I’d like to get back and do some drama,” Rich, 72, exclusively told Us Weekly in February while reflecting on how his career has changed since suffering a “massive” stroke that left his entire left side paralyzed. “I’d really love to work with Taylor Sheridan. He builds characters. I would actually be great on Landman. I am from Texas. I’ve spent some time in Midland with the oil boys — and to have a damaged oil worker is nothing unusual at all.”
