What’s the Latest on ‘Yellowstone’ & All Its Spinoffs?
In 2018, Yellowstone premiered on the Paramount Network, introducing us to the Dutton family, led by Kevin Costner’s John, and the land they’d fight to protect. The drama is now in its fifth and final season and is part of a much larger universe from Taylor Sheridan.
In 2021, Paramount+ released a prequel, 1883, chronicling the origin story of John’s great-grandfather (Tim McGraw) and his family. That was just the beginning, with other prequels tracking David Oyelowo’s lawman Bass Reeves and another origin story starring Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford And even with Yellowstone ending (without Kevin Costner), there’s more to come in the present. And what about that spinoff about the legendary ranch 6666?
Read on to get the latest about Yellowstone and all the shows connected to it.
Yellowstone
Status: Season 5B premieres November 10, 2024
Cast: Kevin Costner, Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly, Wes Bentley, Cole Hauser, Kelsey Asbille, Brecken Merrill, Jefferson White, Forrie Smith, Denim Richards, Ian Bohen, Finn Little, Ryan Bingham, Gil Birmingham, Jen Landon, Kathryn Kelly, Mo Brings Plenty, Wendy Moniz
Synopsis: Yellowstone chronicles the Dutton family, led by John Dutton, who controls the largest contiguous cattle ranch in the United States. Amid shifting alliances, unsolved murders, open wounds, and hard-earned respect – the ranch is in constant conflict with those it borders – an expanding town, an Indian reservation, and vicious business rivalries.
Network/Streamer: Paramount Network
1883
Status: Done, though Paramount+ ordering additional episodes did call that into question
Cast: Sam Elliott, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Billy Bob Thornton, Isabel May, LaMonica Garrett, Audie Rick, Marc Rissmann, Eric Nelsen, James Landry Hébert
Synopsis: 1883 follows the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. It is a stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America’s promised land – Montana.
Network/Streamer: Paramount+
1923
Status: Season 2 is now filming
Cast: Helen Mirren, Harrison Ford, Brandon Sklenar, James Badge Dale, Julia Schlaepfer, Aminah Nieves, Michael Spears, Cole Brings Plenty, Jerome Flynn, Darren Mann, Brian Geraghty, Michelle Randolph, Timothy Dalton, Augustus Prew
Synopsis: 1923 focuses on the Dutton family’s next two generations as they struggle to survive historic drought, lawlessness and prohibition, and an epidemic of cattle theft; all battled beneath the cloud of Montana’s great depression, which preceded the nation by almost a decade. It will account for the end of World War 1 (1918) and the start of Prohibition (1920) both of which will be woven into the story.
Network/Streamer: Paramount+
Lawmen: Bass Reeves
Status: Anthology, Season 1 is done
Cast: David Oyelowo, Lauren E. Banks, Demi Singleton, Forrest Goodluck, Barry Pepper, Donald Sutherland, Dennis Quaid (Season 1)
Synopsis: Revealing the untold story of the most legendary lawman in the Old West, Lawmen: Bass Reeves follows the journey of Reeves (Oyelowo) and his rise from enslavement to law enforcement as the first Black U.S. Marshal west of the Mississippi. Despite arresting over 3,000 outlaws during the course of his career, the weight of the badge was heavy, and he wrestled with its moral and spiritual cost to his beloved family. Lawmen: Bass Reeves is an all-new, standalone anthology series and future iterations will follow other iconic lawmen and outlaws who have impacted history.
Network/Streamer: Paramount+
1944
Status: Announced
Cast: No one has been attached to this series as of yet.
Synopsis: There isn’t an official description yet.
Network/Streamer: Paramount+
The Madison
Status: Announced
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer
Synopsis: The series is a heartfelt study of grief and human connection following a New York City family in the Madison River valley of central Montana.
Network/Streamer: TBA
6666
Status: TBA
Cast: TBA
Synopsis: Founded when Comanches still ruled West Texas, no ranch in America is more steeped in the history of the West than the 6666. Still operating as it did two centuries before, and encompassing an entire county, the 6666 has inspired a new scripted series where the rule of law and the laws of nature merge in a place where the most dangerous thing one does is the next thing. The 6666 is synonymous with the merciless endeavor to raise the finest horses and livestock in the world, and ultimately where world-class cowboys are born and made.
Network/Streamer: Paramount Network