Taylor Sheridan Leaving Paramount For NBC

[Danja]

Taylor Sheridan To Leave Paramount For Big Film & TV Deal At NBCUniversal

Paramount will lose its most prolific television creator, Taylor Sheridan, who has closed a long-term film and television deal with NBCUniversal

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[Jedman67]

I haven't really grokked any of his shows. I get he's popular but it just doesn't do it for me

 

[Starkers]

I adored Yellowstone. Scicario is superb, Wind River is very good and Hell or High Water is one of my favourite films of the 21st Century.

I think he's a very good writer and a solid director. I do wonder if success hasn't gone to his head a little but he wouldn't be the first person that complaint could be levelled against and I doubt he'll be the last.

 

[DarrenTR1970]

My guess is NBC is looking towards the end of the Dick Wolfe era and want to build up a staple of shows to replace the L&O and Chicago franchise.

 

[Danja]

My guess is NBC is looking towards the end of the Dick Wolfe era and want to build up a staple of shows to replace the L&O and Chicago franchise.

It's going to go on into eternity.

SVU has been on for SO long, the original L&O was cancelled and rebooted during SVU's run!

 

[Owain Taggart]

My guess is NBC is looking towards the end of the Dick Wolfe era and want to build up a staple of shows to replace the L&O and Chicago franchise.

They are two very different styles of show though, if Yellowstone and its prequels and Sons of Anarchy are any indication, compared to franchise TV like L&O.

 

[The Wormhole]

Honestly, I haven't watched any of Sheridan's shows. Not sure why, Yellowstone in particular is one of those shows I do feel an itch to check out but never seem to get around to it. I have seen a few of his movies and have found them generally enjoyable.

My guess is NBC is looking towards the end of the Dick Wolfe era and want to build up a staple of shows to replace the L&O and Chicago franchise.

I'm pretty sure it'll be a good long while before the L&O or Chicago franchises are put to rest. L&O in particular I don't see ever ending.

 

[V'Lias]

I see his name thrown around a lot, so presumably his shows are pretty popular like they mention, but I've never seen any of his work. What I've seen in the trailers doesn't really pull me in.

 

[Owain Taggart]

In terms of TV series, I think his best work is probably Sons of Anarchy, IMHO. The problem with Yellowstone and its spinoffs is that they lean too far in one direction for Prestige TV. They seem to be violent just for the sake of being violent. 1883 is the exception as it as it almost feels poetic at times and is the most balanced of the Yellowstones.

 

[camdudetenger2018]

after the success of his yellowstoneverse shows id thought he would stay at paramount and make more moolaa in the streaming tv universe

 

[V'Lias]

after the success of his yellowstoneverse shows id thought he would stay at paramount and make more moolaa in the streaming tv universe

NBC probably offered him more money than Paramount.

 

[camdudetenger2018]

NBC probably offered him more money than Paramount.

its possible

 

[Nerys Myk]

NBC probably offered him more money than Paramount.

Yep. Though for me it probably means more shows on Peacock that I don't watch.

 

[Aragorn]

For the amount of money they're spending on him, I can't see any possible return on investment, especially if they're all streaming shows which will bleed them even more. Also, the quantity he pushes out definitely hurts the quality.

Chicago Yellowstone.

 

[Owain Taggart]

There will be lots of random fistfights that occur for no apparent reason.

 

[Mudd]

Taylor Sheridan on Hollywood:

“The only way you’re getting me back to Los Angeles is if it secedes from the union and I’m drafted into the Army to take it back. It’s the only way,” he said. “I love New York. That city’s way, way stronger than whatever political wind is blowing it in any direction, right? Whereas L.A. is built on sand.”

 

[oktay]

I'm watching 1883 and Landman, and my God, they're written with an extremely Republican mindset. Maybe it's because they're set in the American West, specifically Texas.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Possibly. There's another show that started roughly at the same time as Yellowstone, but which garnered less attention, and it's The Son based on the Philip Meyer novel, and while it is a far more nuanced take on a similar subject, it still ends up feeling like something with a Republican mindset. Part of that is due to the period they are evoking, of every man for himself, and of taking what they want. But that one is a period piece.

 

[Aragorn]

His shows have been referred to as "dad TV."

 

[oktay]

Possibly. There's another show that started roughly at the same time as Yellowstone, but which garnered less attention, and it's The Son based on the Philip Meyer novel, and while it is a far more nuanced take on a similar subject, it still ends up feeling like something with a Republican mindset. Part of that is due to the period they are evoking, of every man for himself, and of taking what they want. But that one is a period piece.

I liked 1883 and Landman. I'd previously watched the first season of Mayor of Kingstown. It wasn't like this. It was more of an Oz-style prison drama, which I'd never seen but knew was a gritty show.