Nov 5, 2025 08:30 PM
Coincidentally, he cashed-in on screenwriting for the working class and "flyover country" during the same period that Trump courted such to get elected. If Zodiac signs had real effects, their arrangements in the sky would have been screaming for that being the time to universally ride that two-wheeled hog.
It's also tactical willpower for him to be avoiding interviews and social media comments as much as possible -- they're more crippling land mines that you could step on in this day and age, than career beneficial. And dodging those distractions is a "maintain the mystery" angle, too.
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Why would ‘Yellowstone’ creator Taylor Sheridan "leave" Paramount and his shows -- behind?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/why-wo...r-AA1PN3Hu
EXCERPTS: If you could interview any celebrity in the world, who would you choose? There are plenty of more reasonable answers that I could give you before what I’m about to say. [...] But since I started working at Esquire three years ago, I really only have one true white whale: Taylor Sheridan.
The TV creator behind the massive Yellowstone franchise dictates most of what I write about for Esquire. Not that it was ever my intention [...] but Sheridan’s shows became impossible to ignore...
Now TV’s golden goose is one of the most sought-after creators in Hollywood. Last week, he signed a reported $1 billion deal to leave Paramount for NBCUniversal. While his fleet of shows -- including Landman, Tulsa King, Mayor of Kingstown, Lioness, and four (!) upcoming Yellowstone spin-off series -- continue to rake in the dough on Paramount+, Sheridan will spend the next four years developing entirely new series for NBC and Peacock.
If that’s not enough [... he's writing multiple movies for other studios...]
Still, we haven’t heard about any of these deals from Sheridan himself. The TV creator rarely sits down with the press to answer questions. Hence why he’s such a white whale. Sheridan’s last proper interview was in 2023, when he spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about how he was enacting his revenge after Hollywood spurned him years ago.
Outside of a rambling, three-and-a-half-hour podcast episode with Joe Rogan from last winter, Sheridan has yet to comment publicly on anything else. His feud with Kevin Costner that ended Yellowstone? Nothing. His decision to leave Paramount for NBCUniversal? Nada. Reports that David Zaslav gifted him an old pair of James Dean’s cowboy boots in a failed attempt to win him over to Warner Bros.? Sadly, zip.
[...] Right now, everyone is trying to figure out why Sheridan would leave Paramount for Peacock. [...] When the TV creator signed on to produce TV and films for NBCUniversal, everyone immediately turned their attention to the move’s effect on the TV landscape. What happens to the Yellowstone spin-offs? What will he create for NBC? Will the shows air on Peacock? Instead, I had my eyes on the film side of the deal.
In that Hollywood Reporter profile from 2023, Sheridan revealed that he originally pitched Yellowstone to HBO before landing at Paramount. A nameless Warner Bros. executive reportedly turned him down, with Sheridan recalling him saying, “Look, it just feels so Middle America.”
[...] Since then, Sheridan has been hell-bent on proving to Hollywood that they made a mistake rejecting him. “I spent the first 37 years of my life compromising,” he told The Hollywood Reporter. “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. … But I won’t compromise.” (MORE - missing details)
It's also tactical willpower for him to be avoiding interviews and social media comments as much as possible -- they're more crippling land mines that you could step on in this day and age, than career beneficial. And dodging those distractions is a "maintain the mystery" angle, too.
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Why would ‘Yellowstone’ creator Taylor Sheridan "leave" Paramount and his shows -- behind?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/why-wo...r-AA1PN3Hu
EXCERPTS: If you could interview any celebrity in the world, who would you choose? There are plenty of more reasonable answers that I could give you before what I’m about to say. [...] But since I started working at Esquire three years ago, I really only have one true white whale: Taylor Sheridan.
The TV creator behind the massive Yellowstone franchise dictates most of what I write about for Esquire. Not that it was ever my intention [...] but Sheridan’s shows became impossible to ignore...
Now TV’s golden goose is one of the most sought-after creators in Hollywood. Last week, he signed a reported $1 billion deal to leave Paramount for NBCUniversal. While his fleet of shows -- including Landman, Tulsa King, Mayor of Kingstown, Lioness, and four (!) upcoming Yellowstone spin-off series -- continue to rake in the dough on Paramount+, Sheridan will spend the next four years developing entirely new series for NBC and Peacock.
If that’s not enough [... he's writing multiple movies for other studios...]
Still, we haven’t heard about any of these deals from Sheridan himself. The TV creator rarely sits down with the press to answer questions. Hence why he’s such a white whale. Sheridan’s last proper interview was in 2023, when he spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about how he was enacting his revenge after Hollywood spurned him years ago.
Outside of a rambling, three-and-a-half-hour podcast episode with Joe Rogan from last winter, Sheridan has yet to comment publicly on anything else. His feud with Kevin Costner that ended Yellowstone? Nothing. His decision to leave Paramount for NBCUniversal? Nada. Reports that David Zaslav gifted him an old pair of James Dean’s cowboy boots in a failed attempt to win him over to Warner Bros.? Sadly, zip.
[...] Right now, everyone is trying to figure out why Sheridan would leave Paramount for Peacock. [...] When the TV creator signed on to produce TV and films for NBCUniversal, everyone immediately turned their attention to the move’s effect on the TV landscape. What happens to the Yellowstone spin-offs? What will he create for NBC? Will the shows air on Peacock? Instead, I had my eyes on the film side of the deal.
In that Hollywood Reporter profile from 2023, Sheridan revealed that he originally pitched Yellowstone to HBO before landing at Paramount. A nameless Warner Bros. executive reportedly turned him down, with Sheridan recalling him saying, “Look, it just feels so Middle America.”
[...] Since then, Sheridan has been hell-bent on proving to Hollywood that they made a mistake rejecting him. “I spent the first 37 years of my life compromising,” he told The Hollywood Reporter. “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. … But I won’t compromise.” (MORE - missing details)