Netflix Quietly Pulls Taylor Sheridan’s Special Ops: Lioness From International Catalogs Ahead of Season 3

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So, here‘s a twist for Taylor Sheridan fans: while the ranching giant gears up to drop yet another Yellowstone spin-off (seriously, is there anyone at Paramount NOT working on a Sheridan show?), one of his wildest and most underrated series is about to disappear from a chunk of streaming libraries. If you‘ve been procrastinating your binge of Special Ops: Lioness, now‘s the time to clear your calendar, at least if you watch on Netflix outside the US.

Sheridan Goes From Cowboy Hats to Black Ops

Special Ops: Lioness dropped in 2023 and, in my opinion, quietly became one of Sheridan‘s best. Forget the open-range drama: this one hauls us into an elite CIA program run by Joe McNamara (played by Zoe Saldana, who is somehow in every major franchise), using female Marines to infiltrate terrorist groups via their families. Sheridan swaps wrangling cattle for chasing extremists across the globe, but the sharp character writing somehow sticks around—you still get the dysfunctional teams, the moral gray zones, and the ‘no one is safe‘ energy that makes his stuff addicting.

The cast is pretty absurd for TV standards:

• Zoe Saldaña as Joe McNamara (the boss you both fear and want to impress)
• Nicole Kidman and Morgan Freeman, casually lending Oscar prestige
• Laysla De Oliveira, Genesis Rodriguez, Dave Annable, and Dawn Olivieri rounding out the squad

And yeah, Paramount clearly trusts the guy—the budget per episode floats around $3–4 million, which explains why the explosions in Lioness actually look better than half of what came out in theaters last year.

Now Streaming, But Not for Long (Depending Where You Are)

Here‘s where things get messy. All Sheridan‘s shows live happily on Paramount+ (there‘s even a whole section just for his stuff, which is borderline a genre at this point). But outside the US, Lioness also found a temporary home on Netflix—or rather, had a temporary home.

If you‘re in Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, or Colombia, the show vanishes from Netflix on April 17. Australians get even less time: April 16. Turns out Netflix only licensed season one for about a year, and the clock‘s officially ticking down. As of now, nobody‘s bothered to agree on a new pact, so it‘s back to Paramount+ or bust for international fans.

What‘s Happening With Season 3?

Meanwhile: if you watched season 2 (which just finished, on Paramount+), you probably noticed everything went suspiciously quiet on whether Lioness would get renewed. For a minute there, it looked dicey. But good news—the core squad is all coming back for a third round. Sheridan‘s still in charge, and now both Saldaña and Kidman are pulling double duty as executive producers and stars, so they‘re clearly invested in this thing sticking around.

James Jordan (who you may remember from every other Sheridan project ever) teases that the new season‘s scale is 'even bigger,' and the plot will be 'all over the world.'

So if you were hoping for something even more globe-trotting than last time, Season 3 seems to be delivering. The team is reportedly wrapping up filming in just a few weeks. As for when you‘ll actually get to watch it, don‘t hold your breath for 2025—the word is late 2026, or more likely early 2027. Still, it‘s official: the chaos agents of Lioness will be back.

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