Paramount’s Power Move: Guy Ritchie’s Mobland Fills the Taylor Sheridan Void

If you think Paramount+'s entire crime-thriller identity begins and ends with Taylor Sheridan, think again. Sure, the guy practically invented 'Dad TV' (you know exactly what I mean—shows your dad can’t stop talking about, with plenty of tough guys, family drama, and more squinting than all of Yellowstone put together). But, lurking just outside his cowboy-shadow, Paramount has another series ready to grab the middle-aged remote: Guy Ritchie’s MobLand.

Wait, What Is 'MobLand'?

MobLand snuck onto the scene in March 2025, and has been quietly gaining steam ever since. The show feels less like a Guy Ritchie cockney caper and more like something straight out of Sheridan’s playbook: lots of family drama, everyone’s got a secret, and pretty much nobody gets to be happy. According to the Rotten Tomatoes crowd, it’s holding a respectable 76%—not quite Emmy-bait, but definitely decent for a violent crime saga aimed at anyone with a subscription and a taste for 'gritty'.

Fans can relax: season 2 is officially set for later this year.

The Sheridan/Ritchie Overlap

Let’s just say it—if you dropped the MobLand characters into Tulsa King, your dad might not notice. Here’s what makes it so familiar:

• Harry Da Souza (Tom Hardy): The anxious fixer at the heart of everything. If he’s not busy cleaning up a mess, he’s creating a new one, just with a fancier accent than anyone in Yellowstone.
• Conrad Harrigan (Pierce Brosnan): The old-school crime boss who probably solves family disputes with a glare and a snifter of Scotch.
• Maeve Harrigan (Helen Mirren): Conrad’s wife, who’s every bit as ruthless and unpredictable as he is. Fun fact: Mirren seems to be collecting 'powerful matriarch' roles at Paramount like some people collect stamps—her MobLand character has prompted plenty of comparisons to her stint as Cara Dutton on 1923.
• Throw in the rival Stevensons, endless generational grudges, and enough double-crosses to lose count, and you get the idea.

Why the Hype Matters (And What Paramount’s Really Up To)

Here’s the twist: Sheridan is gearing up to leave Paramount for NBCUniversal, starting in 2028. This is not a drill. With Sheridan gone, Paramount+ loses its main 'Dad TV' rainmaker, and there’s a pretty clear nervousness about how to keep the manly-drama train rolling.

Enter MobLand—which, honestly, landed at the perfect time. The show ticks all the right boxes for that testosterone-heavy crime thriller crowd, but it isn’t actually a Sheridan project at all. That’s weirdly brilliant for Paramount, as it means they’ve got an in-house series to fill the gigantic spurs Sheridan’s leaving behind.

To paraphrase the vibe from everyone at Paramount right now:

'MobLand is our secret weapon—now let’s not screw this up.'

If they really want to keep 'Dad TV' alive and streaming, they’d better keep churning out shows in this vein, not just ride out their remaining Sheridan contracts.

The Bottom Line

Is MobLand as good as Yellowstone at its peak? That’s debatable. But in the war for the kind of TV your uncle binge-watches in three days, it’s absolutely a contender. Sheridan may be relocating, but as long as Paramount remembers what their audience is actually watching, MobLand is their ace in the hole.