Taylor Sheridan's 89%-rated Yellowstone sequel hits a surprise streaming snag

If you've spent any time on streaming lately, you'll know Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone universe basically owns the platform – or did. Yellowstone, with Kevin Costner in a stetson as John Dutton, ran for five series from 2018 to 2024 and spun off more prequels and sequels than you could shake a cattle prod at. There are the obligatory historical spin-offs (1883, 1923), but honestly, the recent obsession has been with the new and extremely popular sequels: Marshals, The Madison, and of course the freshly-minted Dutton Ranch. By the end of its first run, Dutton Ranch wasn't just topping streaming charts in the US; it was doing numbers across the planet. Sheridan's ability to keep people glued to the telly is genuinely a bit absurd.

There's a New Queen in Town

Not so fast, though: just as you thought Paramount+ had signed over the deeds to Taylor Sheridan, the Yellowstone sprawl has been outmanoeuvred – and it's not who you might expect. The new sheriff of the Paramount+ charts is All the Queen's Men, a drama that people who aren't in the know might never have given a second glance. It's knocked Dutton Ranch off the top spot, both on Paramount+ directly and via the Prime Video add-on (which, let's be honest, is becoming increasingly important for tracking what folks actually watch).

Here's how the Paramount+ add-on leaderboard looked in the US on 17 July 2026:

• 1. All the Queen's Men
• 2. Dutton Ranch
• 3. The Agency
• 4. Beyond the Gates
• 5. The Chi
• 6. Criminal Minds
• 7. Tyler Perry's The Oval
• 8. Landman
• 9. Marshals
• 10. Feng Shui Master & The Pregnant Ghost

All the Queen's Men: Unlikely Chart Crusher

If you've never dipped into All the Queen's Men before, a quick primer: it rocked up quietly back in 2021 and has just released its fifth and final series. It's headlined by Eva Marcille – you'd recognise her from America's Next Top Model, for anyone playing TV trivia – as Marilyn "Madam" Deville. She runs a male strip club which, in true pulpy fashion, doubles as a front for a drug empire. You'd think it was all just bare chests and money-flinging, but things get savage whenever Madam needs to keep her turf from rivals. Of course, she never gets her own hands dirty, being too much the boss for that bother. The additional cast includes the show's creator Christian Keyes, Michael Bolwaire, Jeremy Williams, Candace Maxwell, and Racquel Palmer.

Now, here's the truly bemusing bit: All the Queen's Men has essentially aired without a peep from any of the major critics and doesn't even have a Rotten Tomatoes score to its name. That would normally spell commercial and cultural death, but its devoted fanbase clearly did not get the memo. The 81% user rating is evidence enough – it's become a streaming sensation mostly through word of mouth and sheer bingeability.

Dutton Ranch: Sheridan's Latest Stampede

Meanwhile, Marshals (for the Yellowstone completists) was a decent enough bit of telly. But Dutton Ranch was the real crowd-pleaser – basically, everyone's favourite troublemakers, Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler (Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser), striking out to run their own Texas ranch after the hoopla in Montana. The sequel announcement alone practically broke the fandom. No idea why anyone's surprised, considering these two have been meme material since about season two of Yellowstone.

Taylor Sheridan stayed at the helm as executive producer and writer, but Chad Feehan did the wrangling as showrunner for the first series, with Benjamin Cavell due to take over for series two. No rest for anyone: as soon as the season one finale dropped, Paramount confirmed they'd greenlit season two, and production has started moving already. Everyone you'd expect – Kelly Reilly, Cole Hauser, Finn Little – are all locked in for another run, although the release date is still under wraps.

Main Players: Dutton Ranch Series Regulars

• Kelly Reilly as Beth Dutton
• Cole Hauser as Rip Wheeler
• Finn Little as Carter
• Other core cast returning for series two