Whether it is a new series like The Madison starring Kurt Russell and Michelle Pfeiffer, or Marshals starring Luke Grimes, or more established shows such as the hugely popular Landman, Tulsa King, andMayor of Kingstown, there’s no escaping the fact that Taylor Sheridan is the king of Paramount+. That being said, the man himself is now set to leave the streamer, officially heading the way of NBCUniversal under a massive long-term film and television deal. Will his shows still prove popular on the streaming site? Most likely, but it will be fascinating to see what happens in this next Sheridan era.
If you’re a Paramount+ subscriber worried about a future without Sheridan, fear not, as there is a smorgasbord of other great options currently on the platform. For the past few months, one of the mainstays in the streaming charts has been 2025’s Glen Powell-led remake of The Running Man, which has spent over 80 days in the U.S. top ten. Directed by Edgar Wright of the Cornetto Trilogy fame, and also featuring Josh Brolin, Colman Domingo, and Lee Pace, this latest Stephen King adaptation was far from a success in theaters and has finally found some redemption on Paramount+.
However, its place at the top of the charts was recently overtaken by an unlikely source. Starring the hugely talented Joel Edgerton, who last year stunned in Netflix’s Academy Award-nominated Train Dreams, 2015’s The Gift has become a surprise hit eleven years later. At the time of writing, the underrated thriller has climbed to second place in the Paramount+ top ten in the U.S., ahead of The Running Man but just shy of the 2026 horror Primate.
Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
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Where does your power come from? In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.
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Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
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What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.
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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.
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Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
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What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
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When it’s over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
What Did Collider Say About ‘The Gift’?
Joel Edgerton as Gordo in The Gift.Image via STX Entertainment
Popular with critics at the time, earning a “certified fresh” 91% score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, how did Collider react to The Gift? In Matt Goldberg‘s review, he awarded the movie a “B” grade, writing, “The Gift is a surprising delight that manages to transcend a schlocky premise of a dangerous old acquaintance with dark secrets.” He continued, “Edgerton finds something far more universal with his dark fable, and while it occasionally stumbles on moments of unintended camp, the dark core of his story is more than enough to keep us captivated.”
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