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The “SEAL Team” and “NCIS” franchises are expanding.

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Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer“Yellowstone” prequel “1883” has been renewed for Season 2 at Paramount Plus, and the ViacomCBS-owned streaming service has ordered another Taylor Sheridan-created origin-story show following the Dutton Family called “1932.” Yes, you guessed it — the show will follow a new generation of Duttons “during the time of western expansion, Prohibition and the Great Depression.”“1883″ stars Sam Elliott, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Billy Bob Thornton, Isabel May, LaMonica Garrett, Marc Rissmann, Audie Rick, Eric Nelsen and James Landry Hébert.The show follows the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. It is a stark retelling of western expansion and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America’s promised land — Montana.

nearly 47 million paid global subscribers combined. That was up from the 42 million worldwide subscribers that the company reported it had reached across Paramount+ and Showtime at the end of Q2.A year ago, ViacomCBS said it expects to reach 65-75 million global subscribers between Paramount+ and Showtime by 2024.Q4 saw Paramount+ release Taylor Sheridan’s new drama series “Mayor of Kingstown” starring Jeremy Renner and the fourth season of “Star Trek: Discovery” in November.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Yeehaw! Paramount has greenlit a fifth season of its neo-western, ratings-wrangling hit “Yellowstone.”The highly-acclaimed SAG and PGA-nominated series from MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios is set to begin production in May 2022 with the ensemble cast, as well as Jen Landon and Kathryn Kelly, who have been upped to series regulars.“Yellowstone,” created by Taylor Sheridan and fronted by grizzled rancher gazillionaire Kevin Costner, stars Kelly Reilly, Cole Hauser, Luke Grimes, Kelsey Asbille, Gil Birmingham, Wes Bentley, Brecken Merrill, Jefferson White, Forrie Smith, Denim Richards, Ian Bohen, Finn Little and Ryan Birmingham, all of whom will return for Season 5.“Yellowstone’s record-breaking performance proves we’ve tapped a cultural nerve and unleashed a passionate audience from the center of the country to each of the coasts,” Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of ViacomCBS Media Networks, said in a statement. “We are honored to be able to bring audiences another season of Yellowstone.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterParamount Plus and Showtime are two separate subscription services owned by the same company in a market that is already overcrowded with streaming and pay-TV competition. But that’s the way it’s going to stay for the two ViacomCBS brands — for now at least — as Paramount Plus president of original scripted series Nicole Clemens says the young streamer continues to carve out its identity as the home of “big blockbuster originals” versus Showtime’s slightly “more coastal” audience.“I think they’re complementary and I think there’s going to be some overlap in a Venn diagram,” Clemens told Variety Tuesday, following Paramount Plus’ day of presentations at the virtual Television Critics Association winter press tour.

Today, at the winter TCA event, Paramount+ revealed much about their new slate and a renewal for season two of Taylor Sheridan’s “Mayor Of Kingstown” series starring Jeremy Renner, among other updates. But that’s not all.

It’s Taylor Sheridan’s world, and you’re just living in it if you’re on Paramount+. The writer/director/showrunner’s empire keeps continuing to grow.

ViacomCBS announced the Season 2 renewal of freshman series The Game on Tuesday.

EXCLUSIVE: Mandela Van Peebles (Mayor of Kingstown) and Em Haine (Fargo) have joined the cast of Syfy’s Reginald The Vampire (w/t) as series regulars and will appear opposite star Jacob Batalon. Based on Johnny B. Traunt’s Fat Vampire book series, the series hails from writer and executive producer Harley Peyton.

Taylor Sheridan is all the rage on TV nowadays. Not only is “Yellowstone” a massive success, but it appears his “Mayor of Kingstown” Paramount+ series is doing well and his first “Yellowstone” spinoff, “1883,” is also killing it.

Before premiering the first two episodes of his Yellowstone origin story 1883 last Saturday at Wynn Las Vegas, Taylor Sheridan described the pace of Westward expansion and Manifest Destiny, at least when ViacomCBS’ just-launched streaming service Paramount+ dictates the timing.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeMuse Entertainment Enterprises has tapped film and TV vet Alex Jordan to serve as its new senior VP of production. Jordan, who starts on January 1, will be based in Toronto and focus on producing programming for the international market.Jordan most recently served as a producer on Paramount Plus’ “Mayor of Kingstown.” He also worked on feature “Between Waves,” which was released this summer.

Hawkeye star Jeremy Renner and Sonni Pacheco split nearly seven years ago, but their relationship is still making headlines after reports of past abuse allegations recently resurfaced.

Yellowstone continues to defy gravity, posting linear ratings not seen on ad-supported cable in years and rarely seen on broadcast television these says. In Week 2 of Season 4, the Taylor Sheridan drama starring Kevin Costner drew massive 7.5 million viewers in Live+Same Day, just -7% off its record-breaking two-hour season premiere the previous week.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla The Taylor Sheridan universe within MTV Entertainment is looking bright. “Mayor of Kingstown,” the latest drama series from the “Yellowstone” creator, debuted on Sunday to 2.6 million viewers with a simulcast on Paramount Network and Paramount Plus.“Yellowstone” has been riding a high since its Season 4 premiere earlier this month.

***THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS ABOUT “MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN”***

Taylor Sheridan makes films and shows about hyper-masculine dudes. Projects like “Wind River” and “Yellowstone” exist in an old-fashioned atmosphere in which every man has a firearm on his belt, a woman who has betrayed him, and a grievance in his heart.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“Did you ever, when you were a little kid, used to think that maybe you could do something in life that makes you happy?,” Jeremy Renner’s Mike McLusky asks a friend. Mike’s staring into the middle distance and holding a beer.

Writer, producer, director, showrunner actor Taylor Sheridan (the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of “Hell Or High Water”) is having quite the fall.

Similar to the film side of things, November is positively bursting with new and returning titles for viewers to immerse themselves in. More than most months, there’s plenty of variety on display here in terms of genres from K-Dramas, to animated absurdism, coming-of-age, slice-of-life stories.

Streaming platforms try and coax major creators on their platforms with a lot of money and carte-blanche creative freedom. That’s how Paramount and Paramount+ have hooked writer, creator, director, producer Taylor Sheridan, the auteur of the Midwest.

Harry Ambrose may be retired but the mysteries keep piling up.

Paramount+ released an all-new, first-look trailer for the upcoming drama Mayor Of Kingstown by Yellowstone writer Taylor Sheridan during the show’s virtual TCA presentation today.

We’ve said it once before; we’ll say it again. Taylor Sheridan, the creator of ViacomCBS‘ hit series “Yellowstone,” has become the Martin Scorsese of Paramount+.

Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone has firmed a November 7 Season Four launch on the Paramount Network with a two episode premiere that will launch two spinoff series MTV Entertainment Studios has dated to premiere exclusively on Paramount+.  Mayor Of Kingstown will star Jeremy Renner, Dianne Wiest, Hugh Dillon, Pha’rez Lass, Tobi Bamtefa, Emma Laird, Derek Webster and Taylor Handley.

Revenge is worth the wait, as Season 4 of Paramount Network’s hit drama “Yellowstone” is eyeing an early November debut, according to Deadline.

EXCLUSIVE: Mayor of Kingstown co-creator Hugh Dillon is taking on a dual role both in front and behind the camera, as he has joined the series as a regular. Also tapped as series regulars are Pha’rez Lass (Claws) and Tobi Bamtefa (The Girlfriend Experience) as production gets underway in Toronto.

British actress Emma Laird, who just booked a starring role opposite Jeremy Renner in Mayor of Kingstown, has signed with APA for representation in all areas. The signing is major one for Laird, who has no feature or series experience, and for the agency, which beat out four other agencies for the opportunity to sign the actress.

CBS-Viacom made some major television announcements today about the upcoming programming of their streaming service Paramount+, formerly known as CBS All Access.

Paramount+ and MTV Entertainment Studios have unveiled the upcoming slate from Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan for the rebranded streaming service.

By Peter White

Paramount Network just can’t get enough of Taylor Sheridan.