Much like peanut butter and jelly make for an undeniable pairing, as do Taylor Sheridan and massive TV audiences. Yellowstone set the high bar at a point when viewership and ratings data started to look dire everywhere else, and the creator’s streaming series like Landman continue to top each other’s records for biggest numbers. Knowing all that, I was certainly ready for Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser’s sequel series Dutton Ranch to crush out, but I still didn’t foresee its totals being that impressive.
The first two episodes of Dutton Ranch became available to stream via Paramount+ subscription on Sunday, May 11, with both eps also airing linearly on Paramount Network that same evening. And fans were more than ready for it, to the point where the spinoff series can now lay claim to being the biggest original series premiere on the streaming service to date. Not a small boast after shows like Mayor of Kingstown, Tulsa King, Lioness and Landman have all been so successful.
