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Cathal Gunning has been writing about movies, television, culture, and politics online and in print since 2017. He worked as a Senior Editor in Adbusters Media Foundation from 2018-2019 and wrote for WhatCulture in early 2020. He has been a Senior Features Writer for ScreenRant since 2020.
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Although Y: Marshalls represents a major risk for the Yellowstone franchise, the success of 1923 on streaming proves that the Western series could pull off a major network TV coup. Alongside Ryan Murphy and Shonda Rhimes, Taylor Sheridan is one of the biggest names in television right now. That is mostly thanks to the sprawling Yellowstone franchise.
While Sheridan’s big-screen career includes hits like Wind River and flops like Those Who Wish Me Dead, his television success is almost unparalleled. Yellowstone itself was a huge hit for Paramount+, growing its audience right up until December 2024’s Yellowstone series finale. Meanwhile, its spinoffs, 1883 and 1923, proved almost as popular as the original series itself.
Y: Marshalls Brings The Yellowstone Franchise To Network TV
Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton in Yellowstone
Now, 2026’s upcoming spinoff Y: Marshalls sees the franchise take two major risks at once. Y: Marshalls is the first direct sequel to Yellowstone, with its story picking up after the ending of Yellowstone season 5 and following Luke Grimes’ Kayce Dutton as he moves away from the titular ranch and into the military.
However, that isn’t the biggest change that the show will make to Sheridan’s winning formula. Y: Marshalls premieres on CBS on Sunday, March 1, 2026, meaning the mid-season replacement will be the first Yellowstone series to air on network TV instead of arriving on a streaming service.
Sheridan has enjoyed small-screen success outside the Yellowstone franchise, with hits like Mayor of Kingstown, Landman, and Tulsa King proving that he has a major TV pedigree. However, all of these gritty crime dramas were streaming shows, not network TV series. Y: Marshalls could struggle to make the leap from one format to another, especially with network TV’s tight censorship.
1923’s Streaming Dominance Proves The Yellowstone Franchise Is Still Huge
That said, fans of Sheridan’s TV universe don’t need to worry about the arrival of Y: Marshalls if Sheridan’s recent streaming dominance is any indication. In July 2025, 1923 season 1 entered Netflix’s global list of its top 10 TV shows, even though the series finale of the Yellowstone prequel had already aired in April.
This wasn’t a major shock at the time, since 1923’s season 2 finale had already earned 14 million viewers when the episode first aired. Despite the original series Yellowstone ending in 2024 and the prequel ending earlier in 2025, 1923’s streaming dominance proves that Sheridan’s shows have no shortage of enduring support.
Combine this with the fact that Tulsa King and Mayor of Kingstown are both regular fixtures on the Paramount+ most-watched Top 10, and it is hard to claim that Y: Marshalls will be anything other than a blockbuster success. Judging by 1923’s astounding streaming success, Yellowstone’s sequel Y: Marshalls may even revive network TV Westerns in 2026.
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Some fans may worry that moving from streaming to network TV could limit YS: Marshalls' storytelling due to stricter censorship rules. However, others might argue that the show's built-in audience and Sheridan's track record of success could help it overcome these challenges and even revive interest in network TV Westerns.
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