While plenty of people have praised Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone for reviving the Western genre on TV, the truth is, it didn’t revive it at all – it may have actually killed it. With the glut of content across network, cable, and the myriad number of streaming platforms out there, it’s hard for any show to truly break out in a big way. Plenty of shows are temporary flashes in the pan, but have little lasting impact. It’s even rarer that that show spawns multiple spinoffs, as Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone did, becoming an entire universe.
