1883: Taylor Sheridan on How He Accidentally Wrecked the Future of the Yellowstone Spin-off

If there’s one thing that Paramount+ executives don’t regret, it's having said yes to the Yellowstone project. The Kevin Costner-led series not only ended up becoming one of the streaming platform’s tentpole series – with viewership numbers reaching new records every season – but also spawned the creation of spin-offs that have become incredibly popular. But one person underestimated the Yellowstone-verse potential: Its own creator. In an interview with Deadline, director and screenwriter Taylor Sheridan reveals that he made a huge mistake with one of the spin-offs, 1883.

The “mistake” is not a problem for viewers in terms of plot twists, because by the end of 1883’s tenth and final episode audiences were treated to a shocking finale in which all major characters died. In the interview, however, Sheridan reveals that writing and filming that ending compromised the entire future of the series. What happened was, Sheridan thought 1883 was a one-off, while Paramount+ was already counting on Season 2.

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[chasehedges]

1883 was awesome and emotional. It was great

[antoinettelopes]

So they just order 2nd seasons without talking to the creator? I mean, what? 😂

[TP_Gillz]

Yall better realize how great Taylor is of a writter not to compromise his storytelling vision by forcing another season!!
Wayyy too many great shows get ruined by greedy CEOs that want more just to sell subscriptions, no matter how awful the story gets.

[TP_Gillz]

By the way, thanks for ruining the ending to 1883 collider lol.

[dkscca]

1883 is better than Yellowstone to me. I would have been good with multiple seasons of 1883! Rewrite and go from

[kevinaebischer]

Yo collider extra podcast 1883 season 1 was awesome and was amazing and off the hook and 1883 should get a season 2