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To be a creator is not an easy job at the core. To be Taylor Sheridan is a whole other gameplan, especially when accorded with the benefit of hosting Paramount’s flagship series, and an entire lineup of shows to follow.Yellowstonemay have started Sheridan’s journey among one of the Big Five but his status as the studio’s retainer comes from his ability to follow through on his promise.
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Taylor Sheridan [Credit: Paramount Network]On his part, Taylor Sheridan keeps the supply chain coming while Paramount bridges the gap to fulfill the audience’s insatiable demand for stories. Two prequels and three other original series later, the writer-director still chips away at his god-given block of creativity. Not only does he deliver scripts at an astounding pace but also produces and directs them with a will that can only be described as superhuman.
However, all of it comes at a personal cost to his health, and Sheridan, no matter how ambitious or driven his mind might be, knows he has his physical limits too.
Taylor Sheridan Opens Up About His Work Schedule
After quittingSons of Anarchyand taking up a full-time job as Paramount’s primary breadwinner,Taylor Sheridancrafts one original series after another, each more inventive than the next. But none of it would have been possible without the credit thatSicario,Hell or High Water, andWind Riverbrought him as a director and an Oscar-nominated screenplay writer.
Jeremy Renner and Gil Birmingham star inWind River[Credit: Fred Hayes/The Weinstein Company]Now that he has Paramount’s undivided attention, Sheridan’s days blend into weeks and months at a time as the creator ofYellowstonefinds himself slaving away at an inhumane pace to ply the studio with their demands. In aJoe Rogan Experienceinterview, he revealed:
When I go direct, if I go on a six-month, which I’m about to, a six-month seven-month run of directing every single day, where I have to make decisions from 6 a.m. to 9 o’clock at night, then I gotta watch footage until midnight, I get three or four hours of sleep for six months, I’m a f**king wreck after six months.
“Just end it already”: Taylor Sheridan’s Plot Hole-Filled ‘Yellowstone’ Arc Has Fans “Feeling ripped off big time”
Despite the tiresome, tedious, and never-ending nature of his schedule, the work that bears fruit at the end of the designated period is nothing short of a masterpiece. Whether it’s one of the manyYellowstoneuniverse spin-offs or the third season of another series at Paramount, Taylor Sheridan is at the center of its writing, executive decision-making, production, and often directing departments all at once.
Taylor Sheridan Takes on More Than He Can Handle
Yellowstone– a still from Season 4 [Credit: Paramount Network]WithYellowstoneand its two prequel spin-offs –1883and1923– Taylor Sheridan was already knee-deep in troubled water, considering he hadTulsa KingandMayor of Kingstown– all running parallel to each other and in tandem. As he creates the storyline, fleshes out the basic universe for each story’s settings and characters, and launches these shows, they get delegated to other creatives whose task then becomes to carry on with what Sheridan started.
Often filled with plot holes, inconsistencies, and a fall in the overall series quality, Sheridan’s work, especiallyYellowstoneSeasons 4 and 5, has come under the public’s scrutiny recently for lacking in quality in lieu of quantity, and even more so, for theKevin Costnerdrama. The actor quit mid-way through Season 5 for clashing with his schedule forHorizon, but one can only imagine the kind of burden that Sheridan puts on himself since he is not equipped with the choice of such a luxury.
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Now, Taylor Sheridan has taken on an even larger roster of work with two otherYellowstonespin-offs,1994and2024. Moreover, his executive-produced show,Lawmen: Bass Reevesis already on air. Other than that, Sheridan is also developingLandman,6666, andEmpire of the Summer Moon.
Yellowstoneis available for streaming on Paramount+
Diya Majumdar
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Diya Majumdar is a Senior Content Writer at FandomWire with over 2000 published articles on the website. Since 2022, she has been working as an entertainment journalist with a special focus on films and pop culture.Among the countless genres and themes of Hollywood, the ones that particularly favor Diya’s tastes include Game of Thrones, DC, and well-aged thrillers and classics.
