‘Marshals’ Creator Reveals Taylor Sheridan’s Actual Involvement in ‘Yellowstone’ Spinoff
Kayce Dutton returns to TV in Marshals, a new Yellowstone spinoff that’s airing on CBS instead of Paramount Network or Paramount+ like its predecessors. It’s the first Yellowstone spinoff that doesn’t have Taylor Sheridan solely in the driver’s seat as writer and creator. So what is Sheridan’s actual involvement in the show? He’s credited as an executive producer, but Marshals showrunner and executive producer Spencer Hudnut revealed Sheridan’s involvement in the day-to-day production of the series.
Premiering March 1 on CBS, Marshals is a new chapter of the Yellowstone franchise starring Luke Grimes as Kayce, the youngest of the Dutton siblings from the original series. Brecken Merrill returns as Tate Dutton, Kayce’s son, and Gil Birmingham and Mo Brings Plenty are reprising their Yellowstone roles as well, but Monica Dutton (Kelsey Asbille) seems to have died by the time the show starts, based on the Marshals trailer. Kayce, a former Navy SEAL, joins Montana’s U.S. Marshals in the CBS drama as he seeks out a new start for his life.
Hudnut, Sheridan, and David Glasser (Sheridan’s longtime producing partner) are credited as the creators of Marshals, and Sheridan has a “created by” credit on the series and first two episodes. Sheridan did not write the new spinoff himself. He wrote every other Yellowstone show by himself.
Hudnut, Grimes, and more stars of Marshals opened up about the upcoming series in a virtual panel with the Television Critics Association on Tuesday, January 27. Hudnut was asked about Sheridan’s involvement during the panel.
“Taylor’s fingerprints are obviously all over this show,” Hudnut told TCA. “He created these great characters. He created this great universe. He was very generous to me in terms of his time and helping shape this show. He’s been incredibly gracious throughout. Whenever we hit a problem, [he’d] be there to help solve it. But you know, his influence is in every sort of aspect of this show.”
Sheridan was not part of the day-to-day work on the show, Hudnut confirmed.
“I don’t think I’d be sitting here if he had to be involved in a day-to-day way,” the executive producer said. “That was never the setup. But he’s certainly there for us when we need him.”
Hudnut was previously the showrunner of CBS’s SEAL Team. He told TCA that he was approached to help create a Yellowstone show for CBS.
“Actually, when I was approached, it was specifically for CBS to try to bring the Yellowstone show to network television, and so that was the aim,” Hudnut told journalists. “And trying to do it in a non-traditional network way has been our goal, and hopefully, we executed that.”
Marshals is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios with Sheridan, along with David C. Glasser as executive producer for 101 Studios, as well as John Linson, Art Linson, Hudnut, Luke Grimes, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin, and Bob Yari. The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
— Reporting by Amanda Bell
Marshals, Series Premiere, Sunday, March 1, 8/7c, CBS
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He's not involved and it shows, it's what you get for ordering a Taylor Sheridan spinoff from Temu. Not terrible but so far removed from the quality of everything that Taylor Sheridan was directly involved with.
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This is a horrid attempt, and I concur that it’s a Temu, Vevor or Alibaba attempt at a Taylor Sheridan blockbuster. On to Landman b bye Kasey. Good luck as it will suck in those that like Drama for drama sake.
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I have watched all the Sheridan shows and this one is not quite up to snuff. It’s not the acting but the writing. Too much emphasis on pushing PC issues and not enough character development. In addition, the characters themselves seemed to contradict themselves in their behavior. I’m hoping Sheridan gets a little more involved in the oversight of this and that it starts running a little more smoothly as it goes along. This seems more like a regular television series than what we’ve come to expect from Sheridan as everything I’ve seen him produced to date has been excellent..
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It is obvious that Taylor Sheridan is not writing the show. The show is bad, sometimes hard to follow.
The lead Marshall actor is awful.
Watching a Taylor Sheridan written show to Marshall’s, is like going from the penthouse to the , well you know, the other house.
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The scripts by Sheridan were notoriously spare of dialogue. Marshals is forcing lines, revealing a sketchy cast. Grimes is the sole redemption. The program is so far a disappointment.
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We had to stop watching Yellowstone because of the incessant use of profanity. Story was great so far. Viewership would multiply greatly if you dropped the f-bombs. I've heard others say the same thing.
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New show Marshals is steady as a Great Rock. Show is well Balanced. Cast is Great Marshal raising g a son after mother has passed ,who is Greatly missed.
American Indian as Marshal holding on to Native People and traditions.
Head of Indian affairs is Well Suited to his role .
Even his two rings on same had . Filming locations are Great .! Yellowstone shows not apart of Marshals .
We are remembering, Show called ,"Longmire " Cast and American Indians Great .
David and Gloria Troesch, Fla. Thank's for all .!!
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Marshall’s would have been better if I wrote it, simply horrible
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