‘Marshals’ Ratings: How Is ‘Yellowstone’ Spinoff Doing at CBS?
Marshals was renewed for Season 2 after airing just two episodes on CBS, so it should be no surprise that its ratings are high. What may surprise you, however, is the fact that it was the most-watched show on TV after Stranger Things in the 28 days after the premiere.
Marshals, a spinoff of Yellowstone, debuted on Sunday, March 1, on CBS. The series stars Luke Grimes, reprising his role as Kayce Dutton, among other Yellowstone returning stars and new stars.
The Marshals series premiere (March 1 from 8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) was watched by 20.6 million multiplatform viewers within seven days, marking the most-watched network original series premiere without a football lead-in since 2017’s Young Sheldon series premiere, according to Nielsen data shared by CBS. That early viewership data reflected only the original March 1 premiere, which aired on CBS and streamed on Paramount+, and does not include any encore airings.
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In season-to-date live plus 28-day multiplatform viewership, CBS series make up six of the top 20 most-watched series among all broadcast and streaming competition — more than any broadcast competitor, according to Nielsen data. These rankings measure the premieres of Marshals, CIA, and Survivor 50, as well as the midseason returns of other CBS series’ original episodes (9/14/2025-3/1/2026).
Marshals is the most-watched broadcast TV show among all networks, with 26.5 million viewers. For comparison, Stranger Things, per the recent data, had 30.6 million viewers, and Netflix’s His & Hers landed in third place with 24.2 million viewers. See the Top 20 in the chart above.
Of those 20, CBS/Paramount+ has six spots. Marshals is first, followed by Tracker, CIA, Matlock, Sheriff Country, and Ghosts. ABC is the only other broadcast network that made it into the Top 20. The rest of the slots are occupied by streaming services (mostly Netflix).
Marshals is being moved up to a fall 2026 premiere instead of midseason for Season 2. Its viewership explains why.
Marshals, Sundays, 8/7c, CBS
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I loved Yellowstone. Marshals is choppy with poor plot planning. The hot chicks lack substance and believability. Dialogue convos are difficult to follow
It's like each character is speaking but not to or with one another. Not Luke's best performance.
Thumbs down on.Marshals
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Seems you are in the minority based on ratings
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Not buying those BS ratings I can see for myself. Show is garbage.
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To each their own!
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You won't find a bigger fan of the Yellowstone universe, but let's be honest, Marshalls isn't very good. Maybe as a result of being on a foo foo network, needs to be on Paramount Plus.
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Very possible! Could be dangerous on a streaming outlet.
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It is on Paramount plus.
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I loved Yellowstone but Marshals has been a total snoozefest for me. Hopefully the other spinoffs will be a lot better.
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Tracker is terribly repetitive and follows the network TV producing machine template. It is hard to watch after a while. Every challenge is immediately overcome by a hacker who can do everything in about 2 seconds. Marshals is in danger of falling into that trap...they need some much better writers!
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I like it, but that’s just me. I don’t need *** or swearing to enjoy a show.
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I'm right there with ya!
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I've absolutely no clue how the show got renewed for a second season. The pilot was so hard to follow every episode after has been even harder to follow. The acting is weak. The storyline is weak. If it was not a spin off of yellowstone, we would be completely in the dark with the synopsis. SNOOZEFEST.
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RATINGS🤯
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Well of course, they should be right behind you in the "I'm an expert critic, making... what.. millions? No?, thousands? Hundreds?" No??? Hmm, well it must be the "No-One gives a crap what you think" line huh? Seriously, you have your opinion, yippyyyy, party on... but what makes you think any-one else cares... newsflash They don't!! You have your opinion, they have theirs. Deal with it, cause you are not gonna change anyone else's. Just gonna look bad, and frankly, kinda sad.
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It’s ok .. but I’m surprised it made it to season 2, all said best in the other comments.
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RATINGS🤯
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The acting is not good. The stories are boring. The characters are not believable. I expected a lot more from a Taylor Sheridan show
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It’s based on characters created by Sheridan. It written by the guy who did Seal Team.
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The few snippets I've seen of Marshals (different episodes) all look the same. Not interested in the characters' backstories, either.
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I bet money that review above is AI generated. I can't think of a single person who could watch this series and think that it's a quality show. The acting is awful they look awkward, the sexy female agents are like too sexy, it's just weird. It's hard to take this series seriously. Yellowstone will turn out to be one of the greats of all time I think, right up there with breaking bad. This hunk of garbage is nothing more than that… Sorry Luke, you should've chosen a better spinoff
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I have watched and enjoyed all the Sheridan shows on Paramount+. However, I watched the first episode of Marshall's and wasn't interested in watching episode 2.
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Finally a good show that doesn’t have all the cussing, sex and excessive violence that other Taylor Sheridan shows have
Was tired of hearing the f word in half the sentences in Yellowstone. Tried to hard to make characters rough and tough
Loved 1883 and looked forward to 1923 but all the drama was excessive and unbelievable that so much could happen to two people
I look forward to more Marshals
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Terribly disappointing production with sub par screenplay ( The stories fall into the B class crime TV productions, that could be set anywhere) Poor acting other than Luke Grimes, Gil Birmingham and Mo Brings Plenty ! The others are just stock characters with zero depth. Ms. Cruz is certainly easy on the eyes, but a US Marshal ? No way ! The squad leader is a joke, a flat character with no charisma and not believable as a former operator. Native American dude, nice guy, but should be cast in a smaller role, maybe a computer nerd ? The other woman, is a good actress but not allowed to spread her wings. Riley Green really brought some color and character to the show. My suggestion is to eliminate the other characters and have Luke and Riley at the reins and fire the other actors. Have Taylor Sheridan write the script, get a new director and higher some performers who can act. This series bares zero resemblance to Yellow Stone and quite frankly I’m surprised that it ‘s been renewed. One Riley has left the show, we will too.
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Shocking article. I watch and enjoy all of TS's shows. I knew immediately that he didn't write this. It's horrible. The acting is horrendous. Came for Kayce, left because of everyone else. Unbelievable big boob agents, Cal talking more like a cos playing wannabe SEAL, weak storylines. We left mid episode 3, and it was a struggle to get that far. Can't believe it got renewed.
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I was a fan of Em in the Hawaii show...she is weak in Marshalls.i see it because at least it doesnt have gays like most shows do...but the acting and dialogs are both very good.
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Really disappointed had high hopes tried to watch second episode and ND could not get thru it.
boring.
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If you cut together just the Kelsy, Mo
And Rainwater scenes and discard the rest, you have decent Yellowstone sequel.
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The best so far waiting for season 2
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Besides Luke, Merritt, Gil, & Mo every other actor on this show has never had even one minute of actor training. The acting on this is so bad, you need pain pills to get through an episode. They're not even getting good guest stars to come on. At least the storylines are starting to improve.
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I can't say I agree with some of these comments. My husband and I like both Marshalls, and Tracker. Marshalls is not Yellowstone there is no comparison but we enjoy both.
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I’m fairly sure that Taylor Sheridan is hiding a 21 year old step daughter somewhere and said, Here hon. Write a quick script for a new spinoff called Marshall’s. Make sure It’s DEI intensive. You know the obligatory black woman, white woman, crybaby Indians and plot is no the object. Have the woman blind side a 200 pound
running bad guy with her hip and knock him senseless. And every shooting scene the Marshalls need to be 5 in a ten foot radius for realism. Terrible plot lines and acting is really bad. Get rid of the gal with the pop collar. My gosh. And make sure it ends up on the bar, every time.
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Logan Marshall-Green needs to learn something that George Clooney, when moving into the big screen, had to overcome, many years ago. Keep his head still when delivering his lines. It's distracting to see his head move while he is talking.
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Loved Yellowstone! Love Tracker! Loving a lot if Marshalls. I think it will get better also!! If you don't like it don't watch it! It isn't Yellowstone!! None of them are going to be!!!
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What happened to the show Lioness?
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Who writes this stuff? The knock I have is the actual line-writing, which is so elementary, and is dry-delivery. The acting is pretty average, and those fight scenes are so staged. What? No money?
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Not sure what everyone is watching. Marshall's is so not anything remotely like Yellowstone. Cal character is so bad. Really weak back stories and who cares Kacey still whining bout his daddy issues. The Res only thing that stayed real. 2nd season??? Ugh
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What i do not like it at all. Good writer not this one.
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It's a meh show, not really a spin off, it new police stories with a member of the Dutton ranch. We gave up during the second episode 😕
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I think cas need a girl friend
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