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Taylor Sheridan’sYellowstoneis becoming a big cringe-fest in its final season and audiences can’t process the series’ fall from grace. Fans are currently discussing how Sheridan’s ego got to him and he is ruining the one project that took him to peak fame. Interestingly, HBO was once developing the series but eventually said no to Sheridan as they didn’t think they would be the right fit.
The turn of events after Paramount greenlit the project has proved that HBO would’ve never worked with Sheridan as Paramount did. HBO might’ve saved itself from the current embarrassment after the subpar performance of the final season. Interestingly, HBO had also rejected Sheridan’s casting of Kevin Costner in the lead role.
Fans reveal the reason why Taylor Sheridan’sYellowstonewould’ve never worked at HBO
Fans can’t stop discussing how bad the final season ofYellowstoneis turning out to be. During aRedditdiscussion, fans shared that the show did a complete 180 degree in terms of quality in the final season. They couldn’t entirely blame the drop in quality onKevin Costnerleaving. Fans shared thatTaylor Sheridan, still the head writer, appeared to not care for the show anymore.
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This season has seensome very subpar writingand fans particularly didn’t like how the last few episodes of the show consisted of mostly filler material. However, one comment perfectly summed up what had happened to Sheridan’s writing after four successful seasons.
u/flyonthesewalls shared that when theWind Riverdirector started the show, he only had enough projects so that he could maintain focus on all of them. AsYellowstonebecame a major success at Paramount, the studio gave him a huge deal and multiple projects, feeding into Sheridan’s ego. The fan shared that when he found himself creating show after show, he started to sacrifice quality for quantity.
At the moment, multiple projects of Sheridan are simultaneously running on Paramount.HisLandmanproject has also received similar criticismsof putting out cringe content. Fans shared that Sheridan’s attention probably went to grabbing cash opportunities instead of entertaining his fans. The comment read:
It could’ve been the probable reason why HBO never chose to work with Sheridan onYellowstone. HBO would’ve never agreed to Sheridan’s demands like Paramount did, as the studio had enough projects up its belt to focus on quality over quantity.
Moreover, the failure ofGame of Thrones Season 8would’ve probably prompted them to tread more carefully withYellowstoneepisodes. Further, HBO didn’t want Costner in the project to start with, which would’ve avoided the clash withHorizonaltogether.
What did Taylor Sheridan say about HBO rejectingYellowstone?
In a cover story forTHR, Taylor Sheridan revealed howYellowstonewas rejected at HBO before Paramount took it up. In fact, theYellowstoneidea was with HBO for years and it struggled to get to the development phase. Former HBO exec Michael Lombardo was supportive of Sheridan’s idea while the rest of the team wasn’t sure about his neo-Western drama.
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Sheridan shared that they rejected his casting choice of Kevin Costner, which led to a series of embarrassing events. Sheridan shared that the studio told him to get Robert Redford for John Dutton. He recalled,“They said, ‘If you can get us Robert Redford, we’ll greenlight the pilot.’”Sheridan talked to Redford and got him to say yes, only for the studio to backtrack their words. They told him,“We meant a Robert Redford type.”
After Sheridan sorted out the embarrassing misunderstanding with Redford with a little help from Lombardo, he and co-creator John Linson met with HBO execs for a crisis meeting. Sheridan recalled the condescending tone in which the execs addressed his show. He shared:
And John Linson finally asks: ‘Why don’t you want to make it?’ And the vp goes: ‘Look, it just feels so Middle America. We’re HBO, we’re avant-garde, we’re trendsetters. This feels like a step backwards. And frankly, I’ve got to be honest with you, I don’t think anyone should be living out there [in rural Montana]. It should be a park or something.’
Sheridan shared that the studio didn’t appreciate his project and took issue with strong, bold characters like Beth Dutton. Lombardo did one favor to Sheridan before stepping away from HBO and returning the script to him.
Yellowstoneis now available for streaming on Peacock. The final episode will be released on Jul 10, 2025, on Paramount Network.
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