Yellowstone TV series

It’s a guy in the Rocky-Rambo-“Yellowstone” mode

Two kindred spirits, a generation apart, have merged in the macho-man TV world. There’s:
— Sylvester Stallone, 76. He created John Rambo and Rocky Balboa, 40 and 46 years ago.
— Taylor Sheridan, about 52. Four years ago, he created John Dutton and “Yellowstone.”
Now they’ve combined for “Tulsa King,” which has a two-part arrival: On Sunday (Nov. 13), it debuts on the Paramount+ streamer; a week later, its first two episodes will be on cable – 9 and 10 p.m. Nov. 20, right after “Yellowstone,” on the Paramount Network. “We’re both steeped in the alpha tradition where, you know, life is hard,” Stallone told the Television Critics Associatioon. Read more…

Cowboy TV? Good quality, weak quantity

You might remember cowboys.
They used to be big in the movies. And on TV. And, perhaps, in our daydreams.
“Bonanza” ran 14 seasons; “Gunsmoke” ran 20, a record for a drama. In the fall of 1959, the three networks had 23 cowboy shows, from Bret Maverick and Bat Masterson to “Have Gun, Will Travel.”
And now? There are just two major ones, both confined to cable, and they’re at turning points: Read more…