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Taylor Sheridan Kills 6666 Spinoff, Says Ranch Would Be Trivialized

8/19/2026

Summary

Story summary

Taylor Sheridan announced on the Rodeo Time podcast that the 6666 spinoff will never be produced.
He said he will never fictionalize the Four Sixes Ranch because it would trivialize the working ranch and families.
Sheridan and investors purchased the 260,000-plus-acre ranch in 2020, creating a duty to protect it.
Paramount announced the 6666 series at its 2022 Upfront and named Sheridan, John Linson and Art Linson as executive producers.

History

Historical Context

Paramount Pictures released the John Wayne western *The Cowboys* in 1978, filming on a 30,000-acre Texas ranch and earning $30 million at the box office; that same year the Dallas Cowboys football team secured Super Bowl XII, cementing the “Cowboy” brand in culture. Decades later, Taylor Sheridan’s 2020 purchase of the 260,000-acre Four Sixes Ranch and Paramount’s 2022 spinoff announcement revive the tension between Hollywood ambitions and ranch stewardship.

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Story summary

Taylor Sheridan announced on the Rodeo Time podcast that the 6666 spinoff will never be produced.
He said he will never fictionalize the Four Sixes Ranch because it would trivialize the working ranch and families.
Sheridan and investors purchased the 260,000-plus-acre ranch in 2020, creating a duty to protect it.
Paramount announced the 6666 series at its 2022 Upfront and named Sheridan, John Linson and Art Linson as executive producers.

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