The Canceled Western Series That Could Have Been Better Than Yellowstone’s 1923 Spin-Off

The hugely popular “Yellowstone” and its spin-offs have resulted in a resurgence of interest in the Western genre. Had 2017’s “Damnation” debuted amidst that resurgence, however, it might’ve been far more successful than it ultimately was. What’s more, the 1930s-set series had the potential to surpass the Harrison Ford-led “Yellowstone” offshoot “1923,” which often seemed more concerned with setting up future “Yellowstone“-verse events, rather than telling a self-contained story.

Created by Tony Tost, who more recently became the showrunner for season 2 of Peacock’s “Poker Face,” “Damnation” aired on USA Network in the United States and was made available on Netflix in other countries. The Western period drama is set…