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Taylor Sheridan is taking aim at studio executives and critics.
The Yellowstone creator says he often aims to “rage-bait” his dissenters.
Sheridan shared that he has no interest in trying to win Emmys.
Taylor Sheridan has a simple message for his critics: “F— ’em.”
The prolific producer doesn’t do many interviews these days, despite often having multiple shows airing at once. But he made sure to come out firing in his appearance on Sunday’s episode of The Bill Simmons Podcast, ripping studio executives and critics.
Sheridan cited the flack he took for how little Demi Moore had to do in season 1 of Landman, which coincided with her Oscar nomination for The Substance. Sheridan insisted Moore knew she’d be a glorified extra at the start before becoming central to the action in season 2 after her character Cami took over the oil company founded by her late husband (Jon Hamm).
“The critics are going to come after me,” Sheridan told Simmons. “I’m underutilizing [Moore], can’t write for women, all this nonsense. Then I’m going to kill your husband and you’re going to have to run the oil company. The critics and me — I don’t care what they think, and it annoys the s— out of them that I don’t care. I’ll be the first to tell you that there are things that I do that rage-bait them a bit, and this is one of them. F— ’em, honestly.”
One of those “rage-bait” examples was likely in season 2 of Landman, when Sheridan introduced Paigyn (Bobbi Salvör Menuez), the non-binary, vegan, ferret-owning college rommate of Ainsley (Michelle Randolph). The story line led to plenty of headlines, with words like “controversial” and “woke” thrown around.
Billy Bob Thornton and Demi Moore on ‘Landman’
Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+
After a career as a character actor, Sheridan decided to pursue writing full-time, and once he found success on the big screen with Sicario and Hell or High Water, he jumped into television with Yellowstone. The Kevin Costner–fronted western soon became a pop culture phenomenon, and the Sheridan empire was well on its way.
Sheridan has created eight shows in the last decade, many of them within the Yellowstone Universe. And while he and his programs have yet to be rewarded with a single major Emmy nomination (Michelle Pfeiffer might break that streak this year with The Madison), Sheridan’s programs have dominated the TV landscape, connecting with the non-coastal parts of the country.
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Sheridan was recently rewarded with a $1 billion developmental deal at NBC Universal, and being in business with him means that he does what he wants, especially since he believes most executives these days “know nothing.”
“This is not a democracy,” he said on the Simmons podcast. “There’s no committee. You’re going to pay me and you’re going to give me a bunch of money and I’m going to deliver you these shows. I’m pretty common and I’m going to tell stories that common people are going to understand. That’s most of America.”
He continued, “You’re not going to win no Emmys with me, but I’m not trying to win Emmys. That’s not my goal. My goal is to sit somebody on their couch and move them, make them think, make them laugh, scare the shit out of them, excite them. That’s what I want to do, because that’s what I want from a show.”
The season finale of the Sheridan-produced Yellowstone spinoff Dutton Ranch premieres Friday on Paramount+.
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