Yellowstone creator denies that hit show is a “red-state Game of Thrones”

Yellowstone is the biggest show on TV right now, which has inspired plenty of critics to compare it to the previous biggest show on TV.

Yellowstone is a show on the Paramount Network network about a powerful family that operates a Wyoming cattle ranch that abuts an Indian reservation as well as land controlled by land developers. It is also the most popular show on cable, inspiring after-episode water-cooler talk like no TV series since HBO’s Game of Thrones.

That’s inspired some critics to compare the two series, which is easier than you’d think given all the politicking the Dutton family does to keep their advantage. Yellowstone has also developed a reputation for having a conservative outlook on things, with Forbes calling it “a red stater’s delight” and The New York Times describing it as “a conservative fantasy liberals should watch.”

For his part, Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan disagrees with this characterization. “They refer to it as ‘the conservative show’ or ‘the Republican show’ or ‘the red-state Game of Thrones,'” he told the The Atlantic. “And I just sit back laughing. I’m like, ‘Really?'”

"The show’s talking about the displacement of Native Americans and the way Native American women were treated and about corporate greed and the gentrification of the West, and land-grabbing. That’s a red-state show?"

I haven’t watched Yellowstone myself, so I can’t really speak to whether it’s right-leaning, left-leaning, or the mythological neutral. Looking in from the outside, maybe people see that it’s got a lot of people on horses in cowboy hats and just assume that means it’s conservative…?

However that shakes out, a lot of people are watching. The show is currently airing its fifth season. New episodes drop Sundays on the Paramount Network.

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