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After hearing Ed Harris’s remarks about Season 1 and Cole Hauser liking his interview on IG, I really wonder what the hell Chad Feehan was thinking, especially when Kelly Reilly, Cole Hauser, and Ed Harris were unhappy. Why on earth did he think he could turn this show into the Carter and Oreana teenage drama? He obviously does not know his audience. I’m here for the adults. Season 2 better be about Beth, Rip, Everett, and Beulah with very little Carter and preferably no Oreana. Those two have zero chemistry.
We better get lots more Beth and Rip.

Thank goodness Kelly and Cole had him fired. Hopefully the new showrunner and writers will listen.

From The Wrap:

“Dutton Ranch” closed out its first season as Paramount+’s biggest freshman series to date, TheWrap can exclusively reveal.

The “Yellowstone” spinoff series climbed the ranks of the streamer as it wrapped up its first installment with an average 13.3 million views per episode, based on seven-day viewing data from Paramount.

The viewership boosted “Dutton Ranch,” which has already been renewed for a Season 2, to rank as the No. 1 title on Paramount+ globally every week since its May launch.

“Dutton Ranch” also made ratings waves as it ran on Paramount Network, ranking as the No. 1 show on cable during its run among total viewers. Season 1 averaged 2 million viewers on Paramount Network alone, becoming the most-watched new cable series among total viewers in three years.

“Dutton Ranch” has also appeared within Nielsen’s top 10 weekly streaming original series since its launch, pulling ahead of other buzzy series like Prime Video’s YA hit “Off Campus” and Apple TV’s “Your Friends & Neighbors.”

Most recently, “Dutton Ranch” was the No. 3 streaming original for the week of June 8 with 746 million minutes viewed on Paramount+ following the debut of Episode 6 on Friday, June 12, landing only behind Peacock’s “Love Island USA” and Netflix’s “Sweet Magnolias.”

The full season builds on the strong ratings from its series premiere, which tallied 12.9 million views globally in the week of its launch. The debut marked the biggest original series launch in Paramount+ history.

Produced by Paramount Television Studios and 101 Studios, “Dutton Ranch” is created by executive producer and showrunner Chad Feehan based on characters created by EPs Taylor Sheridan and John Linson. Additional EPs include David C. Glasser, Art Linson, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin, Bob Yari, Christina Alexandra Voros, Michael Friedman, Kelly Reilly, Cole Hauser and Keith Cox.

So the new showrunner will bring his own writers for Season 2. Filming to begin in early 2027, so a fall premiere.

I skimmed it. Will read it more in-depth in a few.

Cole Hauser: But that was a real reality too. That was an energy. I mean, that's something that we live through and put on camera together. And looking back at it, I'm sure years from now, Kelly and I will be sitting hopefully on an island laughing about all the struggles and the ups and downs and the beauty of it too, you know? You can't forget that, you know?
Sometimes it's the lowest part. As long as you have somebody special like Kelly there to kinda lift you up and just go, "Let's keep f**king powering forward.
[Laughing] You know what I mean? And that's what we did together. It was a two-way street.

❤️

“Which I don’t mind, as long as I’m shouldering it with Cole. We’re such a team, him and I. We lean on each other. We ask each other advice. We’re not doing this on our own.”

Love this. This is a great interview. I love what they say about Season 2.

Summary

Rip and Beth confront a danger that threatens everything.