Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan launched a sharp critique of television critics and network executives during an appearance on The Bill Simmons Podcast on Monday.
Speaking from his ranch in Wyoming, the 56-year-old producer explained his storytelling philosophy and recent network transitions.
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Sheridan said he deliberately made choices for the first season of his Paramount+ series Landman, such as keeping actress Demi Moore mostly in the background, knowing it would provoke reviewers.
"The critics are going to come after me: '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," he said.
Sheridan stated he remains indifferent to external reviews.
"The critics and me… I don't care what they think and it annoys the s--t out of them that I don't care," he added.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Sheridan recently moved from Paramount to a contract with NBC Universal after refusing to make his television programs "overtly political."
The creator also expressed frustration with corporate interference, specifically noting his dislike for "endless rewrites."
Sheridan argued that the modern corporate structure of entertainment companies lacks genuine creative expertise, comparing today's environment unfavorably to past eras of filmmaking.
"It didn't used to be this way when Steve McQueen was a movie star at Paramount and Bobby Evans ran the studio because writers were turned loose.
Directors were turned completely loose. There weren't endless rewrites," he said.
