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Critic’s Notebook: Capitalism and TV Today, a Love/Hate Story

In an ironic twist, some of the biggest perpetrators of corporate ruthlessness in the entertainment industry are currently producing several of the most honest portraits of our bleak economic moment.

Jeremy Renner Shares Look at “Electric Stimulation Workout” For Recovery Following Snowplow Accident

Jeremy Renner is proving that nothing is stopping him on his road to recovery following his New Year’s Day snowplow accident. The Mayor of Kingstown star shared a video on his Instagram Story Saturday that showed his leg pulsing from stimulation devices attached throughout his calf and thigh to help with recovery. He also added […]

‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Co-Creator Hugh Dillon on Fighter Jeremy Renner and an “Uncompromising” Season 2

Mayor of Kingstown co-creator Hugh Dillon first pitched the Paramount+ series to his fellow co-creator Taylor Sheridan when the latter was his acting coach in 2008. Dillon starred on CBS’ Flashpoint for five seasons, and Sheridan coached him throughout all 75 episodes. The duo became fast friends in the process, prompting Dillon to bring up […]

Paramount+ Pivots ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Marketing to Remove Wounds From Jeremy Renner’s Face

The Mayor of Kingstown boss has called the Paramount+ series “the most dangerous show on television,” but its marketing campaign is suddenly timid. Before series star Jeremy Renner was critically injured in a Jan. 1 snowplow accident, his character appeared in season two key art with a severely scuffed-up face. But now that the actor’s […]

Jeremy Renner Has Surgery After Snow Plowing Accident, Remains in Critical Condition

Jeremy Renner, who was injured in a snow plowing accident on New Year’s Day, underwent surgery Monday and remained hospitalized in critical but stable condition, his publicist confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. The actor suffered “blunt chest trauma and orthopedic injuries” while plowing snow near Reno, Nevada, and was in the intensive care unit, his […]

‘Yellowstone’ Guide: Creator Taylor Sheridan Has Eight Other TV Shows

With Paramount Network’s ranch drama Yellowstone going from sleeper hit to buzzy blockbuster over the last year (its most recent season finale drew nearly 15 million viewers), it’s no surprise Paramount+, as it strives for streaming war market-share, is developing a flurry of other projects from the show’s prolific writer-producer Taylor Sheridan. The 51-year-old with […]

Paramount+ Orders More ‘1883’ and Another ‘Yellowstone’ Prequel

Paramount+ is expanding the saga of the Dutton family. The streamer has ordered more episodes of 1883 along with another Yellowstone prequel series, it announced Tuesday. The new show is titled 1932 and “will follow a new generation of Duttons during the time of Western expansion, Prohibition and the Great Depression.” As for 1883, the […]

‘Yellowstone’ Renewed for Season 5 at Paramount Network

Yellowstone will ride again at Paramount Network. The ranch drama starring Kevin Costner and from creator Taylor Sheridan has been renewed for a fifth season on the ViacomCBS-owned basic cable network. The family drama capped a record-breaking season in January when the finale drew 10.3 million total viewers, an all-time high for both the series […]

‘Mayor of Kingstown,’ ‘The Game,’ ‘SEAL Team’ Renewed at Paramount+

Paramount+ executives came armed with news for their first, albeit virtual, presentation to the Television Critics Association on Tuesday. Nicole Clemens and Tanya Giles, meeting the press corps for the first time since respectively taking over as head of scripted originals and programming chief at the streamer, announced renewals for three of the expanded service’s […]

How ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Turned Isabel May Into the Star of ‘1883’

1883 star Isabel May is still in disbelief that she serves as the audience’s eyes and ears on a Yellowstone prequel series that counts Sam Elliott, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill as co-stars. May plays 17-year-old Elsa Dutton, who’s an ancestor of Kevin Costner’s Yellowstone patriarch, John Dutton. Once Yellowstone became the biggest show on […]

Paramount+’s ‘Mayor of Kingstown’: TV Review

Jeremy Renner plays a problem solver in a prison town in a new drama from Taylor Sheridan whose title you shouldn't confuse with 'Mare of Easttown,' but probably will.

Jeremy Renner Leads a Small-Town Crime Family in ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Trailer

On Thursday, Paramount+ released the first trailer for its upcoming series Mayor of Kingstown. It stars two-time Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner as Mike McLusky, the mayor of the fictional town of Kingstown, Michigan, where incarceration is the only thriving industry. Taylor Sheridan’s series follows the McLusky family, power brokers in the small town, and tackles […]