The &x27;Yellowstone&x27; Spinoff 'Dutton Ranch' Finally Has a Premiere Date Lauren HubbardTue, March 24, 2026 at 3:04 PM UTC 0 It's finally happening! Back in 2024, Yellowstone fans spent months on tenterhooks over the rumors that stars Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser were in negotiations to carry on the beloved Western drama into a sixth season. However, we now know for certain that Reilly and Hauser will carry on the stories of Beth and Rip a new spinoff show, Dutton Ranch.
The 'Yellowstone' Spinoff 'Dutton Ranch' Finally Has a Premiere Date
Lauren HubbardTue, March 24, 2026 at 3:04 PM UTC
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It's finally happening! Back in 2024, Yellowstone fans spent months on tenterhooks over the rumors that stars Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser were in negotiations to carry on the beloved Western drama into a sixth season. However, we now know for certain that Reilly and Hauser will carry on the stories of Beth and Rip a new spinoff show, Dutton Ranch.
While the show has been through its fair share of schedule shuffling (it was originally expected to premiere in fall 2025 before being pushed back to this year) we now, at last, have an official premiere date. Beth and Rip will make their triumphant return to TV on Friday, May 15, 2026 with two episodes. The next seven episodes will air weekly.
The spring debut isn't the only surprise, either. Along with the announcement of the premiere date, Paramount also released an official synopsis for the series which includes at least one major change from the expectations set by the Yellowstone finale. Despite Beth and Rip's move to a new Montana ranch at the end of the original series, Dutton Ranch will actually take place in Texas. "As Beth and Rip fight to build a future together—far from the ghosts of Yellowstone—they collide with brutal new realities and a ruthless rival ranch that will stop at nothing to protect its empire," the synopsis reveals. "In South Texas, blood runs deeper, forgiveness is fleeting, and the cost of survival might just be your soul."
Here's everything else we know so far about the new Yellowstone spinoff.
The Cast
Along with Reilly and Hauser, Finn Little, who played Carter, a young boy who was taken in by Beth and Rip on the original series, has signed on as a series regular for the new show. Little always seemed a likely addition to the cast, as his character left the Yellowstone Dutton ranch to start a new life with Rip and Beth at the end of the series.
Some new faces will be joining the cast as well, offering some tantalizing hints about the series. In late August 2025, it was revealed that Annette Bening will appear as Beulah Jackson, a "powerful, cunning and charming head of a major ranch in Texas." Just a few days later, Ed Harris was also announced for the series, playing Everett McKinney. Harris's character will reportedly be a "veterinarian who treats animals with compassion and understanding, and possesses a good sense of humor."
Juan Pablo Raba, Jai Courtney, J.R. Villarreal, Marc Menchaca, and Natalie Alyn Lind are all also onboard for the series.
New images hint at the show's future
Along with the premiere announcement, Paramount also released a batch of first look images, offering our first glimpses of Rip and Beth's new life in Texas.
Rip and Beth share a dance.Paramount+
Reilly with Ed Harris in Beth's natural habitat.Paramount+
Annette Benning as Beulah Jackson.Paramount+
Read Town & Country's Dec 2024/Jan 2025 cover starring Reilly.Paramount+
Beth and Rip will serve as the heart of the series.Paramount+
Dutton-verse newcomer Natalie Alyn Lind, who plays Oreana, appears poised for some romance with Carter, played by Finn Little.Paramount+
Jai Courtney will play a character named Rob-Will.Paramount+It's titled Dutton Ranch after all…
While the Yellowstone shows have a history of title swaps, in a May 2025 earnings call Paramount Global co-CEO Chris McCarthy, referred to the series as Dutton Ranch (or possibly The Dutton Ranch.) That echoed an earlier report by Bloomberg that the show was operating under that working title.
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However, just a few weeks later, Cole Hauser put the kibosh on that, saying definitively in an interview, "Well, first of all, it's not Dutton Ranch. That's not the name of it."
Whether there was some debate about the title or Hauser was simply teasing fans isn't clear, but the series now appears to definitively be titled Dutton Ranch.
In Deadline's early reports, indications were that the new show would carry Yellowstone in the title—unlike the series's prequels 1883, 1923, and 1944. Now, though, it seems that it will be taking a similar tack to its fellow Dutton spinoff Marshals, and leaving the famed ranch's name out of the mix.
What will the series be about?
When the series was first floated, its synopsis indicated that the show would pick up directly from the end of Yellowstone. "The Dutton Ranch, home to Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler, is a testament to the peace they sought, fought for, and nearly died for, as they've come to cherish their 7,000-acre ranch. With tough times and stiff competition, Beth and Rip do what they must to survive, all while ensuring Carter becomes the man he's supposed to be," the original synopsis read, per Deadline.
The season five finale of Yellowstone saw Beth buying a new property in Montana for the couple to live on. As she described it, the ranch is "40 miles west of Dillon, over 2 hours from an airport, not a fucking ski resort in sight."
At some point in the interim, however, it seems that the series was shifted to Texas, where creator Taylor Sheridan's ranch and production studio are located and where many of his series, including Lioness and Landman are filmed.
In June 2025 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Hauser gave a general sense of what we can hope for. "Kelly and I, we're focused on [Rip and Beth's] relationship and our love together, and what we're going to get [them] into. I'm excited just like everybody else. I can't wait to see what they come up with. Hopefully, we'll start seeing stuff soon."
He added, "Not having the cast around certainly [is hard]. Forrie J. Smith [who played ranch hand Lloyd on Yellowstone] has become such a great friend of mine that to think that my right-hand guy wouldn't be there [is hard]."
We will continue to update this story as more is announced.
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Published: March 24, 2026 at 05:09PM on Source: RED MAG
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