‘Landman’ Renewed at Paramount+ After Breakout First Season

Paramount+ is headed back to the West Texas oil fields.

The streamer has renewed its drama series Landman for a second season. The pickup comes two months after the show, co-created by Yellowstone’s Taylor Sheridan and starring Billy Bob Thornton, concluded a breakout first season.

Landman ranked among the top 10 original streaming series during the fourth quarter of last year and continued its strong run into January, racking up almost 9.7 billion minutes of viewing over 11 weeks in Nielsen’s top 10 streaming rankings. (Two other Paramount+/Sheridan shows, Tulsa King and Lioness, also ranked among the top 10 streaming originals in the fourth quarter.)

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