Paramount will lose its most prolific television creator, Taylor Sheridan, who has closed a long-term film and television deal with NBCUniversal, Deadline has confirmed.
The massive five-year overall deal for film, TV and streaming, will begin Jan. 1, 2029 after Sheridan’s overall TV deal with Paramount ends. (It goes through 2028.) Also moving to NBCUniversal is Sheridan’s close collaborator David Glasser and his 101 Studios. Glasser has signed a first-look film and TV deal with the new studio that will begin in March 2026, after his company fulfills its current Taylor Sheridan obligations to Paramount.
This is a shocker, underscoring the high stakes and intensity of the new era in the talent wars that commenced with Skydance’s acquisition of Paramount Global. In one of the combined company’s first major moves, it poached Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer from their longtime home, Netflix, with a similarly massive film and TV deal.
Sheridan’s departure, first reported by Puck, is also surprising as the new Paramount regime made it clear on Day 1 that he was the top creator on their roster and someone they were looking to keep in the fold for a long time; Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison called him “a singular genius with a perfect track record.”
But the merger came with top executive changes too, including the departure of co-CEO Chris McCarthy who was directly involved in the Taylor Sheridan business.
Starting with Yellowstone, Sheridan has launched a slew of hits for Paramount. His slate of series for Paramount+ have been consistently the streamer’s top performers.
“On Paramount+ today, we have a really great foundation, which is the Taylor Sheridan universe,” Paramount’s Chair of Direct-to-Consumer Cindy Holland said in August.
Sheridan’s current Paramount series include Mayor of Kingstown, Landman, Lioness, Tulsa King and three upcoming Yellowstone spinoffs.
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