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Taylor Sheridan is poised to make NBCUniversal his TV and film production home under a lucrative long-term deal starting in three years after he will have spent a decade with Paramount Television. Sheridan has emerged as a prolific series creator and busy showrunner who has delivered a string of series for Paramount and its platforms: “Yellowstone” and its spinoffs, as well as “Tulsa King,” “Lioness,” “Landman” and “Mayor of Kingstown,” among others. News that Sheridan is about to strike a megabucks deal with NBCUniversal, as courted by entertainment chief Donna Langley, was first reported Sunday by Puck. NBCUniversal declined comment as did Paramount. Sheridan’s spokeswoman could not immediately be reached Sunday evening. It was no secret that Sheridan’s representatives at CAA were testing the waters for a new overall deal arrangement for the producer. Sheridan has blazed his own trail in the streaming era, with a fast-paced production process that he steers with a strong hand. He’s even invested in two ranches in Texas for filming locations and other production assets that are used in his shows. Sheridan found a niche at Paramount Television with the success of the “Dallas”-esque Western soap “Yellowstone.” That show debuted as a linear series on the Paramount Network cabler in 2018. Most of the Sheridan canon is in the streaming realm, where the series protocols are a fit with his auteur-ish workng habits. More to come
