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Paramount+ is home to a wide range of programming, but Taylor Sheridan undoubtedly rules as the king of the streaming mountain. Between the wider Yellowstone franchise, his Billy Bob Thornton-led megahit Landman, Sylvester Stallone's Tulsa King, and Mayor of Kingstown, which is gearing up for its fifth and final season, among other things, he typically has a stranglehold on subscribers' attention, dominating the viewership charts at just about any given time. Right now, he has three titles in the top ten among U.S. audiences — the aforementioned Landman, CBS' Marshals, and the new Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler-centric spin-off, Dutton Ranch. Yet, even with two new shows debuting this year, he hasn't been able to keep one of the streamer's most enduring crime thrillers out of the #1 spot.
Criminal Minds returned for its 19th season back in May, and four seasons into its revived Evolution run, it has proven once again that it still has a consistent following on Paramount+. The Jeff Davis-created series surged back to the top spot on the platform's stateside charts to close out last week, over two decades after its premiere on CBS in 2005. The success isn't entirely surprising, considering new episodes are still releasing every Thursday, but it's no small feat for the procedural to keep such a wide audience engaged in the operations of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit for so long. Making the ranking all the more impressive is that Dutton Ranch, which is trailing just behind in second place and broke the record for biggest Paramount+ debut, still has two more episodes left in its inaugural run. It's a showcase of exactly why there was no hesitation to order a 20th season months in advance.
Evolution gave the thriller new life with a more serialized format, still following the BAU in their efforts to profile, analyze, and track down perpetrators of violent, disturbing serial crimes, while also tangling with more serious, long-term threats like the Sicarius killer, Elias Voit (Zach Gilford). In Season 19, Voit is still behind bars and attempting to atone after helping the agents he once terrorized dismantle his network of killers and stop The Disciple (Jordana Spiro). They certainly need his help with the arrival of a new unsub that pushes the team to their limits — The Fan. In the wake of Voit's newfound infamy, this new copycat seeks not just to emulate his idol, but surpass him through increasingly disturbing means. Voit becomes the ultimate resource for the BAU to crack how the calculating new killer ticks, though even with his help, they may not be prepared for the lengths their target is willing to go.
Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz
Which Taylor Sheridan
Show Do You Belong In?
Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn't write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
FIND YOUR WORLD →
01
Where does your power come from? In Sheridan's world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
ALand, legacy, and a name that's been feared and respected for generations. BKnowing the deal better than anyone else in the room — and being willing to walk away first. CReputation. I've earned it the hard way, and everyone in the room knows it. DBeing the only person both sides will talk to. That makes me indispensable — and dangerous.
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02
Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan's universe is always absolute — and always costly.
AFamily — blood or chosen. The ranch, the name, the people who carry it with me. BThe company — or whoever's signing the cheques. Loyalty follows the contract. CMy crew. The men who stood with me when it counted — I don't abandon them for anything. DMy community — even when my community is a powder keg and I'm the only thing stopping it from blowing.
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03
Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it's crossed.
AQuietly, decisively, and in a way that sends a message to everyone watching. BI outmanoeuvre them legally, financially, and politically before they even know I've moved. CDirectly. Old school. You cross me, you hear about it to your face — and then you deal with the consequences. DI absorb it, calculate the fallout, and find the move that keeps the whole system from collapsing.
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04
Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan's worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
AWide open land — mountains, sky, silence. Somewhere you can see trouble coming from a mile away. BThe oil fields of West Texas — brutal, lucrative, and indifferent to whoever happens to be standing on top of them. CA mid-size city where the rules haven't quite caught up yet — fertile ground for someone with vision and nerve. DA rust-belt town built around a prison — where everyone's life is shaped by what's inside those walls.
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05
How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
AI do what has to be done to protect what's mine. I'll answer for it eventually — but not today. BGrey is just business. The line moves depending on what's at stake, and I move with it. CI have a code — it's not the law's code, but it's mine, and I don't break it. DI've made peace with it. Keeping the peace requires compromises most people don't have the stomach for.
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06
What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they're defending.
AA way of life that the modern world is doing everything it can to erase. BMy position — and the leverage that comes with being the person everyone needs to close a deal. CRelevance. I've been away, I've been written off — and I'm proving that was a mistake. DWhatever fragile order I've managed to build — because without it, everything burns.
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07
How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan's world is never given — it's established, maintained, and constantly tested.
ABy example and force of will. People follow me because they believe in what I'm protecting — and because they know what happens if they don't. BThrough negotiation and leverage. I don't need people to like me — I need them to need me. CBy being the smartest, most experienced person in the room and making sure everyone quietly knows it. DBy being the calm centre of a situation that would spiral without me — and accepting that nobody thanks you for it.
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08
Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
AThey'll learn. Or they won't. Either way, the land was here before them and it'll be here after. BI figure out what they want, what they're worth, and whether they're an asset or a problem — fast. CI was the outsider once. I give them a chance — one — to show they understand respect. DNew players destabilise everything I've built. I assess the threat and manage it before it manages me.
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09
What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
AMy family's peace — maybe their innocence. The ranch demands everything, and I've let it take too much. BRelationships, time, any version of a normal life. The job eats everything that isn't nailed down. CYears. Decades in some cases. Time I can't get back — but I'm not done yet. DMy conscience, mostly. And the ability to ever fully trust anyone on either side of the wall.
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10
When it's over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan's characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
AThat I held the line. That the land is still ours and everything I did was worth it. BThat I was the best at what I did and that no deal ever got closed without me at the table. CThat I built something real, somewhere nobody expected it, and I did it on my own terms. DThat I kept the peace when nobody else could — and that the town is still standing because of it.
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Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you're complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world's indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you're willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family's weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what's yours, you don't escalate — you finish it. You're not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone's world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn't make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You're a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they'll do to get it. You're not naive enough to think this world is fair. You're smart enough to be the one deciding who it's fair to.
You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you're not above reminding people that the two aren't mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they'd be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they're more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don't need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you're the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky's world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You've made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
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Is 'Criminal Minds: Evolution' Season 19 Worth Watching?
After a somewhat divisive Season 18, Collider's Jasneet Singh hailed Season 19 as a return to form for the series after seeing the first few episodes. In her 8/10 review, she hailed it for its new cinematic flair and return to what made the series a mainstay, saying, "Criminal Minds is proving that it still has tricks up its sleeves and remains relevant within today's streaming churn." Erica Messer has remained at the helm since taking the reins for Evolution, with the same reliable cast including Joe Mantegna, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, RJ Hatanaka, Adam Rodriguez, and Paget Brewster still on the hunt. Season 19 has also had another exciting round of guest stars, headlined by Heated Rivalry star Connor Storrie in a much different role than his breakout turn.
Speaking to Collider's Christina Radish, Rodriguez took responsibility for picking Storrie, recalling how he fought for the young actor after a standout audition. Upon working with him, he felt the decision was perfect for Evolution, and he couldn't be happier to see his career quickly take off.
"April [Webster] had sent some tapes and Connor, for me, popped out immediately. I was like, 'This guy’s my first choice.' I needed somebody that was dangerous in appearance but could also be vulnerable. I really felt like he embodied what I was looking for, not just physically, but in his performance. He gave a great performance. Not everybody saw it that way, but fortunately, myself and (showrunner) Erica Messer both did, and Erica supported that in a way that we were able to push it through. And so, we cast Connor, and gladly. He came in and turned out to be a really nice guy. He was just a pleasure to be around. He was very well liked by everybody – make-up, hair, and everybody. He has a great personality. And then, his career exploded like it did, in what seemed overnight. We shot his stuff last summer, and by the fall, his show had come out, and he was just off to the races. It was unbelievable. I’m really happy for the guy. I hope he’s enjoying himself and I hope he is able to sustain that for a long time."
New episodes of Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 19 air every Thursday on Paramount+. Stay tuned here at Collider for more on all the biggest success stories on streaming throughout the year.
Release Date September 22, 2005
Showrunner Erica Messer
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Kirsten Vangsness
Penelope Garcia
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