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Dutton Ranch was renewed for a second season on Wednesday. Now seven episodes into its nine-episode first season, the news comes as little surprise after a record-breaking ratings debut.
But the Yellowstone spinoff launched with mega expectations from Paramount Television Studios and 101 Studios, who set out to continue TV’s top franchise with both Dutton Ranch and Yellowstone spinoff Marshals (airing on CBS, and also renewed for a second season). And those expectations carried over to stars Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser, now executive producers on Dutton Ranch, when they spoke to The Hollywood Reporter at the beginning of the season.
“It was a serious decision, honestly, [to do Dutton Ranch],” said Reilly, while sitting alongside her co-star during a May interview. “It wasn’t one that either of us took lightly because we were so proud of [Yellowstone] and the world. They’re big shoes to fill — big boots to fill. … I didn’t think that there was anybody else better than myself to navigate Beth, other than Taylor [Sheridan]. That’s something I wanted to protect. Something that was really important to me.”
Below, during a pre-launch sitdown, the two stars of the flagship spoke about the care that went into making Dutton Ranch (the second Yellowstone spinoff not written by Sheridan) and their hopes to create a new legacy, while also teasing the season one ending and addressing the exit of showrunner Chad Feehan as they eyed a season two. “I’m not sure that [Beth and Rip] are karmically meant for peace, but that doesn’t stop them from wanting it,” says Reilly. “And that there is the drama.”
