Taylor Sheridan remains one of the busiest people in the world of TV. He is best known, of course, for creating theYellowstoneuniverse, with the hit Paramount neo-Western spawning multiple spinoffs, including1883,1923, and the upcoming1944. Prior toYellowstone, however, Sheridan was a successful screenwriter in Hollywood, writing movies likeSicario(2015),Hell or High Water(2016), andWind River(2017), the latter of which he also directed.
Following the massive success ofYellowstone, Sheridan has drastically expanded his footprint on the television landscape. He created shows likeMayor of Kingstown, which stars Jeremy Renner and is set to return for season 4, andTulsa King, the Sylvester Stallone crime drama that will return for season 3. Most recently, Sheridan createdLandman, a new series starring Billy Bob Thornton that has been a big hit with viewers.There is one other Sheridan series, however, that might just be his most action-packed.
Lioness Has Become A Global Netflix Hit
The Taylor Sheridan Show Finds Renewed Success
Lionessascends Netflix’s top 10 chart following its debut on the service. Premiering in 2023, the Paramount+ series stars Zoe Saldaña as Joe, the leader of a CIA program that puts female agents deep behind enemy lines to disrupt terrorist activity. Also starring Nicole Kidman, Dave Annable, Laysla De Oliveira, and Morgan Freeman, season 1 debuted to mixed reviews from critics, butseason 2, which premiered last October, was received far more favorably.
This has led to an average Rotten Tomatoes score for the series of 73%. New data fromNetflixnow reveals thatLioness,specifically season 1, ranks as the sixth most popular English-language serieson the platform globally for the week of April 14 – 20. The Sheridan show racked up an impressive 3.4 million views in total, with 20 million hours viewed.
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Lionessmade the top 10 list in 22 countries in total and took the number one spot in three, including the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago.
What This Means For Lioness
Will Season 3 Happen?
TheLionessseason 2 finale was released on June 01, 2025, butthe series hasn’t yet been renewed for season 3. There’s been no official word about the show’s future, but the season 2 finale has not been treated as a series finale, which is a promising sign. Paramount will be looking primarily at viewership on Paramount+ to determine whetherLionessseason 3happens, and its success on Netflix bodes well in this regard.
Lionessis not streaming on Netflix in the U.S. but remains available to stream on Paramount+.
