Overview
- Paramount+ has officially renewed Dutton Ranch for a second season following the series’ successful first run.
- The show delivered Paramount+’s biggest original-series launch, drawing 12.9 million global viewers in its first week.
- Creator and season 1 showrunner Chad Feehan will not return and Benjamin Cavell has been hired as the new showrunner.
- Producers say the series will pivot toward organized-crime storylines that grew out of season 1’s finale while main leads are expected to reprise their roles.
- Ed Harris’s Everett McKinney will take on a much larger part in season 2 and the series will keep production tied to Texas locations as casting and a 2027 return window are finalized.