When you’re already head-over-heels for Kayce Dutton’s (Luke Grimes) return on the brand new CBS drama Marshals however cannot stand the week-long wait between episodes, we have now some excellent news for you. No, we won’t get you every new episode early, however we are able to suggest a sequence of Western and neo-Western dramas that can maintain you over till then, a few of that are extremely bingeable.
Marshals might have, admittedly, rode in a bit late within the neo-Western resurgence, which has been winding down since 2024, but when the CBS sequence proves something, it is that there is nonetheless an viewers for tales of the trendy American West. Whether or not you favor lawmen or outlaws, modern-set tales or interval adventures, there’s one thing right here for everybody. So mud off your boots and prepared your pistol, as a result of we have got some Westerns to evaluate.
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‘Walker’ (2021–2024)
Even The CW aimed to capitalize off the success of the return of the TV Western, and in 2021 the community rebooted the enduring Chuck Norris sequence Walker, Texas Ranger with a daring reimagining that reinvented the Texas-sized wheel. Shifting the title Ranger Cordell Walker (Jared Padalecki) from Houston to Austin, making him a grieving widower and single guardian, and introducing a conspiratorial mythology breathed new life into the Western-adjacent model. And it is higher than it has any motive to be.
For 4 seasons, Walker leaned into the police procedural template whereas concurrently exploring season-long mysteries that put Walker and his most up-to-date companions — Micki Ramirez (Lindsey Morgan), Cassie Perez (Ashley Reyes), and Trey Barnett (Jeff Pierre) — within the line of fireside. Whereas it was cancelled a bit prematurely, the Season 4 finale feels largely passable. Even higher, should you love the Western parts of this present, it spawned a prequel sequence, Walker: Independence, set within the Eighties, that often crossed over with the flagship drama by way of historic artifacts and acquainted faces.
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‘Territory’ (2024)
Shifting down below, Netflix’s Territory is an Australian-made drama that, upon solely a short inspection, feels remarkably much like Yellowstone. Following the extremely dysfunctional Lawson household, the house owners of the most important cattle station on the earth (Marianne Station), the sequence delves into the problems of legacy and battle as Emily Lawson (Anna Torv) tries to maintain the entire thing collectively. In fact, issues do not go in any respect as deliberate.
The sequence additionally stars Robert Taylor and Michael Dorman as father-son duo Colin and Graham, respectively. Each stars will seem once more in a while our record, however if you wish to see them battle one another with sophisticated and really horrific outcomes, Territory is the best way to go. Admittedly, you’d in all probability take pleasure in this extra as a Yellowstone fan than a Marshals one, however if you end up loving each neo-Western hits, this six-part drama could also be calling your identify.
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‘Billy the Child’ (2022–2025)
Leaning extra into the outlaw facet of the American West, MGM+’s Billy the Child is an exciting and layered tackle the titular determine by Michael Hirst. If all this speak concerning the fashionable West has you nostalgic for the Previous West, then look no additional than this three-season sequence that is simply probably the most addictive on this record. Tom Blyth makes waves as Billy, who proves that generally outlaws actually do have hearts of gold.
Though probably not something like Marshals aside from the shared style connections, Billy the Child is a contemporary tackle a well-known story that reminds us of the parents who constructed the West within the first place. The historic Previous West continues to stay on by means of the trendy lawmen and cowboys who make these locales their dwelling, and Billy the Child put issues into perspective. In fact, the social commentary about class and prejudice definitely enhances Marshals nicely.
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‘The Son’ (2017–2019)
One other interval piece, The Son is the whole lot that Yellowstone and 1923 wished to be distilled into two pulse-pounding seasons of household drama and Texan satisfaction. As oilman and cowboy patriarch Eli McCullough (Pierce Brosnan) fights to safe his household identify and legacy by means of his derelict son Pete (Henry Garrett), issues get more and more combative when the latter rekindles a misplaced love with the daughter of Eli’s sworn Mexican enemy. Reflecting on his personal life and upbringing alongside the Comanches, Eli wrestles with the person he is change into.
Based mostly on the novel by Philipp Meyer (who co-developed the sequence), The Son was an AMC triumph that revisited the previous of the 1850s, the “current” of 1915, and the “future” of the Nineteen Eighties. With a plethora of memorable characters, fascinating takes on darkish historic realities, and sufficient drama to final a lifetime, this is likely one of the few modern-made Western exhibits that actually captures how myths are made and guarded within the West. It’s kind of totally different than Marshals, however Yellowstone followers will find it irresistible.
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‘American Primeval’ (2025)
For one thing that is equal elements traditionally based mostly and equal elements, you ought to present American Primeval a attempt. The six-part Netflix restricted sequence is the brainchild of The Revenant screenwriter Mark L. Smith and director Peter Berg, who collectively inform a riveting, bloody, and all-around grotesque story of survival within the aftermath of the notorious “Meadow Mountains Bloodbath.” As Taylor Kitcsh‘s Isaac Reed fights to assist a mom and her son by means of the wild frontier, issues get extra intense than anybody bargained for.
Simply as Kayce struggles with current occasions which have reshaped his life, so too does Reed wrestle with deep loss, warring between two rival cultures. Arguably probably the most gory entry on this record, American Primeval shouldn’t be for the faint of coronary heart. It is also not for many who desire a strict historic adaptation, because it does deviate considerably from the historic accounts that impressed the story.
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‘Joe Pickett’ (2021–2023)
A bit extra in line with Marshals, should you’re searching for a neo-Western crime drama the place the lead character’s spouse is not useless, then Joe Pickett is the sequence for you. Based mostly on the novels of C.J. Field, the Spectrum-turned-Paramount+ drama follows the titular Wyoming Recreation Warden as he stumbles upon legal conspiracies in his personal yard — actually. Michael Dorman stars as Joe Pickett, who’s as lovable as he’s conventional, combating for what’s proper irrespective of the private price.
There are loads of the reason why Joe Pickett makes it on this record. For starters, it is received the whole lot from cowboy lawmen and navy subplots to season-long conspiracies and family-centric drama which you could’t assist however love. The dynamic between the Pickett household alone is a breath of contemporary air for these left unhappy by the path the Duttons took post-Yellowstone. The one disgrace is that it solely lasted two seasons, and was canceled lengthy earlier than its time.
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‘Justified’ (2010–2015)
The neo-Western-adjacent sequence that could possibly be most credited with reviving modern curiosity within the subgenre, Justified is beloved for a very good motive. This six-season FX drama starred Timothy Olyphant as U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, who appears like a lawman pulled proper out of the distant American previous. And but, this modern-set, Appalachian crime drama has no hassle settling into the current, regardless of its hero’s Western flare.
Based mostly on the novels by Elmore Leonard, Justified is a crown-jewel in neo-Western leisure. With glorious characters, excellent motion, and a sequence finale so good that it landed on our record of biggest Western TV episodes of all time, it is one which many can’t get sufficient of. Marshals followers may even be delighted to listen to that Justified continued with a sequel miniseries, Justified: Metropolis Primeval, which removes Givens from his Kentucky dwelling and plops him into a brand new legal conspiracy within the coronary heart of Detroit.
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‘Longmire’ (2012–2017)
One other neo-Western crime drama that leans into the “Previous West-style lawman within the fashionable West” aesthetic, Longmire is arguably probably the most profitable of the 2. Starring the aforementioned Robert Taylor as Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire, the six-season A&E-turned-Netflix hit expertly blended case-by-case episodes with serialized conspiracies that put our hero into open fireplace. It is the kind of neo-Western that you simply will not be capable of flip off — you might even wish to transfer out West afterward.
Based mostly on a sequence of novels by Craig Johnson, Longmire deviated from the web page fairly a bit, introducing new characters, new storylines, and loads of pulse-pounding materials that spoke to lots of the identical cultural points that Marshals goals to. Longmire all the time knew when to lean into the motion or when to make use of Walt’s clever wit and allure to get out of a scrape, reminding us that even classical Western lawmen want to make use of their brains as a lot as their weapons. Whereas we nonetheless need extra, fortunately, Longmire‘s ending is sort of passable.
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‘Darkish Winds’ (2022–Current)
When you’re searching for a present that additional enhances Marshals‘ balanced strategy to Native American points, Longmire is a good choose. However should you solely end up extra intrigued by the mix of legislation enforcement and Native life, Darkish Winds is must-see TV. Zahn McClarnon headlines this four-season (and counting) drama as Lt. Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police, working alongside Sgt. Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon) and Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten) to maintain the peace on the reservation.
One other neo-Western based mostly on a sequence of novels (these by creator Tony Hillerman), the Robert Redford-produced Navajo drama is a testomony to how the style can nonetheless come off as contemporary all these years later. Set within the early Nineteen Seventies on the Navajo Nation, Darkish Winds thrives in its depiction of tribal legislation enforcement because the reservation is left to cope with its personal points. McClarnon is phenomenal right here, and followers who’ve seen a couple of of the exhibits on this record will spot a number of acquainted faces.
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‘Yellowstone’ (2018–2024)
This one is a bit apparent, however should you take pleasure in Marshals and have not already seen Yellowstone, then now’s the time to hit up Taylor Sheridan‘s groundbreaking Montana drama. Though not precisely mandatory viewing to take pleasure in the brand new Kayce-centric sequence, the unique five-season Dutton epic tells the story of the cattle household as they fall prey to actual property builders, rich businessmen, and tribal leaders who will cease at nothing to say their land out from below them. In fact, patriarch John Dutton (Kevin Costner) would relatively die first.
Though you possibly can all the time learn up on Kayce’s Yellowstone story to raised perceive Marshals, there’s one thing to be stated about experiencing it for your self. Watching his marriage to Monica (Kelsey Asbille) and his strained relationship along with his father develop over time is arguably the most effective issues concerning the neo-Western sequence. And, should you’re over the soapiness of the flagship present, you possibly can all the time run to the previous for the 1883 miniseries or the two-season 1923 for one thing new.
