By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2026-08-19 22:12:06 | Updated at 2026-08-19 22:21:20
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Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan has formally revealed that the prospective spin-off 6666, which was announced in 2021, has been scrapped.
On Yellowstone, Jefferson White's character Jimmy Hurdstrom leaves the show's Montana setting to work on the real 6666 Ranch in Texas.
Sheridan, 56, acquired the actual property after its previous owner's death, buttressing rumors a new series could eventually be set there.
As Yellowstone sprouted a thicket of spin-offs, including Dutton Ranch, 1923, 1883 and Marshals, viewers continued to nurture hopes 6666 would materialize.
However, Sheridan has now clarified that the project will not proceed because of his aversion to the idea of 'trivializing' the lives of the real people he employs on the ranch, on an episode of the podcast Rodeo Time.
'I would never fictionalize that ranch,' he said, noting that 'people thought that that was gonna be,' but insisting: 'That's never gonna happen.'
The Daily Mail has contacted a representative for Sheridan for further comment.
Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan has formally revealed that the prospective spin-off 6666, which was announced in 2021, has been scrapped
Although fan hopes of a 6666 show have been dashed, another spin-off set in Texas, Dutton Ranch, starring Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser, has been renewed for a second season
The original Yellowstone series included occasional scenes of Jimmy's life on the 6666 Ranch, with actual workers there featuring in the supporting parts.
'I've actually got on my computer all the scenes of Jimmy at the 6666 pulled out and strung together, and it makes its own perfect little movie where you watch him go there as this misfit and leave a man and a respected cowboy,' said Sheridan.
He observed that viewers 'who are in the cowboy world' were able to recognize Heath Ownbey, the real-life cattle manager of the Waggoner Ranch, 'and so for the people who know, that rings really true to them.'
However, the prospect of manufacturing new storylines on a full-out spin-off would involve 'making up lives. Now I have to invent a drama. We can't just watch a kid learn how to rope every single episode,' Sheridan noted.
'So now I'm trivializing and fictionalizing something where real people work and they raise their families there, and I could never do that to them.'
He said he was 'very protective' of the ranch and 'very, very careful' of the 'big responsibility' of being the 'person who has to protect that brand.'
The 6666 Ranch was founded in 1900 by the cattleman Samuel Burk Burnett and was in the hands of his great-granddaughter Anne Windfohr Marion by the time Sheridan's association with the property began.
In 2020, Marion died of lung cancer aged 81, and in 2022, Sheridan's investment group bought the ranch for a rumored $320 million.
Another heartthrob from Yellowstone, Luke Grimes, has landed a spin-off of his own entitled Marshals, which premiered in March
(from left) Kelly Reilly, Kevin Costner, Luke Grimes, Kelsey Chow, Wes Bentley and Cole Hauser are pictured in a publicity still for season two of Yellowstone in 2019
On Yellowstone, Jefferson White's character Jimmy Hurdstrom - pictured (left) with Denim Richards as Colby (right) - leaves Montana to work on the real 6666 Ranch in Texas
Sheridan, 56, acquired the actual property after its previous owner's death, buttressing rumors a new series could eventually be set there
Although fan hopes of a 6666 show have been dashed, another spin-off set in Texas, Dutton Ranch, has been renewed for a second season after airing its first run of episodes from May until July to a ravenous response from viewers.
Another heartthrob from Yellowstone, Luke Grimes, has landed a spin-off of his own entitled Marshals, which premiered this March.
Two period spin-offs have also emerged from the franchise – 1923, led by Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, and 1883, starring Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and Sam Elliott.
Sheridan's vast television empire also includes such series as the Texas-based oil drama Landman, fronted by Billy Bob Thornton and Demi Moore, as well as the spy thriller Lioness, featuring Zoe Saldana, Nicole Kidman and Morgan Freeman.
