1883 (TV series)

American Western drama miniseries

1883

Also known as| 1883: A Yellowstone Origin Story[1]
Genre| Western drama
Created by| Taylor Sheridan
Written by| Taylor Sheridan
Starring|

* Sam Elliott
* Tim McGraw
* Faith Hill
* Isabel May
* LaMonica Garrett
* Marc Rissmann
* Audie Rick
* Eric Nelsen
* James Landry Hébert
* Noah Le Gros

Narrated by| Isabel May
Composers|

* Brian Tyler
* Breton Vivian

Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
No. of seasons| 1
No. of episodes| 10
Production
Executive producers|

* Ron Burkle
* David C. Glasser
* John Linson
* Art Linson
* Taylor Sheridan
* Bob Yari

Producer| David Hutkin
Cinematography| Ben Richardson
Editors|

* Nathan Gunn
* John Coniglio
* Ryan Malanaphy
* Brooke Rupe
* Chad Galster
* Martin Nicholson
* Trevor Penna

Camera setup| Single-camera
Running time| 44–67 minutes
Production companies|

* 101 Studios
* Bosque Ranch Productions
* Linson Entertainment
* MTV Entertainment Studios

Original release
Network| Paramount+
Release| December 19, 2021 (2021-12-19) –
February 27, 2022 (2022-02-27)
Related

* Yellowstone
* 1923

1883 is an American Western drama miniseries created by Taylor Sheridan that premiered on December 19, 2021, on Paramount+. The series stars Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Sam Elliott, Isabel May, LaMonica Garrett, Marc Rissmann, Audie Rick, Eric Nelsen, and James Landry Hébert. Narrated by May, the story is chronologically the first of several prequels to Sheridan's Yellowstone and details how the Duttons came to own the land that became the Yellowstone Ranch.

The second installment produced in the Yellowstone franchise, the series consists of ten episodes and concluded on February 27, 2022.[2][3][4] The series was followed by 1923, which premiered on December 18, 2022, with May reprising her role as narrator.

## Premise

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The series follows the post–Civil War generation of the Dutton family as they leave Tennessee, journey to Fort Worth, Texas, and join a wagon train undertaking the arduous journey west to Oregon (the Duttons are never on the actual Oregon Trail itself), before settling in Montana to establish what would eventually become the Yellowstone Ranch.

## Cast and characters

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### Main

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* Sam Elliott as Shea Brennan, an employee of the Pinkerton Agency leading the expedition. Brennan is a former captain who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. His wife Helen and daughter both die of smallpox right before the start of the expedition. While mourning their deaths, he cremated them by setting fire to their house and contemplated suicide, but was interrupted by the arrival of Thomas. Brennan acts as the rugged and commanding leader of the wagon train, frequently reminding members of the danger and tragedy that they will face along the way.[5]
* Tim McGraw as James Dillard Dutton, John Dutton III's great-grandfather. From Tennessee, he was a captain in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War and was wounded during the Battle of Antietam and captured. He was held in a Union prisoner-of-war camp for three years. A skilled leader and combatant, he joins the wagon train with his family after meeting Brennan and Thomas in Fort Worth, Texas.[6]
* Faith Hill as Margaret Dutton, John Dutton III's great-grandmother and the matriarch of the family. She travels via train from Tennessee with her children, sister-in-law, Claire, and niece, Mary Abel, to Fort Worth to begin a new journey with her husband, James.[5]
* Isabel May as Elsa Dutton, James and Margaret Dutton's resourceful 17-year-old daughter.[7] Much of the story is told in her voice as an inner narrative. Young, unconventional and innocent at the outset, she looks forward to the expedition as a great adventure. Elsa becomes hardened during the difficult journey west, also becoming enamored of a cowboy and later a Comanche warrior, much to the dismay of her parents. However, she also becomes a skilled survivalist and cowgirl.[8]
* LaMonica Garrett as Thomas, a Pinkerton agent and veteran U.S. Army sergeant from a Buffalo Soldier regiment. He teams up with Shea Brennan to help guide the group. His arrival helps dissuade Shea from suicide. Thomas is a skilled frontiersman, and later begins a relationship with Noemi, a Romani widow.[9]
* Marc Rissmann as Josef, a German immigrant who worked as a carpenter before travelling to America with his wife, Risa. He aids the expedition serving as an interpreter for his group and as a liaison between the Americans and immigrants.[10][11]
* Audie Rick as John Dutton Sr., Elsa's younger brother.[6] He is the son of James and Margaret and is five years old at the beginning of the journey.[10]
* Eric Nelsen as Ennis, a young cowboy who is paid to escort the group and tend to their cattle. He develops a relationship with Elsa.[10]
* James Landry Hébert as Wade, the lead cowboy.[10]
* Noah Le Gros as Colton, an experienced cowboy who joins the group at the Texas-side of the Red River.[10]

### Recurring

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* Gratiela Brancusi as Noemi, a Romani widow who loses her husband in an accident and has to raise two young boys on her own. She becomes dependent on and romantically interested in Thomas, seeing him as the man who will replace her late husband as a caretaker.[10][12]
* Anna Fiamora as Risa, a young immigrant woman who is married to Josef and joins the traveling camp to move west.[10]
* Amanda Jaros as Alina, a weary but hopeful immigrant woman who speaks little English but has much resolve.[10]
* James Jordan as Cookie, a foul-mouthed wagon train cook whose poor decision leads to the group's confrontation with a band of vengeful Lakota.
* Martin Sensmeier as Sam, a skilled Comanche warrior loyal to Quanah Parker, who later takes Elsa as his wife.[10]

### Guest

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* Dawn Olivieri as Claire Dutton, James Dutton's widowed sister[10][13][14][15] who joins him and his family on a trip to find a new home. She is intense and stern in manner, like her daughter. She kills herself after losing her only surviving child, Mary Abel. She had six children before, all of whom died young.[10][13][14][15]
* Emma Malouff as Mary Abel, Claire's daughter. A prim and proper young woman, she shows disdain and no sympathy for her cousin Elsa for her less traditional values. During an attack by unwelcome intruders, Mary Abel is caught in the crossfire and dies from a bullet wound.[10][13]
* Stephanie Nur as Melodi, a beguiling prostitute who works at the saloon.
* Alex Fine as Grady, an experienced cowboy and the leader of a crew of six drovers, who agrees to help an inexperienced crew round up longhorns for their long journey.[10]
* Billy Bob Thornton as Marshal Jim Courtright.[16]
* Tom Hanks as General[a] George Meade. In a flashback to the Battle of Antietam, he consoles James Dutton after many of his fellow soldiers are killed, before the latter gets taken captive. Hanks' wife, Rita Wilson, portrays Carolyn.
* Rita Wilson as Carolyn, a kindly storekeeper at Doan's Crossing, at the border of Texas and Oklahoma. She befriends Margaret when the latter visits her store and they drink whiskey together.[18][19] Wilson's husband, Tom Hanks, portrays General George Meade.
* Taylor Sheridan as Charles "Charlie" Goodnight, a rancher who hunts cattle thieves.[20]
* Graham Greene as Spotted Eagle,[21] a Crow elder who helps Elsa and who also points James to Paradise Valley, the final destination for the Dutton family.[22]

## Episodes

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No.| Title| Directed by| Written by| Original release date [23]

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1| "1883"| Taylor Sheridan| Taylor Sheridan| December 19, 2021 (2021-12-19)

In a flashforward, Elsa Dutton watches in late 1883 as a group of pioneers are slaughtered by a band of Lakota on the Great Plains. She kills one, before being surrounded. Months earlier, former Union Army captain Shea Brennan cremates his wife and daughter after they die of smallpox. His partner Thomas arrives and prevents him from committing suicide when he informs him of a Pinkerton job in Fort Worth, Texas. Shea and Thomas depart for Fort Worth and observe James Dutton kill thieves who attempt to rob his covered wagon. Meanwhile, James' family: his wife, Margaret; 17-year-old daughter, Elsa; 5-year-old son, John; his sister, Claire; and Claire's teenage daughter, Mary Abel, travel to Fort Worth from Tennessee via train. James continues to encounter antagonistic criminals in town, while Shea and Thomas meet with a group of inexperienced European immigrants who pay them for an escort to Oregon. After the Duttons arrive, the family stays at a hotel, and a drunken man enters Elsa's room and attempts to rape her before being killed by James. Realizing a partnership would be advantageous, Shea convinces James to accompany the wagon train to Oregon.

2| "Behind Us, a Cliff"| Ben Richardson| Taylor Sheridan| December 19, 2021 (2021-12-19)

In a flashback to September 17, 1862, Confederate Captain James Dutton is comforted by Union General George Meade following the Southern loss at the Battle of Antietam. In the present, Shea, James, and Thomas prepare for the journey west. Shea hires two cowboys, Wade and Ennis, to help catch and escort feral cattle. As the wagon train departs, tensions rise between the Americans and the immigrants, as interpreter Josef struggles to keep his group in line with Shea's perceived harsh decisions. A group of riders approach the wagon train, resulting in a confrontation caused by Claire throwing rocks at the leader. A shootout ensues, leaving Mary Abel and some immigrants dead. Shea, Thomas, James, and Josef team up with Jim Courtright to track down the killers to a crowded saloon. Distraught at losing her daughter, Claire commits suicide, and the group continues west.

3| "River"| Christina Alexandra Voros| Taylor Sheridan| December 26, 2021 (2021-12-26)

The inexperienced immigrants find themselves at the nature's mercy; namely dysentery and fatal rattlesnake bites. Approaching the Brazos River, Shea and James disagree on how to best cross; Shea opts for caution while James wants to cross quickly. Shea learns that two of the immigrants have been stealing food and forces them out of the group. Shea rebuffs the advances of a newly widowed Romani woman named Noemi. Elsa begins assisting the cowboys with the cattle and begins a flirtatious relationship with Ennis. A frustrated immigrant challenges and fails to overcome Shea. James takes John hunting and gives Ennis permission to court Elsa.

4| "The Crossing"| Christina Alexandra Voros| Taylor Sheridan| January 9, 2022 (2022-01-09)

Elsa embraces the cowgirl lifestyle and becomes smitten with Ennis. Thomas offers Noemi help and protection, but refuses her offer of marriage. James and his family opt to cross the river during the night and attempt to help the immigrants cross the following day. However, the crossing proves fatal for several of the immigrants who lack swimming experience. Once across, the group continues west.

5| "The Fangs of Freedom"| Christina Alexandra Voros| Taylor Sheridan| January 16, 2022 (2022-01-16)

With supplies short after a food wagon is lost in the river crossing, Josef reveals that a thief among them is hoarding the settlers' remaining stores. Shea, Thomas, and James confront the thieves, take back the supplies, and banish them from the group. Wade informs Shea and Thomas that bandits are active in the region. Elsa and Ennis grow closer and the pair have sex, which Margaret witnesses from afar. Elsa receives harsh words from her mother about her decisions. James confronts Ennis, who proclaims his love for Elsa, which James acknowledges. Meanwhile, a group of bandits ambush and kill the banished settlers, and the remaining settler group prepare for a fight. In the ensuing battle, Elsa is saved by Ennis, who in turn is shot and dies. Elsa kills Ennis' shooter.

6| "Boring the Devil"| Ben Richardson| Taylor Sheridan| January 30, 2022 (2022-01-30)

Shea shares his empathy with the mourning Elsa. The group stops at Doan's Crossing, on the border of Indian Territory. There, Shea employs Colton, a cowboy to replace Ennis, and Cookie, a camp cook. Thomas buys a mirror for Noemi, who professes that she loves him and his gift means he loves her back. Elsa confronts a pair of catcalling men and draws her gun on them, causing a standoff which James defuses. Margaret gets drunk with Carolyn, a local shopkeeper, and argues with James about how the journey is changing Elsa.

7| "Lightning Yellow Hair"| Christina Alexandra Voros| Taylor Sheridan| February 6, 2022 (2022-02-06)

In Comancheria, the settlers pay a tax to the Comanche to cross their land. One of the Comanche introduces himself to Elsa as Sam, a name he took from the man who killed his wife. The two race their horses; Elsa wins and Sam nicknames her "Lightning With The Yellow Hair". A storm approaches and tornadoes threaten the group; Sam and Elsa take shelter together and embrace. The tornado devastates the group's wagons and scatters their livestock. The cattle are spotted with a group of rustlers, so Shea, Thomas, James, and Elsa confront them. Separated from her father, Elsa is attacked by the rustlers until Sam and his partner save her. The rustlers are killed with assistance from Shea's old friend, cattleman Charles Goodnight.

8| "The Weep of Surrender"| Ben Richardson| Taylor Sheridan| February 13, 2022 (2022-02-13)

With most of the settlers' wagons destroyed and their supplies dangerously low, Shea recommends they cut short their journey and find land to settle near Denver, Colorado. James insists to Shea that he will continue on to Oregon, and openly challenges Shea's leadership, inviting the remaining settlers to follow him north onto the Oregon Trail. Meanwhile, Elsa bonds with Sam; she kills a bison and is introduced to Comanche culture. They declare their love for each other and decide to marry. Though Margaret expresses her growing concern for her daughter, Elsa remains defiant. She announces she will escort her family to Oregon, then ride back to Comanche territory to be with Sam. The betrothed pair part as the wagon train continues west.

9| "Racing Clouds"| Ben Richardson| Taylor Sheridan| February 20, 2022 (2022-02-20)

In Lakota territory, the dwindling group is beset by further tragedy when Josef is bitten by a rattlesnake and his wife is thrown from her horse, the accident leaving her comatose and eventually proving fatal. Shea, Thomas, and James come across several murdered Lakota women and children. Realizing they will be blamed for the massacre and hunted by Lakota warriors, they attempt to track and capture the culprits, while the remainder of the group must stay to explain the situation to any returning Lakota. However, at Cookie's insistence, many of the settlers choose instead to flee to a nearby U.S. Army fort, leaving Elsa and Margaret behind. Shea, Thomas, and James find and kill the culprits, self-appointed deputies of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association. The settlers are attacked and many, including Cookie, are killed by the Lakota. Elsa shoots a Lakota warrior, who in turn fires an arrow into her torso. After Elsa defuses the fight by speaking a few words taught to her by Sam, the Lakota leave. Colton is forced to kill a crazed and partially scalped Alina. Elsa receives rudimentary treatment for her wound, and James quietly tells Margaret that Elsa is going to die.

10| "This Is Not Your Heaven"| Ben Richardson| Taylor Sheridan| February 27, 2022 (2022-02-27)

The wagon train arrives at Fort Caspar in the Wyoming Territory to find it in possession of Joseph Maull Carey, the leader of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association. There is no surgeon to help Elsa, though a doctor confirms her wound is life-threatening and advises taking her to Fort Laramie. Wade and Colton bid farewell and part ways with the wagon train. Meanwhile, Josef's leg turns gangrenous and it is amputated. Later, Elsa is treated by a local Crow tribe. Elsa realizes she is going to die, and asks to choose her burial spot. The Crow leader recommends a valley called 'Paradise' in the Montana Territory for the Duttons to settle, but promises that his people will reclaim the land in seven generations. James and Elsa ride to Paradise before Elsa succumbs to her wound. Beneath a tree, Elsa dies in her father's arms. A year later, Shea arrives at the Pacific Ocean; his promise to his late-wife fulfilled, he shoots himself on the beach. Josef, alone and on crutches, begins building his home; Thomas and Noemi arrive in Oregon where they find a location near a river to build their home.

## Crossovers and sequels

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Paramount has communicated several iterations of their plans for more episodes. In the end, none of these resulted in more episodes of 1883.

The show was initially presented as a limited series. In February 2022, Paramount announced that "additional episodes" would follow the first season.[24] It was later announced that the decision to make additional episodes for season one had been reversed. The series would be succeeded by the sequel show 1932, later renamed 1923.[25] Sheridan considers 1883 to be "a 10-hour movie with an ending".[26][27]

In May 2022, Paramount revealed that the announced Sheridan series Lawmen: Bass Reeves would be a spin-off series to 1883, titled 1883: The Bass Reeves Story.[28][29][30] This longer title was later dropped and the series was later confirmed to no longer take place in the Yellowstone universe.[31][32]

### Yellowstone crossovers

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To introduce the new series 1883 to Yellowstone viewers, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill appeared as James and Margaret Dutton in flashback scenes during the fourth season of Yellowstone to show what life was like on the Dutton ranch in 1893, ten years after the Dutton family arrival in Montana. In the first episode, "Half the Money", James Dutton and his young sons John and Spencer, portrayed respectively by actors Jack Michael Doke and Charlie Stover, encountered starving Native Americans who had left the local reservation to bury their father on their former land that had since become a part of the Dutton Ranch.[33] In the eighth episode No Kindness for the Coward, Margaret Dutton and her sons John and Spencer are sitting at the dinner table in their ranch homestead waiting for her husband and their father to return from a dangerous manhunt of horse thieves who plague their territory.[34] These Yellowstone episodes aired prior to release of 1883 on Paramount+.

In one of the last scenes in the season 5 finale of Yellowstone, Life Is A Promise, Elsa Dutton, voiced by actress Isabel Mays, returns as narrator to summarized the future of the Yellowstone ranch and how it ties in with Spotted Eagle's prophecy at the end of 1883.[35][36]

### 1923 crossovers

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A month before the premiere of 1923 in December 2022, Paramount+ released a trailer in which Elsa, voiced by Isabel May, served as the narrator.[37][38] May also narrated the first episode and informed the audience about the intervening 30 years in the saga of the Duttons between 1893 (the time of flashback scenes on Yellowstone) and the start of series of 1923.[39] Actor LaMonica Garrett served as host in the Paramount+ behind the scenes documentary 1923: Inside The Series.[40][41]

## Production

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### Development

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In February 2021, Taylor Sheridan signed a five-year deal with ViacomCBS and MTV Entertainment Group following the success of Yellowstone. Under the deal, he would create new series for both studios. One of these was a prequel to Yellowstone, set to be broadcast on Paramount+, initially called Y: 1883.[42] Sheridan said that he struggled with writer's block after selling the concept to Paramount+, but he managed to overcome it. While working on another series, Mayor of Kingstown, Sheridan noticed Isabel May auditioning for a role on that show. Focusing on the perspective of "what would happen if someone like May left polite society behind" Sheridan completed the 1883 pilot script in a week.[43] The series was allotted a budget of $175 million, and it was eventually produced for $169 million.[44]

### Casting

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Sheridan went on to make Paramount hire May, a relative unknown, before he was even finished writing the script, because "it won't work if we don't get her."[45] As he explained in a December 2022 interview; "When you find talents like Isabel [May], you just want to work with them again, and again, and again, and again."[46]

On August 4, 2021, it was announced that Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and Sam Elliott had joined the cast.[5] A further announcement on August 21 confirmed Isabel May and announced that LaMonica Garrett had joined the cast.[9] On September 10, December 6, and December 10, respectively, it was confirmed that Billy Bob Thornton, Graham Greene, and Tom Hanks had joined as guest stars.[16][21][47]

### Filming

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Filming on the series started in August 2021 in Texas and concluded in Montana in January 2022.[48]

Scenes that took place in urban centers were filmed in Dallas, Texas, Fort Worth, Texas and Granbury, Texas. Also, a new, permanent, Western town with 26 structures was built at the Yellowstone Film Ranch. Rural scenes were filmed at a variety of locations, primarily in Texas.[49] The Dutton Ranch scenes were filmed at the real Chief Joseph Ranch[50] in Darby, Montana; the massive home is also used for the series "Yellowstone".[51]

Many of the actors expressed discomfort at the cold temperatures while filming in Montana. Star Faith Hill deemed filming as "the most physically and mentally challenging thing we have ever done."[43] Star Sam Elliott also expressed that filming his scenes was difficult, but "we're getting it onscreen, and in the end that's what matters. This is really going to be something special."[43]

Isabel May (who plays Elsa Dutton) discussed Taylor Sheridan's quest for "authenticity" concerning no cosmetics nor shaving of underarm hair. In Town & Country, May emphasized, "Taylor said from the very beginning, 'I want everything to be authentic.' I mean, women didn't start shaving until the 1920s. He really wanted that to be an aspect of the show, and so I was more than happy to oblige."[8]

### Music

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The series's score was composed by Brian Tyler and Breton Vivian, both of whom worked on Yellowstone.

## Release

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On November 8, 2021, a first-look trailer for the series was released;[52] a full trailer was released on December 3.[53] The series made its TV premiere on December 25, 2021, on CMT. The first episode was run on Paramount Network, who ordered the show before they moved it to streaming on affiliated platform Paramount+ during its development, as part of promoting the show, like they did with Mayor of Kingstown. The series was released on Blu-ray and DVD under the title 1883: A Yellowstone Origin Story on August 30, 2022.[1]

## Reception

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1883 received generally positive reviews from critics, with particular praise for its performances, cinematography, and realistic depiction of frontier life. On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 89% based on 27 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "1883 can feel too overdetermined to be a properly rough-hewn Western, but viewers will want to saddle up for Sam Elliott's commanding star turn."[54] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 69 out of 100 based on 12 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[55]

In a review for Variety, Daniel D'Addario described 1883 as "stark and unsparing," noting that Taylor Sheridan "leans into misery with a near-perverse glee" in portraying the hardships of westward expansion.[56] Angie Han of The Hollywood Reporter characterized the series as "grim, lyrical, and violent," and praised its production values and sense of scale, while acknowledging its slow pacing.[57] Esquire called the show "a brutally somber and gorgeously shot tale of American beginnings," highlighting the strong emotional core provided by its lead characters.[58]

Common Sense Media emphasized the show's unflinching violence and historical realism, noting that it presents "harsh truths about survival, racism, and the cost of manifest destiny."[59] Decider lauded Elliott's performance, calling him the "emotional anchor" of the series, while Yahoo described his portrayal as "towering and tragic."[60][61] Brian Tallerico of The Playlist wrote that the show is "unapologetically brutal," and commended its thematic consistency.[62] The A.V. Club praised 1883 for attempting to "rip the rose-colored veneer off American mythology," though it noted that the series occasionally becomes overly self-serious.[63]

In other reviews, The New York Times found the series "visually absorbing" and "emotionally sincere," while also critiquing its "relentless solemnity."[64] CNN described the series as a "gritty, slow-burning Western" that rewards patient viewers with strong character development and high production standards.[65] HistoryNet highlighted the show's attention to historical detail, stating that 1883 presents "a remarkably accurate, if dramatized, portrayal of 19th-century pioneer life."[66]

## Accolades

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Award  | Date of the ceremony  | Category  | Recipients  | Result  | Ref.

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Writers Guild of America Awards | 20 March 2022 | Television: Episodic Drama | Taylor Sheridan (for "1883") | Nominated  | [67]
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 3–4 September 2022 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | Ben Richardson (for "1883") | Nominated  | [68]
Christina Alexandra Voros (for "Lightning Yellow Hair") | Nominated
Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) | Brian Tyler and Breton Vivian (for "1883") | Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards | 26 February 2023 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Sam Elliott | Won  | [69]
Satellite Awards | 3 March 2023 | Best Television Series – Drama | 1883 | Nominated  | [70]

## Footnotes

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1. ^ In real life Meade was not promoted to Major General until after the battle, in which he was wounded.[17]

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## External links

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* Official website
* 1883 at IMDb

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Works by Taylor Sheridan

Films directed|

* Vile (2011)
* Wind River (2017)
* Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)

Films written only|

* Sicario (2015)
* Hell or High Water (2016)
* Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
* Without Remorse (2021)

TV series created|

* Mayor of Kingstown (2021–present)
* Tulsa King (2022–present)
* Lioness (2023–present)
* Landman (2024–present)

| Yellowstone franchise|

* Yellowstone (2018–2024)
* 1883 (2021–2022)
* 1923 (2022–2025)
* The Madison (forthcoming)

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Paramount+ original programming

Current|

| Original|

* The Ready Room (since 2019)
* The Challenge: All Stars (since 2021)
* Behind the Music (since 2021)
* Mayor of Kingstown (since 2021)
* Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (since 2022)
* Transformers: EarthSpark (since 2022)
* Tulsa King (since 2022)
* Last King of the Cross (since 2023)
* FBI True (since 2023)
* School Spirits (since 2023)
* Lioness (since 2023)
* One Night (since 2023)
* The Burning Girls (since 2023)
* NCIS: Sydney (since 2023)
* A Bloody Lucky Day (since 2024)
* Italia Shore (since 2024)
* Ark: The Animated Series (since 2024)
* Dora (since 2024)
* Fake (since 2024)
* Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (since 2024)
* Dating Naked UK (since 2024)
* Aussie Shore (since 2024)
* Landman (since 2024)
* The Road Trip (since 2024)
* The Crow Girl (since 2025)
* MobLand (since 2025)
* Little Disasters (since 2025)

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Continuations|

* RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (seasons 6–8; since 2021)
* RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked (seasons 3–5; since 2021)
* Ink Master (seasons 14–15; since 2022)
* Criminal Minds (seasons 16–17; since 2022)
* Top Gear Australia (season 5; since 2024)

Ended|

| Original|

* Big Brother: Over the Top (2016)
* The Good Fight (2017–2022)
* Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024)
* After Trek (2017–2018)
* No Activity (2017–2021)
* Strange Angel (2018–2019)
* One Dollar (2018)
* Star Trek: Short Treks (2018–2020)
* Tell Me a Story (2018–2020)
* The Twilight Zone (2019–2020)
* Why Women Kill (2019–2021)
* Star Trek: Picard (2020–2023)
* Interrogation (2020)
* Tooning Out the News (2020–2021)
* That Animal Rescue Show (2020)
* The Stand (2020–2021)
* Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020–2024)
* Coyote (2021)
* 60 Minutes+ (2021)
* The Real World Homecoming (2021–2022)
* Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years (2021–2024)
* From Cradle to Stage (2021)
* Rugrats (2021–2023)
* iCarly (2021–2023)
* Nella the Princess Knight (2021)
* Rio Shore (2021–2023)
* The Harper House (2021)
* Guilty Party (2021)
* Spreadsheet (2021)
* Star Trek: Prodigy (2021–2022)
* The Game (2021–2023)
* Queen of the Universe (2021–2023)
* 1883 (2021–2022)
* Big Nate (2022–2023)
* More Than This (2022)
* Halo (2022–2024)
* The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder (2022)
* The Offer (2022)
* Yo! MTV Raps (2022)
* Players (2022)
* All Star Shore (2022)
* Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head (2022-2023)
* The Ex-Wife (2022)
* The Flatshare (2022)
* The Checkup with Dr. David Agus (2022)
* 1923 (2022–2025)
* The Chemistry of Death (2023)
* Wolf Pack (2023)
* FBI True (2023)
* The Challenge: World Championship (2023)
* Rabbit Hole (2023)
* Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (2023)
* Yonder (2023)
* Fatal Attraction (2023)
* No Escape (2023)
* The Betoota Advocate Presents (2023)
* Marcelo, Marmelo, Martelo (2023)
* The Killing Kind (2023)
* Bargain (2023)
* The Family Stallone (2023-2024)
* Frasier (2023-2024)
* Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023)
* The Doll Factory (2023)
* The Serial Killer's Wife (2023)
* Born in Synanon (2023)
* The Castaways (2023)
* Sexy Beast (2024)
* A Gentleman in Moscow (2024)
* Insomnia (2024)
* Knuckles (2024)
* Stags (2024)
* Curfew (2024)
* Happy Face (2025)

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Continuations|

* Younger (season 7; 2021)
* Evil (seasons 2–4; 2021–2024)
* Five Bedrooms (seasons 2–4; 2021–2023)
* Inside the NFL (seasons 45–46; 2021–2023)
* SEAL Team (seasons 5B–7; 2021–2024)
* The Secrets She Keeps (season 2; 2022)
* Blood & Treasure (season 2; 2022)
* Inside Amy Schumer (season 5; 2022)
* The Real Love Boat (season 1B; 2022)
* Are You the One? (season 9; 2023)
* Joe Pickett (season 2; 2023)

Upcoming|

| Original|

* NCIS: Tony & Ziva (2025)
* Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (2026)
* Playing Gracie Darling (TBA)
* The Revenge Club (TBA)
* Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey (TBA)

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Films|

* Console Wars (2020)
* The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2021)
* Infinite (2021)
* The J Team (2021)
* Madame X (2021)
* Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021)
* South Park: Post COVID (2021)
* Rumble (2021)
* South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID (2021)
* The In Between (2022)
* Three Months (2022)
* South Park The Streaming Wars (2022)
* Jerry & Marge Go Large (2022)
* Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022)
* South Park The Streaming Wars Part 2 (2022)
* Honor Society (2022)
* Secret Headquarters (2022)
* Orphan: First Kill (2022)
* On the Come Up (2022)
* Significant Other (2022)
* Blue's Big City Adventure (2022)
* Fantasy Football (2022)
* Snow Day (2022)
* Teen Wolf: The Movie (2023)
* At Midnight (2023)
* Zoey 102 (2023)
* The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race (2023)
* Love in Taipei (2023)
* Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023)
* Milli Vanilli (2023)
* South Park: Joining the Panderverse (2023)
* Good Burger 2 (2023)
* Finestkind (2023)
* South Park (Not Suitable for Children) (2023)
* Baby Shark's Big Movie! (2023)
* The Tiger's Apprentice (2024)
* The Thundermans Return (2024)
* Little Wing (2024)
* South Park: The End of Obesity (2024)
* No Time to Spy (2024)
* Apartment 7A (2024)
* Henry Danger: The Movie (2025)
* Star Trek: Section 31 (2025)
* Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado (2025)
* Vicious (2025)

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