Dutton Ranch Season 2: Everything we know so far about the Yellowstone spinoff's return, including whether Taylor Sheridan will be showrunner

Dutton Ranch Season 2: Key Information

– Was renewed before the end of season 1.
– Lead stars and executive producers Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser appear set to return
– A new showrunner has not yet been announced.
– There is no confirmed release date, plot or supporting cast.

In the least surprising news known to man, Dutton Ranch was renewed for a second season before season 1 had time to air its penultimate episode (let alone that explosive finale).

According to Paramount+, season 1 racked up 12.9 million viewers worldwide in its first seven days after the yellow stone premiere of the spin-off, making it the biggest launch of an original series in the streamer’s history.

But after discovering so many aspects of Beth (Kelly Reilly) and Rip’s (Cole Hauser) new life in Rio Paloma, the numbers make a lot of sense.

Dutton Ranch Season 2 Release Window Predictions

Beth Dutton walks through a field with two men behind her

(Image credit: Paramount)

Currently, there is no confirmed information on when Dutton Ranch Season 2 will air. However, it wouldn’t be surprising if it adopted the production of other Taylor Sheridan-produced shows like landmanwhich gives us a rough guess.

The best-case scenario is that season 2 films in late 2026, bringing the episodes to the small screen in the first half of 2027. However, we could easily be left waiting until the second half of the year as well.

Dutton Ranch Season 2 Trailer – Is There One?

Don’t be stupid. It took us until early May 2026 to get one for Season 1, so expect the first full trailer to arrive about two weeks before the second season arrives.

Dutton Ranch Season 2 Cast

A group of ranchers turn around to look at something.

Michelle Pfeiffer leads our new cast. (Image credit: Paramount+)

We hope the following main cast members return for Dutton Ranch season 2:

Kelly Reilly as Beth Dutton
Cole Hauser as Rip Wheeler
Finn Little as Carter Green
Juan Pablo Raba as Joaquín Jackson Reyes
Jai Courtney as Rob Will Jackson
JR Villarreal as Azul Ramos
Marc Menchaca as Zachariah Moss
Natalie Alyn Lind as Oreana Lynn Jackson
Ed Harris as Everett McKinney, the local veterinarian in Rio Paloma and a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War.
Morgan Wade as Carol
Berto Colón as Miguel
David DeLao as Claudio
Josh Stewart as Sheriff Handy Wade
Sterling English as Austin Lewis

We can also expect some new faces to join the cast, so watch this space.

Dutton Ranch Season 2 Plot Predictions

Beth Dutton feeds a horse with her hands

This is exactly where I want to be. (Image credit: Paramount)

Spoilers for season 1 below.

While specific plot points haven’t been confirmed (and probably won’t be for a while), it makes sense for Dutton Ranch season 2 to pick up exactly where the season 1 finale left off.

Obviously, there are quite a few questions that need answering here. Most pressing is whether Carter will survive his kidnapping and whether Beth and Rip can get to him before something bad happens.

Then we will have the consequences of Rob-Will’s death, which will definitely have altered Joaquín’s mind. This will also affect Mariano’s position in the 10 Petals business, possibly seeing even more power than he had before.

Beulah, meanwhile, has absolutely nothing to her name. She needs to mourn Rob-Will, but Everett wants nothing to do with her, so her next moves can’t be guessed right away.

Then there is Oreana. Will she stay with the baby? Will Beth be there to support her? And will Río Paloma be the same again one day?

However, because there will be a change in showrunner (more on that below), a major change in tone and/or narrative direction cannot be ruled out. We’ll know more about this once a replacement has been announced.

Who will take over as Dutton Ranch showrunner?

Beth and Rip look at something off screen.

(Image credit: Paramount+)

As you may have heard, Season 1 showrunner Chad Feehan left the series a few weeks before its launch, following alleged on-set tension with Reilly, Hauser, and executive producer Taylor Sheridan.

Industry rumors have suggested that another writer would take over as lead showrunner, but this has so far not been confirmed.

Sheridan has not directly directed a yellow stone spin-off from 1883 and 1923but you can read more about why it would be my ideal choice (because I won’t stop talking about it).