# Landman (TV series)
**Landman** is an American drama television series created for [Paramount+](https://www.edgepedia.org/paramount) by [Taylor Sheridan](https://www.edgepedia.org/taylor-sheridan) and Christian Wallace, starring [Billy Bob Thornton](https://www.edgepedia.org/billy-bob-thornton) as Tommy Norris, the on-the-ground overseer of an oil-drilling operation in the Permian Basin of West Texas.[1](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-television-studios/shows/landman/releases/?view=111134-paramount-renews-the-2024-svod-breakout-hit-landman-for-season-two) • [2](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/nov/18/landman-review-billy-bob-thornton-drama-paramount) It premiered on November 17, 2024, and is adapted from the podcast *Boomtown*.[3](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-plus/shows/landman/releases/?view=110009-paramounts-new-original-series-landman-to-premiere-november-17)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Creators | Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace; the July 2024 announcement credited Sheridan alone, later releases credit both as co-creators[3](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-plus/shows/landman/releases/?view=110009-paramounts-new-original-series-landman-to-premiere-november-17) • [1](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-television-studios/shows/landman/releases/?view=111134-paramount-renews-the-2024-svod-breakout-hit-landman-for-season-two) |
| Source material | The 11-part podcast *Boomtown* from Imperative Entertainment and *Texas Monthly*[3](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-plus/shows/landman/releases/?view=110009-paramounts-new-original-series-landman-to-premiere-november-17) |
| Lead | Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris, on-the-ground overseer of an oil-drilling operation[3](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-plus/shows/landman/releases/?view=110009-paramounts-new-original-series-landman-to-premiere-november-17) • [2](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/nov/18/landman-review-billy-bob-thornton-drama-paramount) |
| Seasons | Season one premiered November 17, 2024 (10 episodes); season two premiered November 16, 2025 (10 episodes); 20 episodes across the first two seasons[3](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-plus/shows/landman/releases/?view=110009-paramounts-new-original-series-landman-to-premiere-november-17) • [4](https://www.paramountglobalcontent.com/title/landman) |
| Renewals | Renewed for season two on March 12, 2025, and for a third season[1](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-television-studios/shows/landman/releases/?view=111134-paramount-renews-the-2024-svod-breakout-hit-landman-for-season-two) • [4](https://www.paramountglobalcontent.com/title/landman) |
| Viewership | 35 million global streaming viewers for the premiere episode; the most-watched global premiere and finale of any series in Paramount+ history[1](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-television-studios/shows/landman/releases/?view=111134-paramount-renews-the-2024-svod-breakout-hit-landman-for-season-two) |
| Recognition | Billy Bob Thornton nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama Series[1](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-television-studios/shows/landman/releases/?view=111134-paramount-renews-the-2024-svod-breakout-hit-landman-for-season-two) |
## Spoilers
### Premise and setting
The series is set in the boomtowns of [West Texas](https://www.edgepedia.org/west-texas) in the present day and follows fortune-seeking in the world of oil rigs.[1](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-television-studios/shows/landman/releases/?view=111134-paramount-renews-the-2024-svod-breakout-hit-landman-for-season-two) Thornton's Tommy Norris is the on-the-ground overseer of an oil-drilling operation in the Permian Basin, a region where a real oil rush took hold roughly eight years before the show's 2024 premiere.[2](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/nov/18/landman-review-billy-bob-thornton-drama-paramount) Paramount's announcement describes the story as an upstairs/downstairs drama of roughnecks and wildcat billionaires fueling a boom large enough to reshape climate, economy, and geopolitics.[3](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-plus/shows/landman/releases/?view=110009-paramounts-new-original-series-landman-to-premiere-november-17)
### Cast and characters
Billy Bob Thornton leads the cast as Tommy Norris.[3](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-plus/shows/landman/releases/?view=110009-paramounts-new-original-series-landman-to-premiere-november-17) The season-one cast also includes [Ali Larter](https://www.edgepedia.org/ali-larter) as Angela Norris, Demi Moore as Cami Miller, Jacob Lofland as Cooper Norris, Michelle Randolph as Ainsley Norris, Paulina Chávez as Ariana, Kayla Wallace, James Jordan, and Mark Collie.[3](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-plus/shows/landman/releases/?view=110009-paramounts-new-original-series-landman-to-premiere-november-17) • [4](https://www.paramountglobalcontent.com/title/landman) [Jon Hamm](https://www.edgepedia.org/jon-hamm) starred in a recurring guest role in season one, with Andy Garcia and [Michael Peña](https://www.edgepedia.org/michael-pena) as guest stars; Garcia plays Galino.[3](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-plus/shows/landman/releases/?view=110009-paramounts-new-original-series-landman-to-premiere-november-17) • [4](https://www.paramountglobalcontent.com/title/landman)
**Season-two additions.** [Sam Elliott](https://www.edgepedia.org/sam-elliott) joined the cast for season two as T.L. Norris, and [Colm Feore](https://www.edgepedia.org/colm-feore) also appears in the season-two cast alongside the returning principals.[6](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-plus/releases/?view=111675-paramount-announces-landman-season-two-will-premiere-on-november-16)
### Episodes, release, and renewal history
Season one premiered on Sunday, November 17, 2024, launching with two episodes followed by weekly releases of the 10-episode season.[3](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-plus/shows/landman/releases/?view=110009-paramounts-new-original-series-landman-to-premiere-november-17) On March 12, 2025, Paramount+ renewed the series for a second season.[1](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-television-studios/shows/landman/releases/?view=111134-paramount-renews-the-2024-svod-breakout-hit-landman-for-season-two) On August 13, 2025, the service announced that season two would premiere on Sunday, November 16, 2025.[6](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-plus/releases/?view=111675-paramount-announces-landman-season-two-will-premiere-on-november-16) The first two seasons comprise 20 episodes, and the series has been renewed for a third season.[4](https://www.paramountglobalcontent.com/title/landman)
## Origins and development
The series was created by Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace and was inspired by *Boomtown*, a podcast from *Texas Monthly* and Imperative Entertainment hosted by Wallace; *Texas Monthly* is also an executive producer on the television show.[5](https://www.texasmonthly.com/landman-boomtown-taylor-sheridan-west-texas/) The podcast's eleven parts draw on the magazine's long coverage of the oil and gas industry, which it has documented for more than fifty years.[3](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-plus/shows/landman/releases/?view=110009-paramounts-new-original-series-landman-to-premiere-november-17) • [5](https://www.texasmonthly.com/landman-boomtown-taylor-sheridan-west-texas/)
Paramount+ announced the series on July 9, 2024, produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, 101 Studios, and Sheridan's Bosque Ranch Productions.[3](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-plus/shows/landman/releases/?view=110009-paramounts-new-original-series-landman-to-premiere-november-17) It joined a Paramount+ slate that already included *1883*, *1923*, *Lioness*, *Mayor of Kingstown*, *[Tulsa King](https://www.edgepedia.org/tulsa-king)*, and *Lawmen: Bass Reeves*.[3](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-plus/shows/landman/releases/?view=110009-paramounts-new-original-series-landman-to-premiere-november-17)
Creator credit differs between Paramount's own releases: the July 2024 premiere announcement says "Created by Taylor Sheridan," while the 2025 renewal and season-two announcements credit "co-creators Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace."[3](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-plus/shows/landman/releases/?view=110009-paramounts-new-original-series-landman-to-premiere-november-17) • [1](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-television-studios/shows/landman/releases/?view=111134-paramount-renews-the-2024-svod-breakout-hit-landman-for-season-two) The later, shared credit matches *Texas Monthly*'s description of the show as created by both men.[5](https://www.texasmonthly.com/landman-boomtown-taylor-sheridan-west-texas/)
## Reception and viewership
The premiere episode reached 35 million global streaming viewers and set Paramount+ records as the most-watched global premiere and finale of any series on the service.[1](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-television-studios/shows/landman/releases/?view=111134-paramount-renews-the-2024-svod-breakout-hit-landman-for-season-two) By the season-two announcement, Paramount described the show as the #1 Paramount+ Original ever on the service, its #1 engagement driver, and #1 in households.[6](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-plus/releases/?view=111675-paramount-announces-landman-season-two-will-premiere-on-november-16)
**Nielsen rankings.** *Landman* ranked as a Top 10 SVOD Original Series across all streaming services for the fourth quarter of 2024, alongside the Paramount+ originals *Tulsa King* and *Lioness*; Nielsen's tracking showed only one previous instance of a service holding three of the Top 10 series outside Netflix.[1](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-television-studios/shows/landman/releases/?view=111134-paramount-renews-the-2024-svod-breakout-hit-landman-for-season-two) The series also helped drive Paramount+ to the number two position among U.S. streaming services for original hours watched in that quarter.[1](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-television-studios/shows/landman/releases/?view=111134-paramount-renews-the-2024-svod-breakout-hit-landman-for-season-two)
Billy Bob Thornton received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series for playing Tommy Norris.[1](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-television-studios/shows/landman/releases/?view=111134-paramount-renews-the-2024-svod-breakout-hit-landman-for-season-two)
## Place in Sheridan's body of work
*Landman* extends the template of Sheridan's dramas, which, in the assessment of *The Guardian*, center on hard but wise men tersely dealing with problems in which violence and death are never far away; the review places the series alongside *Yellowstone*, *Mayor of Kingstown*, and *Tulsa King*.[2](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/nov/18/landman-review-billy-bob-thornton-drama-paramount) *Landman* moves this framework to the oil patch, pairing the labor of the drilling crews with the fortunes of the executives above them.[3](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-plus/shows/landman/releases/?view=110009-paramounts-new-original-series-landman-to-premiere-november-17) • [2](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/nov/18/landman-review-billy-bob-thornton-drama-paramount) Its commercial performance also places it at the top of the Sheridan slate by Paramount's own measures, as the service's most-watched original premiere and its leading engagement driver.[1](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-television-studios/shows/landman/releases/?view=111134-paramount-renews-the-2024-svod-breakout-hit-landman-for-season-two) • [6](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-plus/releases/?view=111675-paramount-announces-landman-season-two-will-premiere-on-november-16)
## References
1. [Paramount+ Renews the 2024 SVOD Breakout Hit Landman for Season Two, Paramount Press Express (March 12, 2025)](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-television-studios/shows/landman/releases/?view=111134-paramount-renews-the-2024-svod-breakout-hit-landman-for-season-two)
2. [Landman review, The Guardian (November 18, 2024)](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/nov/18/landman-review-billy-bob-thornton-drama-paramount)
3. [Paramount+'s New Original Series Landman to Premiere November 17, Paramount Press Express (July 9, 2024)](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-plus/shows/landman/releases/?view=110009-paramounts-new-original-series-landman-to-premiere-november-17)
4. [Landman, Paramount Global Content catalog](https://www.paramountglobalcontent.com/title/landman)
5. [Drill Deeper Into the Texas That Inspired 'Landman', Texas Monthly](https://www.texasmonthly.com/landman-boomtown-taylor-sheridan-west-texas/)
6. [Paramount+ Announces Landman Season Two Will Premiere on November 16, Paramount Press Express (August 13, 2025)](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/paramount-plus/releases/?view=111675-paramount-announces-landman-season-two-will-premiere-on-november-16)
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