<em>The Madison</em>: What We Know About the <em>Yellowstone</em> Spin-off So Far
The Yellowstone spin-off formerly known as 2024 has a new, trend-breaking title: The Madison. Although Yellowstone showrunner Taylor Sheridan has shown quite the penchant for numeric titles in prior spin-offs of his hit western drama (see: 1883, 1923, and the reportedly forthcoming 1944), this contemporary offshoot will take a different approach to its name—and its story. The Madison will follow not the flagship series’s Dutton family but, rather, a group of New York transplants known as the Clyburns. Here’s what we know so far.
Per Paramount+, The Madison is “Sheridan’s most intimate work to date, unfolding across two distinct worlds—the beautiful landscape of Montana and the vibrant energy of Manhattan—as it examines the ties that bind families together.” The story is “a heartfelt study of grief and human connection following a New York City family in the Madison River valley of central Montana.”
Although this logline points to a cast of characters apart from the Duttons, the Dutton line could still make an appearance, given their continued presence in Montana. As the Yellowstone season 5 finale outlines, Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) and her husband, Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser), now run a ranch in Dillon, Montana. They even have their own spin-off teed up with Paramount. Shall we take bets on a cross-over episode or two?
In November 2024, Yellowstone and The Madison director Christina Alexandra Voros told Variety that “the common ground” between the two shows “is the landscape. We are in Montana, but it is seen through a completely different lens, so it feels like another facet of this cut stone that has been polished. There are parallels in the scope of landscape and a human being’s place in that space, but it’s coming at it from a completely different point of view.”
Reports first circulated in 2023 that actor Matthew McConaughey would lead The Madison (then titled 2024) following Kevin Costner’s contentious departure from Yellowstone. But that deal never came to light, and instead, actress Michelle Pfeiffer was eventually announced in 2024 as The Madison’s lead actress.
“I committed to it without even having read anything,” Pfeiffer told Entertainment Tonight in a March 2026 interview. “It was really just him explaining the scope of the character and kind of the outline of where it was going.”
“I said, ‘Well, I’d really love to read something.’ And he said, ‘No, I really like to cast it first and then I write,’” she said. “I said, ‘Well, I’d really like to read something and then I commit.’ We went back and forth over a couple of weeks like that, and then I realized I wasn’t going to win this argument and I was either going to have to commit or give it up.”
Pfeiffer was later joined by Kurt Russell, who will star with Pfeiffer alongside actors Patrick J. Adams (Suits), Elle Chapman (A Man Called Otto), Matthew Fox (Lost), Beau Garrett (Firefly Lane), Amiah Miller (War for the Planet of the Apes), Ben Schnetzer (3 Body Problem), Rebecca Spence (Lady in the Lake), Danielle Vasinova (1923), and Kevin Zegers (Power).
The Madison will premiere on Paramount+ on March 14, 2026. The first three episodes will air on March 14, followed by the final three episodes on March 21. See the full schedule here.
Paramount+ released a series of first-look images on Jan. 16, 2026, showcasing Pfeiffer and her co-stars in wardrobes that would look right at home on the Dutton Ranch. Take a closer look below.
The official trailer for the series also arrived on Feb. 25, 2026:
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