CBS Greenlights Marshals Season 2 — The Pursuit Continues
After shattering viewership records on CBS, Taylor Sheridan's latest Yellowstone spinoff is saddling up for another season.
The Yellowstone machine is not slowing down. After just two episodes on the air, the newest offshoot, Marshals, already has a Season 2 order. CBS took a look at the early numbers and basically said: yep, keep going.
Renewal already locked
CBS officially renewed Marshals for Season 2 on Thursday. That quick greenlight follows a record-smashing debut that turned a solid launch into a full-blown franchise moment.
By the numbers
- Premiere date: March 1
- First-week audience: 20.6 million viewers
- Record broken: Most-watched network original series premiere, topping the mark set by Young Sheldon back in 2017
- Status at renewal: Only two episodes aired
- Season 1 size: 13 episodes
- Network: CBS
The Sheridan effect rolls on
Taylor Sheridan’s neo-western empire keeps expanding, and Marshals is the latest proof. With the flagship series already wrapped, the universe has splintered into a handful of new projects, and this one arrived with the kind of audience heat broadcast networks dream about. Beating a juggernaut like Young Sheldon for a premiere record is no small feat, and doing it in 2026 is even wilder.
Bottom line: Marshals was built to run long, and CBS just handed it a fresh badge for Season 2 before Season 1 even gets halfway through its 13-episode ride.