“This volume of work is not sustainable for a long period of time,” Sheridan told Variety. “But it’s an opportunity to tell stories the way I want to tell them with a creative freedom that just doesn’t exist in this space.”
Chris McCarthy — the president and CEO of entertainment and youth brands including Paramount Network at ViacomCBS — saw a similar appeal. “People think of Westerns as good guys and bad guys, and this is really such a different show,” he told“When you see the entire world, you get it. He mentally creates his own world in the TV series. He creates that world for himself. And, you know, he’s unique that way.