Taylor Sheridan and Sylvester Stallone’sTulsa Kingstill holds a prominent ranking in global streaming charts seven months after its most recent season ended.Tulsa Kingseason 2’s finale aired in November 2024, and, as a whole, the sophomore run earned more applauding reviews from critics, with a 100% score on RT. Audiences awaitingTulsa Kingseason 3can rest assured knowing it’s already in production, with filming beginning in March 2025.
According to data fromFlixPatrol,Tulsa Kingis still ranked #7 on Paramount+’s Top 10 Shows list, despite season 2 ending several months ago. This places it below other Taylor Sheridan shows likeYellowstoneandLioness, as well as the new Paramount+ crime seriesMobLand. However, it currently outranks classics likeThe King of QueensandCriminal Minds, and is just belowSabrina, the Teenage Witch.1923, another Sheridan show which ended much more recently, is currently not in the top 10.
What Tulsa King’s Lasting Success Means
Tulsa King Is One Of Paramount+’s Biggest Hits
With Paramount+ entering the streaming game years after competitors like Netflix and Hulu, developing an original library to contend with bigger names was always going to be a challenge. That said, titles likeTulsa Kinghave allowed the platform to carve out its own place. In the Nielsen report of the top 100 showsduring the 2024-2025 TV season, which cut off in early April,Tulsa Kingwas ranked #50 among all television shows, on streaming or network TV. That placed it above other Taylor Sheridan-produced titles likeSpecial Ops: Lioness.
WhileLandmanand1923were aboveTulsa Kingin the 2024-2025 season report, the absence of those shows in Paramount+’s current data suggests the Sylvester Stallone-led series is reaching audiences in a different way. It’s almost likeTulsa Kingis gaining momentum prior to its third season, accumulating new viewership over time.The fact that it’s currently ranking aboveLandman, which had a wildly successful first season around the same time in 2024, is certainly a positive signfor the show.
While Taylor Sheridan is a producer onTulsa Kingand is often connected to the show by name, he doesn’t write on it.
Paramount+ Benefits From Its Marquee Stars
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Tulsa Kingisn’t the most well-reviewed TV series out there, but it seems evident to me that the Sylvester Stallone effect is working to its benefit. Nearly fifty years afterRockywas released in theaters,Stallone is still one of the most distinguished stars in the world, and it’s not difficult to imagine why this show is appealing. The long-form narrative and mafia genre ofTulsa Kingallow Stallone to embrace fresh territory, subverting the long-standing expectation of him as one of cinema’s greatest heroes.
