Yellowstone‘s spinoff 6666 has been in development for five years — but is there a chance the show will finally premiere amid delays?
Creator Taylor Sheridan introduced the concept of a show set at the 6666 Ranch when Jefferson White‘s character Jimmy left the Duttons’ ranch during season 4 of Yellowstone. His time at 6666 was shown numerous times — with Sheridan playing Jimmy’s boss on the show.
Off screen, Sheridan bought the famous 6666 Ranch in Texas. At the time, Sheridan addressed the historic value of the property without confirming his participation in its sale.
“The legacy of the 6666 Ranch and Miss Marion’s vision for the ranch are vital not only to the ranch itself, but the rich heritage of ranching in Texas,” he told the Texas Spur in May 2021. “This legacy is so important to me I chose to highlight it in the upcoming season of Yellowstone and will continue to further the legacy and preserve its operations in a manner consistent with that great vision.”
The ranch operations would be at the center of 6666 since most of the land continues to run the same as it did over a century ago.
“Founded when Comanches still ruled West Texas, no ranch in America is more steeped in the history of the West than the 6666,” the official series description for the spinoff stated in 2021. “Still operating as it did two centuries before, and encompassing an entire county, the 6666 is where the rule of law and the laws of nature merge in a place where the most dangerous thing one does is the next thing. … The 6666 is synonymous with the merciless endeavor to raise the finest horses and livestock in the world, and ultimately where world class cowboys are born and made.”
6666’s future, however, was overshadowed by other prequels in the franchise and Yellowstone‘s dramatic conclusion after star Kevin Costner‘s departure in the fifth and final season.
The most recent update about 6666 came in 2022 when it was announced that the show would air on Paramount Network instead of Paramount+. Since then, Dutton Ranch was released on Paramount+ and Marshals premiered on CBS. There has also been talk of a possible prequel titled 1944 but more of the focus has been on Sheridan’s non-Yellowstone productions — including Landman and The Madison.
Fans have taken the public silence regarding 6666 as a sign that production won’t be moving forward. Keep scrolling for the rare updates from the cast about 6666:
Taking His Time
Even though Yellowstone has inspired several shows about the Dutton family, Sheridan elaborated on his approach to each project.
“[It is a] peek through a different window into a different era. Again, I don’t think of any of these as spinoffs, but rather as complete stories that have common roots,” he told Deadline in February 2022. “My goal with the next one would be that you could never have seen 1883 or Yellowstone, and still have a fully realized experience as a viewer.”
Jimmy’s Future After ‘Yellowstone’
White previously noted that he wasn’t sure whether Jimmy was set to stay at the Texas location with his wife, Emily (Kathryn Kelly).
“We don’t know anything. Listen, I certainly don’t know anything,” he exclusively told Us Weekly in March 2022 about the character’s original ending before 6666. “I think it’s very funny. People keep expecting me to know what’s going on, and nobody would tell Jimmy anything, right? Like, it feels like another way in which me and Jimmy are similar is that nobody tells me anything. So, I would be incredibly excited to go back to work in Montana. I would be incredibly thrilled to go back to work in Texas.”
Worth the Wait
Amid ongoing delays, Yellowstone director Christina Voros said that working with Sheridan meant possible long pauses between projects.
“We don’t know until we get the scripts what the story is. And when the time to tell the story is upon us, there will be a script in my inbox,” she said in a 2024 interview with TV Insider about the Yellowstone series finale. “And I will be really happy to saddle up.”
She continued: “I honestly don’t know how Taylor chooses to tell which stories he chooses to tell when [about 6666 and 1944]. I think he has closed a lot of doors on Yellowstone this season. There are obviously characters that we will not see again because they have been dispatched. But I think he has left some doors open, and there’s some doors that I can’t tell if they’re locked or not yet. But we will know when we cross through them.”
No Updates
White denied having any updates in December 2025, telling The Daily Mail, “Not that I know of now. I kept my fingers crossed, but also, I’d be grateful if I got to do more and I’m grateful for what I got to do. I don’t want to be selfish. We got a lot of great mileage out of that show.”
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