Taylor Sheridan says Hollywood didn’t believe in Yellowstone, now it’s a TV empire

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Cole Hauser told Fox News Digital that Kevin Costner was "wonderful" to work with. "Yellowstone" creator Taylor Sheridan got real about how hard it was to get the show greenlighted. During an appearance on "Tom McCutcheon's THE SHOW" podcast, the 55-year-old writer and director opened up about the process of getting the hit show on the air, saying it shows "the infinite lack of wisdom" in the entertainment industry. "The project was set up at HBO and there was a guy, well, I hate him, so I'll just say his name, Mike [Ellenberg], who was a vice president at HBO at the time, and he said, 'Well, you know, you're not going to get – he hated the project from the beginning. He didn't want to do it, which he ended up telling me," Sheridan said. Sheridan recalled the executive telling him the only way the show would work was if they cast an A-list actor like