Paramount+ has renewed its drama series Landman for a second season. The series renewal comes shortly after the show, which originally debuted on Paramount+ in November, concluded its first season in January.

Landman, co-created by Yellowstone’s Taylor Sheridan and starring Billy Bob Thornton, is set in the world of the West Texas oil fields, Thornton plays the titular landman of the series, a fixer who keeps things running and acts as an intermediary between the field workers and the money men in the oil industry. Demi Moore stars alongside Thornton, with a cast including: Andy Garcia, Ali Larter, Jacob Lofland, Michelle Randolph, Paulina Chávez, Kayla Wallace, Mark Collie, James Jordan and Colm Feore. Jon Hamm also starred in season one.

Landman ranked among the top 10 original streaming series during the fourth quarter of last year and racked up almost 9.7 billion minutes of viewing over 11 weeks in Nielsen’s top 10 streaming rankings.  Chris McCarthy, co-CEO of Paramount and president and CEO of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks, said in a statement: “’Landman’ was one of the biggest shows of the year because of Taylor Sheridan’s unique ability to tap into the cultural zeitgeist, harnessing the neo-Western themes of rugged individualism, ambition and working-class struggles set against contemporary debates around energy, climate change and economic growth. The series has helped drive Paramount+ to new heights as the No. 2 SVOD [service] in the U.S. for original hours watched in Q4.”

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