‘Mayor of Kingstown’ to End With Season 5

Jeremy Renner in ‘Mayor of Kingstown.’ Photo: Paramount+.

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Paramount+ has decided that‘Mayor of Kingstown’ will end with its fifth season.
Jeremy Renner and Edie Falco star.
The show was co-created by Taylor Sheridan.

Looks like Jeremy Renner’s reign as the titular ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ is coming to an end at Paramount+.

The streaming service has decided to finish off the show –– which just wrapped up its fourth season, enjoying solid reviews and decent ratings on December 28 –– with a reduced eight-episode order for Season 5.

“There’s a new warden in town.”

Air Date: November 14th, 2021

Networks: Paramount+

While neither the company nor executive producer Taylor Sheridan (who co-created the show with Hugh Dillon) has commented on the move, it may well be tied to the fact that Sheridan is moving his TV and movie producing interests to NBC Universal (more on that below.).

What is the plot of ‘Mayor of Kingstown’?

(L to R): Jeremy Renner and Edie Falco in a promotional image for ‘Mayor of Kingstown.’ Photo: Paramount+.

In season four, Mike McLusky’s (Renner) control over Kingstown is threatened as new players compete to fill the power vacuum left in the Russians’ wake, compelling him to confront the resulting gang war and stop them from swallowing the town.

Meanwhile, with those he loves in more danger than ever before, Mike must contend with a headstrong new warden to protect his own while grappling with demons from his past.

The series, despite the recent success, hasn’t been as big as some of Sheridan’s other series, so that might have been a factor.

What’s the future for Taylor Sheridan’s shows?

Kevin Costner as John Dutton III in Paramount Network’s ‘Yellowstone’ season 5. Credit: Paramount Network.

As mentioned, Sheridan who, along with his coterie of creative team members, has become a TV factory, pumping out series that, while they may not scoop many awards, have certainly cleaned up on the viewership front. Yet he recently signed a big new deal with NBCU to take his film and TV production services there.

Two points on that: he’s still contracted with Paramount on the TV front until 2029, so everything he creates until then will still be based at the company. And the existing series will remain in Paramount’s control, so there’s a chance they could be continued whether or not Sheridan has anything to do with them.

And the man is certainly prolific. Sprung from his first big hit, ‘Yellowstone,’ he has several shows either still running or on the way, with three new series, ‘The Madison’ and ‘Dutton Ranch’ on Paramount+ and the first broadcast iteration of the franchise, ‘Y: Marshals’ on CBS.

Outside of the sprawling ‘Yellowstone’-verse, there’s the likes of ‘Lioness’,‘Tulsa King’ (which has its own spin-off on the way via ‘NOLA King’ and ‘Landman.’ So Sheridan’s footprint on Paramount+ isn’t fading away anytime soon.