Renewals and Cancellations: 'Landman,' 'S.W.A.T.,' 'The Neighborhood,' 'Cruel Intentions'

Paramount+ has renewed the Taylor Sheridan series Landman for a second season two months after the finale aired. I’m actually surprised it took that long — it was a huge hit for Paramount+, though I understand it was a brutal shoot (mostly because of the heat). Honestly, once Sheridan got over the big oil propaganda, it turned into a remarkably decent show thanks to Billy Bob Thornton and Ali Larter, who transcended the hell out of the writing, even if the entire show felt like it was ripping off Friday Night Lights vibes. When they brought in Grandma Saracen, I just completely gave in. It’s funny, too! I still think about Billy Bob’s character saying he’d been sober for years before ordering a light beer, insisting that light beer doesn’t count.

For what it’s worth, at the end of 1923’s second season run, I think we’re about to hit a Taylor Sheridan dry spell on Paramount+, which is saying something considering that — at one point last fall — I watched five Taylor Sheridan episodes on a single Sunday night after a long post-strike run that included Mayor of Kingstown, Tulsa King, Lioness, the final season of Yellowstone, and Landman. Sheridan must have run out of scripts for all the episodes he definitely didn’t write (ahem) during the strike.

Elsewhere, CBS has canceled S.W.A.T. again, this time after eight seasons. It’s not the first time it’s been canceled, though. They axed it after season six, only to bring it back for a “seventh and final season” before turning around and renewing it for one more year. CBS is done with it now, though they’re shopping it around, hoping Netflix will bite.

Conversely, CBS has picked up The Neighborhood for an eighth and final season. It’s ending not because of ratings but because of costs; it’s simply too expensive to produce with all those returning stars. That said, it’s getting a spin-off on Paramount+ called The Crutch, starring Tracy Morgan. I watched two or three episodes of The Neighborhood. It wasn’t particularly good, but I was never mad at it for keeping Max Greenfield employed.

Meanwhile, Amazon Prime has killed its Cruel Intentions television adaptation. The reviews were so terrible that I never even bothered, which is saying something considering I watch every Harlan Coben series. If streamers are going to adapt movies for TV, they should at least make them better.

For what it’s worth, Max has also picked up Conan O’Brien Must Go for a third season. I suspect Conan O’Brien’s well-received stint as Oscar host last week played a role in Max coming back around quickly on the travel series ahead of the second season premiere in May.

Finally, it’s not exactly a cancellation, but in case we didn’t mention it elsewhere, Disney is not moving forward with its Princess Tiana series, which I’m a little bummed about. I wasn’t going to watch it because I’m an adult, but The Princess and the Frog was the twins’ favorite Disney movie when they were younger, and the songs were so much more palatable than the omnipresent Frozen soundtrack. Anika Noni Rose is deeply disappointed, and I don’t blame her. I also suspect that politics was in play here, which makes it doubly unfortunate that Disney caved.