‘Landman: Season One’: ‘Yellowstone’ Set in West Texas With Oil and Gas

Taylor Sheridan and Billy Bob Thornton team up for a mostly engaging dramatic thriller.

Tommy (Billy Bob Thornton) is in charge of securing mineral rights and land for an oil and gas company, in the TV series “Landman.” Paramount+

TV-MA | 10 episodes | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | 2024

For the first 10 years of his career, Billy Bob Thornton was barely a blip on the entertainment world’s radar. He had small parts in a dozen or so even smaller films and a handful of forgettable episodic TV shows. The closest he got to fame was as a permanent (supporting) cast member of the romantic sitcom “Hearts Afire” (1992–1995).