Yellowstone Spinoff Expands Beth and Rip’s Family

Little made his Yellowstone debut in the Season 4 premiere as a troubled teen whose drug-addict father was dying. Beth and Rip became Carter’s guardian after his dad’s death, and the boy went on to work on their ranch through the fifth and final season. But Beth still had a difficult time accepting her new mother role, even blowing up at Carter for calling her “mama” in the Season 4 finale.

The still-untitled Beth/Rip series will be set in the present-day timeline, allowing it to share much more DNA with Yellowstone than previous spinoffs 1923 and 1883, which, obviously, take place in the past. Not much else is known about the project at this point, but in March, the newsletter Puck reported that the drama was looking to cast a “Kevin Costner type” to star alongside Reilly and Hauser.

The Beth and Rip spinoff is one of many new Yellowstone offshoots from creator Taylor Sheridan coming to TV screens: Luke Grimes will return as rough-hewn rancher and former Livestock Commissioner Kayce Dutton in CBS’ Y: Marshalls, premiering in spring 2026. “With the Yellowstone Ranch behind him, Dutton joins an elite unit of U.S. Marshals,” reads the official description. In his new job, Dutton combines “his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring range justice to Montana, where he and his teammates must balance family, duty and the high psychological cost that comes with serving as the last line of defense in the region’s war on violence.” There’s no word yet if Grimes will be joined by his TV wife Monica (played by Kelsey Asbille) and their son Tate (Brecken Merrill).

Additionally, Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Fox (Lost) and Patrick J. Adams (Suits) will star in Paramount+’s offshoot The Madison, which is described as “a heartfelt study of grief and human connection following a New York City family in the Madison River valley of central Montana.” The streamer also ordered 1944 all the way back in November 2023, but details about that series have yet to emerge.

Little made his Yellowstone debut in the Season 4 premiere as a troubled teen whose drug-addict father was dying. Beth and Rip became Carter’s guardian after his dad’s death, and the boy went on to work on their ranch through the fifth and final season. But Beth still had a difficult time accepting her new mother role,…