Mayor of Kingstown Canceled, Now a Netflix Global Hit

Screen Rant reports that Taylor Sheridan's "Mayor of Kingstown" has become an instant global hit on Netflix just days after the first four seasons arrived there on Monday, Oct. 5. The Jeremy Renner-led crime thriller is currently the fourth most-watched TV show on Netflix worldwide, per FlixPatrol, and is trending in 52 countries. On Netflix's U.S. chart, it also sits at fourth place, behind "A Different World," "East of Eden" and "WWE Raw."

You'd never guess the show was canceled.

Paramount+ ordered a fifth and final season of "Mayor of Kingstown" earlier this year, trimming the usual 10-episode order to eight episodes. The decision came despite the series being one of several Sheridan projects propping up Paramount+'s U.S. chart. Three of the platform's top 10 trending shows are tied to Sheridan, including "Marshals," "Dutton Ranch" and "Lioness."

The Netflix success is the result of a licensing deal signed in January that moved multiple Paramount+ titles—including "SEAL Team" and the medical drama "Watson"—to the larger streamer. For "Mayor of Kingstown," the move appears to have introduced the series to an audience far beyond Paramount+'s subscriber base.

Season 5's release date has not been announced. The season 4 finale left the city in chaos and saw Taylor Handley's Kyle McLusky get revenge on Richard Brake's Merle Callahan. It's the kind of setup that might now draw a much larger crowd to Paramount+ for the finale—if the streamer can get people to actually pay for it.

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