BREAKING: Yellowstone’s next chapter has a new name, a darker heart, and a date. I can confirm the spinoff now answers to Marshals, and its first full trailer drops Kayce Dutton into a storm of duty, loss, and fatherhood. Luke Grimes is back in the saddle, now wearing a badge, and the tone is colder, tougher, more personal.
A new name, a sharper identity
The working title Y: Marshals is out. Marshals is in. The silent Y lives in the logo, but the spoken name is lean and clean. This is not a sequel that needs a chaperone. It is a character study, set inside a federal badge and a broken heart, with Yellowstone grit baked in.
The shift matters. A shorter title clears space for Kayce to carry the show on his own terms. It signals confidence from Taylor Sheridan, David C. Glasser, and Spencer Hudnut. Expect mythic West energy, but within a law and order frame that can stand on its own two boots.
The Y stays in the logo, it is not part of the spoken title.
The trailer hits hard, and it hurts
I have seen the cut. The trailer opens on Kayce alone, eyes fixed on a grave. The air feels heavy. The silence holds more pain than words can cover. Monica is not seen, which raises the question fans feared. The footage never answers it, and that is the point. The mystery is the fuse.
What follows is a Kayce we have not met before. He moves like a man rebuilding himself, one case at a time. Federal manhunts collide with ranch instincts. He keeps his son close, and his grief closer. The gunfights feel precise, not flashy. The show leans into consequence, and into the cost of violence.
This is still a Sheridan story, full of dust, pride, and codes. But the badge changes the math. Kayce has a new set of rules, and every rule will be tested. The trailer sells a clear promise, justice is coming, but it has a price.
Marshals premieres March 1, 2026 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS, streams on Paramount+ after broadcast.
The faces riding with Kayce
Luke Grimes centers the series as Kayce, shaped by loss and duty. The Yellowstone family is present, but this is not a reunion tour. It is reinforcement.
- Gil Birmingham returns as Thomas Rainwater
- Mo Brings Plenty returns as Mo
- Brecken Merrill returns as Tate Dutton
- New additions include Arielle Kebbel, Ash Santos, Tatanka Means, Logan Marshall-Green, and Brett Cullen
That lineup tells a story. Birmingham and Mo bring the weight of history. Merrill anchors the father son heartbeat. Kebbel and Marshall-Green sharpen the procedural edge. Means and Santos widen the world with fresh fire.
Broadcast muscle, streaming speed
CBS planting Marshals at 8 p.m. ET/PT is a power play. That hour is a front door for mainstream drama, and Kayce is a familiar face who can greet first time visitors. Then Paramount+ catches the rest of the audience. It is a one two punch, big tent reach on Sunday night, instant access after.
The strategy is clear. Keep Yellowstone DNA in the family, and give Marshals its own runway. By opening on broadcast, the series inherits scale. By landing on Paramount+, it builds habit and heat week to week. In 2026, that is the winning combo.
New to the Duttons? Marshals is built to stand alone, you can jump in.
What it means for pop culture
Kayce has always been Yellowstone’s soul, quiet and torn. Placing him inside the United States Marshals Service reframes the saga as a pursuit story, a man chasing criminals and a man chasing himself. It blends the cowboy myth with a badge, which hits two fan bases at once. Western lovers get the code. Procedural fans get the chase. Everyone gets the ache.
Celebrity watchers will clock Luke Grimes taking the full spotlight, a leap that feels overdue. Gil Birmingham’s presence grounds the show in legacy and power. And the new cast signals a wider map, new towns, new threats, new hearts to break.
Early fan chatter is raw and protective, especially around Monica and Tate. That emotion is fuel. The trailer knows it, and it steers straight into it. If Yellowstone taught us anything, it is that the Duttons survive by moving forward, even when it hurts.
Conclusion
Marshals has dropped the extra letters, tightened its jaw, and set a date. The look is stark, the stakes are personal, and the target is clear. Kayce Dutton will bring the law, and the law will bring him face to face with everything he cannot outrun. March 1, 8 p.m. on CBS, then Paramount+. Saddle up. The chase is on.
