FORT WORTH, Texas — Taylor Sheridan has many irons in the fire, but there’s one he’s quenching into a bucket of water.

More than five years ago, in February 2021, Paramount announced a new scripted series about the historic Four Sixes Ranch. The show, which had a working title of “6666,” was announced as part of Sheridan’s new slate of Paramount+ programming along with projects like “1883,” “Landman” and “Mayor of Kingstown.”

It was apt timing to reveal the show, since “Yellowstone” viewers would soon see Jimmy (Jefferson White) be sent to the Guthrie, Texas, ranch in Season 4, which premiered that November. The show announcement also came about a year before Sheridan and a group of investors purchased the ranch for more than $300 million in early 2022.

However, since then, there hasn’t been a ton of news about “6666.” That is until this week, when Sheridan was asked about the project on a recent podcast appearance.

Here’s what he said.

Taylor Sheridan on the ‘6666’ series

On Dale Brisby’s “Rodeo Time,” Sheridan detailed the latest on “6666.”

“There’s never going to be one,” Sheridan said. “I would never fictionalize that ranch.”

Sheridan continued that if he was to make a show about the ranch, he would have to trivialize and fictionalize a place where real people work and raise their families.

“I could never do that to them,” Sheridan said. “I could never do that to the cowboys who’ve dedicated themselves and everybody that works on that ranch.”

Sheridan’s new comments echo what he said back in 2023 about the Four Sixes show.

“That, for a number of reasons, needs a unique level of special care because this is a real place with real families working here,” Sheridan told the Hollywood Reporter. “You have to respect the lineage. I’ve told [the studio] to be patient.”

While “6666” appears to be dead, Sheridan still has plenty in the hopper like “Landman” Season 3, “The Madison” Season 2, “Frisco King” Season 1 and the currently airing “Lioness” Season 3.

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