“Landman” Season 2 key art featuring Ali Larter, Sam Elliott, Billy Bob Thornton, Demi Moore and Andy Garcia.
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The Television Academy has once again shown no love for Taylor Sheridan’s hit series Landman and its star, Billy Bob Thorton.
Despite a major campaign by Paramount+, Landman Season 2, as well as the first season of Sheridan’s drama The Madison, received zero nods during the announcement of the 2026 Primetime Emmy nominations on Wednesday morning.
Instead, all the praise in the drama category — the category in which Landman and The Madison were competing in — went to the Pitt with a leading 25 nominations including Outstanding Drama Series and 10 acting nominations.
Not only did Landman get shut out in the Outstanding Drama Series race, also snubbed in the drama category were Thornton for Outstanding Actor, as were Sam Elliott and Andy Garcia for Outstanding Supporting Actor. In addition, Ali Larter, Michelle Randolph and Demi Moore, who were all candidates in the Outstanding Supporting Actress race, missed out on nominations.
Meanwhile, The Madison was also snubbed in the Outstanding Drama category, and Michelle Pfeiffer for Outstanding Actress and Kurt Russell for Outstanding Supporting Actor. Pfeiffer did, however, land a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a comedy series for Margo’s Got Money Troubles.
Although the mystifying snubs are especially sure to anger fans of Landman, the series not being invited to the Emmy Awards isn’t anything new since Season 1 of the oil industry drama was also shut out. There is growing support of Landman from other awards bodies, including the Critics Choice Awards and the Golden Globes, who have each nominated Thornton for Best Male Actor in a Drama Series honors.
The Actor Awards — previously known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards — also nominated Landman earlier this year for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in a Drama Series, as well as Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – DECEMBER 11: Taylor Sheridan attends the world premiere of “1883” at Encore Beach Club at Wynn Las Vegas on December 11, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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Taylor Sheridan Says He’s Not In The Business To Win Emmys
While it’s hard to say how much the lack of nominations will sting those in the running for Emmys for Landman and The Madison, Taylor Sheridan, who created both shows, has said that he could care less about the industry recognition.
Instead, Sheridan told the eponymous host of The Bill Simmons Podcast in a recent appearance to promote his new book, How Not to Die in Prison, that the people who watch his shows are the ones who matter the most.
I’m pretty common and I’m going to tell stories that common people are going to understand. That’s most of America,” Sheridan told Simmons (via Variety). “You’re not going to win no Emmys with me, but I’m not trying to win Emmys. That’s not my goal.
“My goal is to sit somebody on their couch and move them, make them think, make them laugh, scare the shit out of them, excite them,” Sheridan added. “That’s what I want to do, because that’s what I want from a show.”
Sam Elliott and Billy Bob Thornton in “Landman” Season 2.
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Also in the interview, Sheridan made it a point to knock studio executives and critics. In the case of the latter, he pointed out critics’ impatience for not waiting out the plans he had for Demi Moore’s character in Landman, as her role grew substantially from Season 1 to Season 2.
“The critics are going to come after me. I’m underutilizing [Moore], can’t write for women, all this nonsense,” Sheridan told Simmons. “Then I’m going to kill your husband and you’re going to have to run the oil company.
“The critics and me — I don’t care what they think, and it annoys the s–t out of them that I don’t care,” Sheridan added. “I’ll be the first to tell you that there are things that I do that rage-bait them a bit, and this is one of them. F–k ’em, honestly.”
Landman Seasons 1 and 2 and The Madison Season 1 are streaming on Paramount+.