The Western family drama premiered on April 17 and stars Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly. It's adapted from Jodi Thomas' book series of the same name. The show was filmed across sites in New Mexico, a state with a growing reputation as a filming location.

Yellowstone’ is obviously an inspiration, but one of the bigger inspirations for me is actually ‘Friday Night Lights,’” Blair

But the Netflix series, though rooted in the author’s romance novel sensibility, feels retrofitted with the bones of “Yellowstone”’s Dutton Ranch, right down to the modern country needle drops. “Ransom Canyon” takes pains to remind you it’s set in the Hill Country of Texas,