CBS Yellowstone pioneered Taylor Sheridan’s idiosyncratic brand of gung-ho New West melodrama. So it’s more than a bit disappointing to discover that Marshals —the first franchise spin-off that isn’t a prequel—is merely a standard-issue CBS procedural gussied up with some Dutton polish. Spencer Hudnut’s sequel (Mar. 1 on CBS) is in most respects no different from the various NCIS , FBI , Blue Bloods , and Criminal Minds series that came before it, except that in this case, it has Luke Grimes’ Kayce Dutton joining a U.S. Marshals team that partakes in the mixture of banter and badassery that has become the network’s cookie-cutter trademark. Executive produced by Sheridan, it’s as unadventurous as they come, although given its predecessors’ ratings success, that may be just what its fans crave. Read more at The Daily Beast.