With 88% RT Score, This 6-Season Katee Sackhoff Western Is Netflix’s Answer to Yellowstone

BREAKING 🔥 Netflix’s Big Answer to Yellowstone Is Finally Here! 🔥

With a whopping 88% RT score, this 6-season Western starring Katee Sackhoff is taking the streaming world by storm. 🏜️💥
Looking for an epic ride full of action, drama, and incredible performances? Look no further.

This show is quickly becoming a must-watch, and you’ll want to catch up before the buzz gets even bigger! Get ready for your new obsession—click to find out why this show is the perfect alternative to Yellowstone. ⬇️

With an 88% Rotten Tomatoes score and six gritty seasons under its belt, Katee Sackhoff’s Longmire is the Western gem Netflix fans keep sleeping on. Before Yellowstone roped everyone in with cowboy drama and power plays, Longmire was already serving up small-town justice, dusty standoffs, and brooding sheriffs with emotional baggage.

It might not have Dutton-level branding, but if you’re craving frontier tension without the soap, Longmire is Netflix’s low-key answer to Taylor Sheridan’s empire minus the ranch politics, but just as much grit.

Katee Sackhoff’s Longmire quietly earned an 88% score and a cult following on Netflix

A still from LongmireA still from Katee Sackhoff’s Longmire | Credits: A&E/Netflix

Longmire didn’t come in guns blazing, but it sure stayed in the fight. The slow-burn neo-Western quietly earned an impressive 88% on Rotten Tomatoes and an 8.3/10 IMDb score, proving that audiences were more than ready for a crime drama with a dusty, modern-day Western edge.

Led by Aussie actor Robert Taylor as Sheriff Walt Longmire, the series takes off after Walt loses his wife. He returns to duty in Absaroka County, Wyoming, trying to piece together his life one crime scene at a time. His best friend, Henry Standing Bear (played by Lou Diamond Phillips), adds a deep cultural layer, helping navigate complex tribal politics and sometimes calling Walt out. But don’t expect a buddy cop vibe. These two have trust issues of their own.

Based on Craig Johnson’s best-selling Walt Longmire Mysteries, the show starts off feeling like just another procedural, but it’s not. Flashbacks, slow reveals, and small-town secrets keep the tension simmering across six seasons.

Premiering on A&E in 2012, Longmire quickly became the network’s highest-rated original drama. Then got canceled after Season 3, but Netflix rode in like a hero, picking up the show and giving it three more seasons. The finale dropped in 2017.

Today, Longmire may be off Netflix in the U.S., but it’s still riding high on other platforms like Paramount+. Its loyal fanbase hasn’t let it fade into the sunset.

So, if you’re craving a character-driven crime drama with Western grit and emotional depth, Longmire is still very much worth the ride.

Netflix should revive Longmire to tackle Paramount+’s Yellowstone

A still from Longmire A still from Longmire | Credits: A&E/ Netflix

Netflix just let a gem ride off into the sunset. Longmire, the cult-favorite Western that Netflix rescued back in 2015, has officially left its U.S. library on January 1, 2025. And fans aren’t thrilled, neither is Longmire creator Craig Johnson, who called out the streamer’s decision with a Facebook post, saying,

So, I’m to understand that Netflix is officially dropping Longmire from its lineup at the end of the year even though the show is still alive and well in the ratings. I hear its been picked up by Paramount+ and I’m just curious to see if Warner Brothers, now free from the sweetheart deal with Netflix, will finally consider reviving the show… 

Interesting times. I have to admit that I took a great deal of satisfaction cancelling my Netflix subscription when I got to the box where they asked why and I simply wrote… LONGMIRE.

Now, with Longmire galloping over to Paramount+, Netflix has a real opportunity staring it down. Revive the show and bring Walt Longmire back, not just for the fans but to fire back at Paramount’s Western empire led by Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone.

Johnson’s already teasing a potential revival, especially now that the old Netflix deal has expired. And with Longmire still holding strong in ratings and legacy love, a comeback could turn the tide.

If Netflix wants to saddle up against 1883, 1923, and that Yellowstone firepower, reviving Longmire might just be its boldest play yet.