There’s a new western in town. “Ransom Canyon” premieres on Netflix on Thursday, April 17, and the series has already been compared to the massively successful neowestern drama “Yellowstone.” But how ...

Every major network and streamer is searching for the next Yellowstone. The Taylor Sheridan Western series is a ratings juggernaut and, thanks to its spin-offs, has its own television universe.

Netflix’s Ransom Canyon premiered on Thursday, and so far, it seems to be in Yellowstone’s shadow. On its face, Ransom Canyon is a “generically pretty” and “thoroughly bland Western romance” as “it is ...