SummaryStacy Clyburn (Michelle Pfeiffer) and her family move from Manhattan to Montana's Madison River valley after a family tragedy in the Taylor Sheridan drama series.
Created By:Taylor Sheridan
The Madison
Season 1 Premiere:
Mar 14, 2026
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57
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Mar 13, 2026
90
Its debut run takes full advantage of everyone's chemistry with each other, not just by focusing on them individually, but by mixing and matching players depending on what the story needs. At the end of season 1, everyone has had a meaningful or fun exchange with everyone, which makes the Clyburns feel more fleshed out as a unit.
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53% Positive
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9 Ratings
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41% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
Mar 16, 2026
9
Everyone: TS can’t write women
TS: hold my beer (and my spinning horse) This is a f**king great show so far. It’s slow and heavy at the beginning. It doesn’t have any guns or macho fun. But there’s a reason he chose to write this one himself instead of Marshals or whatever. Sure the MAGAs will hate it for being soft and woke. And the mainstream will hate it for being slow. And the intellectual elite will hate it for being TS. But this is just good TV with wonderful actors and solid writing.
Mar 15, 2026
9
A visually stunning masterpiece. Michelle Pfeiffer delivers what may be the finest performance of her career, reminding audiences exactly what true talent looks like in Hollywood. Her portrayal is layered with raw emotion, drawing the viewer completely into each scene. Pfeiffer’s performance is so powerful and authentic that you don’t simply watch the story unfold—you feel every moment of it alongside her.
Mar 13, 2026
63
If all this sounds hopelessly hokey — and there are stretches in "The Madison" where it irredeemably is — then you'll want to do something else with your Saturday night. Otherwise, there's beauty here, some nice performances and a welcome pivot away from the mayhem of "Yellowstone."
Mar 16, 2026
40
It’s an altogether milder kettle of trout. It is, in essence, a Saga cruise in a Stetson; a languid meditation on retirement stuffed with cloying aphorisms and thuddingly simplistic depictions of grief.
Mar 13, 2026
40
The Madison should be coursing with emotion, almost overwhelming in its strength and impact. Instead, the writing is just stagnant, awkward and predictable as it tries to wring out more emotion.
Mar 13, 2026
25
Her [Michelle Pfeiffer as Stacy Clyburn] incandescent rage provides the only source of illumination in this tired parade of anti-elitist tropes straight out of a Fox News opinion show. The performance is good enough to make one wish Sheridan had any idea how to write material worthy of the actress.
Mar 14, 2026
2
Just a bunch of annoying characters doing annoying things. Every episode has Michelle Pfeiffer lying in a bathtub, rambling on about more nonsense. That’s pretty much the whole story, plot, and character development.
Mar 16, 2026
0
I thought it was horrible, boring and a chick flick. Subpar for a Taylor Sheridan show
Mar 16, 2026
0
Didn't like at all.
Kurt Russell has such a presence when acting. I tuned in because he was on the show. Then, he's killed off. Bringing him in off and on in flashbacks, not good enough. Michelle is a an OK actress but not to carry the series. Kurt would have carried the story much stronger.
And, Taylor Sheridan in all his shows casts nothing but blondes as leading ladies. Hitchcock did that also.
