Taylor Sheridan’s name came up a lot at the Los Angeles press event this week with the new Paramount leadership as virtually every top executive hailed the prolific creator’s business as a top TV asset of the combined Skydance-Paramount Global company.

The "Yellowstone" creator, Paramount and billionaire Ross Perot Jr. have joined forces on a massive new studio just as Texas has gone big on a new tax incentive program for films and television.

Post-merger, New Paramount is setting out to make a splash with buzzy talent deals and (hopefully) big blockbusters. But the incoming Skydance overlords aren’t going to turn their noses up at what was already working with the studio,