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Paramount+ releases Frisco King teaser, sets 18 December premiere

Paramount+ released the first teaser for Frisco King, the Samuel L. Jackson-led Tulsa King spinoff written by Taylor Sheridan, and said it will premiere on 18 December with two episodes.

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Mixed · 2Paramount+ released the first teaser trailer for Frisco King, a spinoff of Tulsa King starring Samuel L. Jackson, on Thursday 15 October. Centre · 2The series premieres on Paramount+ on Friday 18 December with two episodes, with new episodes then arriving weekly on Fridays. Centre · 2Jackson plays Russell Lee Washington Jr., a New Orleans gangster first introduced in Season 3 of Tulsa King, who arrives in Frisco, Texas.

Mixed · 2The official description says Washington discovers "a hustler’s playground hidden beneath the polished surface of American suburbia" and turns small hustles into big business with a protégé, a driver and a network of partners, while rising stakes force him to stay "one grift ahead". Centre · 2Taylor Sheridan wrote the series; TVLine reports he wrote all eight Season 1 scripts. Centre · 2The cast also includes Asa Germann, Kai Caster, Lilah Pate and Savanna Gann, with Sylvester Stallone appearing as his Tulsa King character Dwight Manfredi; Collider quotes Stallone as saying he is in two and a half episodes.

Mixed · 2The show was ordered in July 2025 as NOLA King, set in New Orleans, and was retitled Frisco King in February 2026 with the setting moved closer to Sheridan's production base outside Fort Worth, Texas. Mixed · 2It is produced by Paramount Television Studios and 101 Studios; Christina Alexandra Voros directed the pilot, and she and Michael Friedman each directed four episodes.

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Short trade news item on the teaser and premiere date, with a note on the show's earlier New Orleans setting.
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Jackson's role, the logline, the retitling and move to Texas.
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Does not mention weekly release schedule or director credits.
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“Frisco King was originally titled Nola King, and was set to take place in New Orleans” — The Hollywood Reporter

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Announcement coverage built on the premiere date, teaser and logline; TVLine and Collider add franchise context and a fan-oriented tone.
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Release schedule, cast and producers, Sheridan's wider output; Collider includes Stallone's comments and a quiz-style Sheridan personality section.
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Deadline and Collider do not mention the earlier NOLA King title and setting.
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“highly anticipated”“Outside The Law”
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“Christmas is coming a week early for fans of Taylor Sheridan series” — TVLine
“Jackson reclaims the role of Russell Lee Washington Jr., this time lording over a Texas suburb.” — Deadline

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