Jon Hamm Left Taylor Sheridan's ‘Landman’ for Apple TV’s Most Bingeable Sleeper Hit

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Published Jan 24, 2026, 12:40 PM EST

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Best known for his role in Mad Men, Jon Hamm has become Apple TV’s newest star thanks to Your Friends & Neighbors. The show also stars Olivia Munn and Amanda Poet, and it follows a hedge fund manager who loses his job and resorts to burglary to maintain his old lifestyle. Your Friends & Neighbors premiered on Apple TV last year, and the show quickly earned a Season 2 renewal. It’s been almost eight months since Apple released a new episode of Your Friends & Neighbors, but the show has surged back into the global top 10, sitting at #8 at the time of writing.

It looked like Jon Hamm was going to be the next big thing in Taylor Sheridan’s hit series, Landman, but his character was killed off at the end of Season 1. Unlike some superhero and supernatural shows, there was no reviving Monty Miller in Landman Season 2, but he’s certainly expected back in Your Friends & Neighbors Season 2, which will be released on Apple TV in April. It’s unusual during the modern streaming era for shows to have this quick of a turnaround, but with how popular Your Friends & Neighbors Season 1 was, it’s no surprise the streamer pushed for a speedy return.

Your Friends & Neighbors was written and created for TV by Jonathan Tropper, who also wrote the script for Shawn Levy’s new Star Wars movie, Starfighter. Trooper worked with Levy in the past on Netflix's sci-fi film The Adam Project, which stars Ryan Reynolds. Your Friends & Neighbors is also far from his first time working on TV shows — he previously penned all 30 episodes of the HBO hit Warrior, and he wrote episodes of Jason Momoa’s See.

What Else Does Jon Hamm Have in the Works?

Jon Hamm can also be seen as Paul Marks in another Apple TV series, The Morning Show, which is headlined by Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon. He’ll lend his voice to a new animated movie coming to theaters this March, Hoppers, which also stars Piper Curda and Dave Franco. Hamm is due to star opposite Maya Hawke and Christoph Waltz in Stephen Frears’ new movie, Wilder & Me, which is expected to begin production soon. Severance star John Turturro will also have a role in the film.