The main actors playing the Dutton family spent four days at cowboy camp, learning how to ride and be comfortable out on the ranch.
Harvey Weinstein was originally one of the producers of the series but, following sexual abuse allegations (and his subsequent conviction), his name was removed from the credits.
Thomas Rainwater was misled to believe that he was Mexican. Gil Birmingham, who plays Thomas Rainwater, is of Mexican descent, by way of his father.
This is the first scripted series to be commissioned by the Paramount Network.
Showrunner Taylor Sheridan wrote and directed every episode in Season 1. It wouldn't be until the first episode of Season 2 that someone else - in this case, Ed Bianchi - would helm an episode.