Tulsa King Season 4 Is Here, and Dwight Manfredi Is Running Out of Places to Hide

Sylvester Stallone is back on television today, and he brought trouble with him. Tulsa King Season 4 lands on Paramount+ this Friday, October 16, with ten new episodes that promise the darkest chapter of Dwight Manfredi’s story yet. New episodes drop weekly through the December 18 finale.

Here is the thing nobody saw coming two weeks ago: Paramount+ has already renewed the show for Season 5, moved the entire production from Atlanta to New York, and started filming. The mob boss who was exiled to Oklahoma is going home. If you have been sleeping on this show, you are out of excuses.

When and Where to Watch Tulsa King Season 4

The basics, since search traffic is spiking for exactly this question. Season 4 premieres Friday, October 16, 2026, streaming exclusively on Paramount+. The first episode goes live at midnight PT, which is 3 a.m. ET for East Coast night owls who do not want to wait.

There are 10 episodes in Season 4, releasing one per week through the December 18 season finale. The first three seasons are also on Paramount+, all 29 episodes of them, so a full binge before the premiere is completely doable if you have a free weekend and a high tolerance for Stallone doing crime.

What Season 4 Is About

Per Paramount+, Season 4 opens with Dwight (Stallone) fighting to legitimize his empire and protect his crew. Then everything starts breaking. Corrupt politicians move against him. Dangerous new enemies circle. And a crushing personal loss hits from a direction he never saw coming.

The official line puts it well: every hard-won gain comes with harder truths about loyalty, leadership, and the cost of ambition. Each move drags Dwight deeper into the street instincts he left behind in New York, turning Tulsa into a battleground and Dwight into the one threat nobody can afford to underestimate.

The trailer, which dropped September 28, gives the clearest picture. Law enforcement is striking down Manfredi’s criminal empire in open daylight. Gretchen Mol joins as series regular Amanda Clark, a ruthless political figure who has made it her mission to get rid of the mob in Oklahoma. Then there is Liquid Rick, a corrupt music producer orchestrating a takedown from inside the entertainment world. Dwight’s response in the trailer says everything about where this season goes: “I’m not ready to fold. I’m gonna get it all back.”

New faces, old power

Alongside Stallone, the season brings back Martin Starr as Bodhi, Jay Will as Tyson Mitchell, Vincent Piazza, Annabella Sciorra, Frank Grillo, Neal McDonough, Garrett Hedlund, and Dana Delany. Chris Caldovino, McKenna Quigley Harrington, Mike “Cash Flo” Walden, James Russo, and Kevin Pollak return as well.

New blood arrives too. Gretchen Mol plays Tulsa politician Amanda Clark as a series regular. Eden Lee recurs as Maya, described as the officious Chief of Staff for the Governor of Oklahoma. The political axis of the season is clearly going to squeeze Dwight harder than any rival crew has.

The Season 5 Twist Nobody Expected This Early

Television renewals usually come after a premiere proves the season works. Paramount+ did not wait. On October 5, less than two weeks before Season 4 premiered, the streamer renewed Tulsa King for Season 5. That is a confident move, and the numbers explain it: Season 2 became Paramount+’s most-watched global premiere ever, drawing 21.1 million viewers.

But the renewal came with a plot twist that doubles as a production twist. Season 5 is moving production from Atlanta to New York, and filming is already underway. The story follows: Dwight returns to his mafia roots, the New York crime world that exiled him to Oklahoma in the first place. Drew Brown, EVP of physical production at Paramount Television Studios, said the company is thrilled to shoot in New York “where Dwight Manfredi’s story will continue to evolve,” while noting Georgia remains important to them.

New York’s Empire State Development office welcomed the production, pointing to the state’s film tax credit program and the jobs the show brings. Moving a whole production across the country is expensive. You only do it when the show’s math works.

The Stallone family expands

Stallone signed a new deal to return for Season 5, structured similarly to his agreements for Seasons 3 and 4, which helped lock in the pickup. And the cast is growing in a way fans will notice: Scarlet Rose Stallone, Stallone’s real-life daughter, who has played Spencer across all four seasons, has been promoted to series regular.

Four more actors join as series regulars for Season 5: Erik Palladino, Glenn Fleshler, Anthony Skordi, and Nickola Shreli. Character details have not been released, which means speculation season is officially open.

Why Tulsa King Keeps Pulling Numbers

Think about how unlikely this show was. In 2022, Sylvester Stallone, then 76, took his first major television lead role, playing a New York capo who does 25 years in prison, gets exiled to Oklahoma by his own crime family, and builds a new criminal empire in a place he cannot even pronounce correctly. It should have been a curiosity. Instead it became one of Paramount+’s most dependable franchises.

The behind-the-scenes stability matters. Created by Taylor Sheridan, the series had Dave Erickson as showrunner for Season 3, but Season 1 showrunner Terence Winter is back for Season 4 as head writer and executive producer. Winter’s credits include The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire, which is about as strong a crime-drama resume as exists. The show is produced by Paramount Television Studios and 101 Studios.

And the franchise is growing. A spinoff, Frisco King, is in development, which makes Tulsa King only the second Sheridan series on Paramount+, after Yellowstone, to expand into a full franchise. For a show that started as a fish-out-of-water mob story, that is quite a run.

What to Watch Before the Premiere

If you are starting cold, the official Season 4 trailer is the fastest way to get up to speed on where Dwight’s empire stands. Watch it below, then hit the first three seasons on Paramount+ before tonight’s premiere.

• Premiere: Friday, October 16, 2026, midnight PT / 3 a.m. ET, exclusively on Paramount+
• Episodes: 10, weekly through the December 18 finale
• Big story: Dwight fights corrupt politicians, new enemies, and a crushing personal loss
• New regular: Gretchen Mol as ruthless politician Amanda Clark
• Season 5: Already renewed, production moved to New York, Stallone’s daughter Scarlet Rose promoted to series regular

For more on what is premiering this month, check out our entertainment coverage, and see how the other big TV events of the week played out in our DWTS Week 5 recap.

Season 4 premieres today. Season 5 is already filming in New York. Dwight Manfredi is 80 years old and has never been busier. The real question is not whether Tulsa King survives the season. It is whether Tulsa survives Dwight.