Get ready for the return of Tommy Norris.

The chain-smoking, tough-talking oil-field negotiator played by Billy Bob Thornton in the Paramount+ series “Landman” soon will be back on the pumpjack.

Paramount+ announced today that the series, whose first 10-episode season ended on Jan. 12, has been renewed for a second season though there’s no word on when it will air.

The Hollywood Reporter called the show, produced by “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan, a “breakout” and said “it was among the top streaming shows in the fourth quarter of 2024.” It didn’t hurt its popularity that Thornton also earned an Emmy nomination for best actor in a drama series.

“’Landman’ was one of the biggest shows of the year because of Taylor Sheridan’s unique ability to tap into the cultural zeitgeist, harnessing the neo-Western themes of rugged individualism, ambition and working-class struggles set against contemporary debates around energy, climate change and economic growth,” said Chris McCarthy, co-CEO of Paramount and president and CEO of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks, in a release. “The series has helped drive Paramount+ to new heights as the No. 2 SVOD [service] in the U.S. for original hours watched in Q4.”

The show, based on a Texas Monthly-produced podcast from Christian Wallace called “Boomtown,” revolves around the struggles of ornery Norris as he juggles the unceasing demands of the volatile oil business, violent Mexican cartels and shaky family relationships. Jon Hamm, Demi Moore, Ali Larter and Jacob Lofland also star.

“Landman” generated mostly positive reviews (it’s at 78 per-cent on Rotten Tomatoes) with NPR’s John Powers declaring it “an old-style family soap and a breezy portrait of what may be the most influential industry in the world.” Meanwhile, Toronto’s Globe & Mail exclaimed, “ ‘Landman’ makes ‘Yellowstone’ look like PBS. Like everything in Texas, it’s both bonkers and compulsively watchable.”

I guess that last one is a compliment?

USA Today was less impressed, criticizing it for being “slapped together with little regard to a sensible framework or even characters whose names you can remember, “Landman” is Sheridan’s laziest work, and his most obscene.”