Started March 31, 2020 · Returning Series · Based on 7 seasons, 86 episodes through August 18, 2026 · TV-PG · 42 min
The show follows ranch owner Brandon Fugal and a team led by scientists Travis Taylor and Erik Bard. They work at a remote ranch in northern Utah where people have reported UFOs, strange lights, missing time, animal deaths, radiation, injuries, and other frightening events. The team uses drones, rockets, lasers, radar, cameras, drilling, and other tools to test the claims. The tone is tense and dramatic, but it also presents the work as a search for real answers.
The show connects the ranch to Navajo and Ute folklore and includes visits from Native advisers, a rabbi, a shaman, politicians, and other experts. These people help the team explore old stories, rituals, strange symbols, and possible portals. The main story stays focused on the Mesa, the Triangle, the invisible Bubble, buried materials, UAPs, and signs of hidden forces. The team often treats uncertain readings as major clues, so the series feels more like a continuing mystery than a settled scientific case.
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Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch.
Woke representation / casting
Not present. The main visible team is mostly white men, with women and other guests appearing as experts or visitors. The show does not present the cast as a diversity project or make identity a reason for the casting.
0%
Woke political dialogue
Not present. The team talks about UFOs, government secrecy, Native folklore, science, danger, and unexplained events. Those talks do not promote modern identity, gender-role, DEI, or activist ideas.
0%
Identity-driven story themes
Not present. The show uses the skinwalker legend, local tribal history, and a shaman ritual to explore the ranch’s mystery. Its continuing story follows experiments, strange readings, injuries, and UAP claims rather than an identity or social-justice message.
0%
Western institutional / cultural critique
Not present. The show questions government secrecy and the limits of accepted science as part of its UFO mystery. It does not make a continuing attack on men, families, Christianity, capitalism, or Western culture.
0%
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant. The series is a reality investigation, not an adaptation with established characters or a changed source story. It does not swap the identity of a known character or historical figure.
0%
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Several small X accounts praise the show as “no woke” or “hard science, no DEI.” Another lists it as an exception to “woke garbage” television. The reaction is fringe and is praise for the show’s lack of woke content, not a large backlash against a woke message.
12%
Creator track record context
Not present. Kevin Burns, Mary E. Donahue, and T. J. Allard are tied mainly to nonfiction, history, reality, and genre entertainment. The available creator record does not show a clear activist, DEI, or identity-first pattern connected to this title.
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Production
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