Taylor Sheridan‘s Paramount Network megahit will resume production on its final episodes in the late spring of 2024. Yellowstone, earlier this month, had set a premiere date of November 2024 for the second half of its fifth and final season, which last aired its midseason finale Jan. 6, 2023, and will usher in the end of the series.
The long-awaited final installment of Yellowstone — featuring Kevin Costner ‘s final episodes — has been delayed until November 2024, the Paramount Network announced Thursday. Originally scheduled to return this month, Paramount says production was delayed by this year’s strikes by actors and screenwriters. The first half of the fifth season debuted in November 2022.
Yellowstone will continue on CBS, as season two of the cable Western drama premieres on CBS Sunday, October 29. With scripted shows in short supply amidst the writers and actors strikes, Yellowstone premiered on CBS Sept. 17. The season one finale runs on CBS Sunday, Oct. 22. Close to 21.6 million viewers have watched at least one episode on CBS, according to the network, and 52% of them are new to the show.
Taylor Sheridan’s hit drama Yellowstone made its broadcast debut on CBS last week, with an average 6.6 million viewers tuning in to watch the series premiere that first aired on Paramount Network five years ago. That number decreased to a still-solid 5 million with Episode 2 on Sunday night, and it seemed likely that a chunk of the viewers who dropped off — especially from within the 3 million viewers who had never seen the show before — may have opted to stream the show at their own pace on Peacock instead of returning to CBS.
Yellowstone is set to make its broadcast debut as part of CBS’s fall schedule, which now includes a slew of reality series as well as a number of Paramount+ series such as SEAL Team and the original incarnation of Ghosts. The launch of Taylor Sheridan’s Kevin Costner-fronted drama, which is coming to an end with its fifth season on Paramount Network, is the headline of CBS’s reworked schedule, which has been impacted by both the writers strike and, now, actors strike.
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Paramount has announced that the Kevin Costner-fronted Yellowstone will wrap its run with the upcoming second half of season five, which is set to premiere in November. It will be followed by an untitled sequel, from 101 Studios and MTV Entertainment Studios, which has received a straight-to-series order for a December debut. No talent has been announced for the new series but it appears Matthew McConaughey remains in negotiations to star.
Yellowstone, TV’s top-rated drama, may end in spectacular fashion. Taylor Sheridan, co-creator and showrunner, Paramount Global and Paramount Network are moving to end their signature show in its current form. But they are plotting a potential franchise extension to continue the Dutton saga, a new show with Matthew McConaughey in talks to star. It is unclear which of the Yellowstone cast will move over to the McConaughey-led series, but it is expected to include several of the big stars.
After a series of brief bumps for Peacock, Yellowstone scores its first billion-minute week on Nielsen’s on Nielsen’s Streaming Top 10. During the week of Dec. 26-Jan. 1, the drama sits at No. 5 on the chart with 1.04 billion minutes viewed.
The Paramount Network drama delivered a cumulative viewership of 12.1 million live-plus-same-day viewers, the biggest overnight launch yet for the Kevin Costner neo-Western. According to Samba TV, the ratings make Yellowstone the top scripted series premiere of 2022. The series was also up double digits in all demos, including growing 52% among adults 18-34 and delivering a cumulative 5.6 rating among adults 18-49.
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The ranch drama starring Kevin Costner and from creator Taylor Sheridan has been renewed for a fifth season on the ViacomCBS-owned basic cable network. The family drama capped a record-breaking season in January when the finale drew 10.3 million total viewers, an all-time high for both the series and Paramount Network. (The show is the last scripted original on the linear network.)
