Paramount announced Friday that this season of the Kevin Costner-starring Western “Yellowstone,” which has become one of television’s most popular shows, will come to an end.
Following the series, which will air on the Paramount Network, a new “Yellowstone” sequel, created by Taylor Sheridan, like the original, will launch in December, Paramount said. The sequel aired on cable channel Paramount Network and later on Paramount + Streaming platform.
Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios, which produces Yellowstone with 101 Studios, said in a statement: It is the foundation on which the whole world was built.” It was announced that the final episode will be screened from November.
Telling the story of the Dutton family, a wealthy and rowdy Montana ranching family led by patriarch John Dutton (Cosner), “Yellowstone” is one of the biggest shows on television. Its season 4 finale was the most-watched scripted show of 2022. report, more than 13 million viewers. According to Paramount, the season 5 premiere last November surpassed him with more than 17 million viewers.
The announcement of the end of “Yellowstone” comes amid rumors of tension between Costner and the show’s creative team. report He will not return to the show following this season.
“Yellowstone” has sometimes been called television’s “red state hit,” with some critics calling the label too simplistic. (Sheridan told The New York Times in 2019, “People calling it a red state show probably haven’t seen it.”
Paramount released data early in its run, suggesting it was most popular in the South and the United States. middle of the country. But its demographic reach is wider and dynamic Friday’s announcement was alluded to when referring to the show’s “passionate viewers from the center of the country to each coast.”
Before becoming one of television’s most prolific creators, Sheridan was best known as a screenwriter. His script for the western movie Hell or High Water was nominated for an Academy Award in 2017. The Yellowstone prequels 1883 (starring real-life couples Tim McGraw and Faith Hill) and 1923 (Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren), and the crime drama Tulsa King (starring real-life couples Tim McGraw and Faith Hill) Sylvester Stallone) and “Mayor”. Kingstown” (Jeremy Renner).
In a statement, McCarthy said he was confident the untitled sequel would be “another blockbuster.”
