Yellowstone | |
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Genre | Drama |
Created by | |
Written by | Taylor Sheridan |
Directed by | Taylor Sheridan |
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Composer(s) | Brian Tyler |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 9 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producer(s) |
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Producer(s) |
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Cinematography | Ben Richardson |
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Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 42–92 minutes |
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Release | |
Original network | Paramount Network |
Original release | June 20, 2018 – present |
External links | |
Official website |
Yellowstone is an American drama television series created by Taylor Sheridan and John Linson that premiered on June 20, 2018 on Paramount Network. It stars Kevin Costner, Wes Bentley, Kelly Reilly, Luke Grimes, Cole Hauser and Gil Birmingham. The series follows the conflicts along the shared borders of a large cattle ranch, an Indian reservation, land developers and Yellowstone National Park. On July 24, 2018, it was announced that Paramount Network had renewed the series for a second season to air on June 19, 2019.
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Yellowstone follows "the Dutton family, led by John Dutton, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States, under constant attack by those it borders—land developers, an Indian reservation, and America's first National Park. It is an intense study of a violent world far from media scrutiny—where land grabs make developers billions, and politicians are bought and sold by the world's largest oil and lumber corporations. Where drinking water poisoned by fracking wells and unsolved murders are not news: they are a consequence of living in the new frontier. It is the best and worst of America seen through the eyes of a family that represents both." [1]
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No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Daybreak" | Taylor Sheridan | Story by : Taylor Sheridan & John Linson Teleplay by : Taylor Sheridan | June 20, 2018 | 2.83 [2] |
2 | "Kill the Messenger" | Taylor Sheridan | Story by : Taylor Sheridan & John Linson Teleplay by : Taylor Sheridan | June 27, 2018 | 2.07 [3] |
3 | "No Good Horses" | Taylor Sheridan | Taylor Sheridan | July 11, 2018 | 2.17 [4] |
4 | "The Long Black Train" | Taylor Sheridan | Taylor Sheridan | July 18, 2018 | 1.89 [5] |
5 | "Coming Home" | Taylor Sheridan | Taylor Sheridan | July 25, 2018 | 1.95 [6] |
6 | "The Remembering" | Taylor Sheridan | Taylor Sheridan | August 1, 2018 | 2.10 [7] |
7 | "A Monster Is Among Us" | Taylor Sheridan | Taylor Sheridan | August 8, 2018 | 2.08 [8] |
8 | "The Unravelling, Pt. 1" | Taylor Sheridan | Taylor Sheridan | August 15, 2018 | 2.13 [9] |
9 | "The Unravelling, Pt. 2" | Taylor Sheridan | Taylor Sheridan | August 22, 2018 | 2.37 [10] |
In 2013, Taylor Sheridan began work on the series, having recently grown tired of acting and begun writing screenplays. Having lived in the rural parts of states such as Texas and Wyoming, Sheridan purposely set the series in Montana and went about writing the first scripts in Livingston. [11]
On May 3, 2017, it was announced that the Paramount Network had greenlit its first scripted series, Yellowstone. Paramount issued a series order for a first season consisting of ten episodes. The series was set to be written, directed, and executive-produced by Sheridan. Other executive producers were to include John Linson, Art Linson, Harvey Weinstein, and David Glasser. Production companies involved with the series were set to consist of Linson Entertainment and The Weinstein Company. [1]
On October 12, 2017, it was announced that following reports of sexual abuse allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein, his name would be removed from the series' credits as would The Weinstein Company as well. [12] On January 15, 2018, Kevin Kay, president of Paramount Network, clarified during the annual Television Critics Association's winter press tour that Yellowstone will not have The Weinstein Company's credits or logo on them, even though that company was involved in production. Furthermore, he stated that their intent is to replace Weinstein Television with the company's new name in the show's credits when available. [13] That same day, it was also announced that the series would premiere on June 20, 2018. [14]
On July 24, 2018, it was announced that Paramount Network had renewed the series for a second season that was expected to premiere in 2019. [15] On March 21, 2019, it was announced that the second season will premiere on June 19, 2019. [16]
On May 15, 2017, it was announced that Kevin Costner had been cast in the series lead role of John Dutton. [17] In June 2017, it was reported that Luke Grimes, Cole Hauser, Wes Bentley, and Kelly Reilly had joined the cast as series regulars. [18] [19] On July 13, 2017, it was announced that Kelsey Asbille had been cast in a main role. [20] In August 2017, it was reported that Dave Annable, Gil Birmingham, and Jefferson White had been added to the main cast while Wendy Moniz, Gretchen Mol, Jill Hennessy, Patrick St. Esprit, Ian Bohen, Denim Richards, and Golden Brooks were joining the cast in a recurring capacity. [21] [22] [23] [24] In November 2017, it was announced that Michaela Conlin and Josh Lucas had been added to the cast in recurring roles. [25] [26] On December 19, 2017, it was reported that Heather Hemmens was joining the cast in a recurring capacity. [27] On June 13, 2018, it was announced that Barret Swatek had been cast in a recurring role. [28] On September 14, 2018, it was announced that Neal McDonough was joining the cast of season two in a recurring capacity. [29]
Principal photography for the series began in August 2017 at the Chief Joseph Ranch in Darby, Montana, which stands in as the home of John Dutton. Filming also took place that month near Park City, Utah. The production used all three soundstages at the Utah Film Studio in Park City, which is a total of 45,000 square feet. The building also houses offices, editing, a huge wardrobe department and construction shops. By November 2017, the series had filmed in more than twenty locations in Utah, including the Salt Flats and Spanish Fork. Additionally, filming also took place at various locations in Montana. Production was reportedly set to last until December 2017. [30] [31]
The series' score was composed by Brian Tyler who worked with musicians from the London Philharmonia Orchestra and viola, cello, and violin soloists. On August 17, 2018, the soundtrack for the first season was released by Sony Music. [32]
On February 28, 2018, a teaser trailer for the series was released. [33] On April 26, 2018, the first full trailer was released. [34]
On June 25, 2018, the series held a screening at Seriesfest, an annual international television festival, at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver, Colorado. [35] [36]
The first season was released on Blu-ray and DVD on December 4, 2018. [37]
The series was met with a mixed response from critics upon its premiere. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds a 51% approval rating, with an average rating of 5.83 out of 10 based on 39 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Yellowstone proves too melodramatic to be taken seriously, diminishing the effects of the talented cast and beautiful backdrops." [38] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the season a score of 53 out of 100 based on 26 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews." [39]
The two-hour series premiere of Yellowstone averaged 2.8 million viewers in live + same day and became the most-watched original scripted series telecast ever on Paramount Network (or its predecessor Spike). The premiere audience grows to nearly 4 million when the two encore airings of the premiere are factored in. The premiere audience more than doubled that of Paramount Network's first scripted drama series, Waco and more than tripled the debut viewership of Paramount Network's new comedy series, American Woman . [40] It was later reported that the premiere's Live+3 Nielsen ratings revealed that 4.8 million viewers ultimately watched the premiere after delayed viewing was factored in. [41] By the series' third episode, it was reported that the show had become the second most watched television series on ad-supported cable to air in 2018, only behind AMC's The Walking Dead . [42]
No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Daybreak" | June 20, 2018 | 0.4 | 2.83 [2] | 0.5 | 2.48 | 0.9 | 5.31 [43] |
2 | "Kill the Messenger" | June 27, 2018 | 0.3 | 2.07 [3] | 0.4 | 2.22 | 0.7 | 4.29 [44] [lower-alpha 1] |
3 | "No Good Horses" | July 11, 2018 | 0.4 | 2.17 [4] | 0.5 | 3.05 | 0.9 | 5.22 [45] |
4 | "The Long Black Train" | July 18, 2018 | 0.3 | 1.89 [5] | 0.5 | 2.75 | 0.8 | 4.64 [46] |
5 | "Coming Home" | July 25, 2018 | 0.3 | 1.95 [6] | 0.6 | 3.03 | 0.9 | 4.98 [47] |
6 | "The Remembering" | August 1, 2018 | 0.4 | 2.10 [7] | 0.4 | 2.20 | 0.8 | 4.31 [48] [lower-alpha 1] |
7 | "A Monster Is Among Us" | August 8, 2018 | 0.4 | 2.08 [8] | 0.4 | 2.35 | 0.8 | 4.43 [49] [lower-alpha 1] |
8 | "The Unravelling, Pt. 1" | August 15, 2018 | 0.4 | 2.13 [9] | 0.6 | 2.94 | 1.0 | 5.07 [50] |
9 | "The Unravelling, Pt. 2" | August 22, 2018 | 0.4 | 2.37 [10] | 0.5 | 2.44 | 0.9 | 4.81 [51] [lower-alpha 1] |
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | American Society of Cinematographers Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series for Commercial Television | Ben Richardson (for "Daybreak") | Nominated | [52] |
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