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Yellowstonehas found a new home at CBS!
Yellowstone’s CBS debut will begin with season 1. No premiere date was announced.
SinceSAG-AFTRAjoined theWriters Guild of Americaon strike, the network needed to rework its fall schedule afteroriginally releasing it in May. In addition to acquired programming, CBS has incorporated more unscripted shows withno end to either strikein sight.
Mary Abel in ‘Yellowstone’.Emerson Miller/Paramount+
Emerson Miller/Paramount+
The network is scheduled to bring backSEAL Teamafter shifting the series to Paramount+ two years ago. Its fifth season will air on Thursdays at 10 p.m. this fall.Ghostsand episodes of the original U.K. series it is based on will air back-to-back beforeSEAL Team.
CBS also plans on runningThe Amazing RaceandSurvivoron Wednesdays in 90-minute blocks.Big BrotherandThe Challenge USAwill join the two competitive reality shows as they extend into the fall. CBS will also air a to-be-determined Paramount+ original series on Mondays at 10 p.m.
‘Survivor’.Robert Voets/CBS
Robert Voets/CBS
The second half of season 5 ofYellowstonewas projected to return in the summer of 2023 but has seen delays with production andCostner’s exit as the series’ lead. During the first half, the show continued drawing record numbers, with 12 million viewers tuning into theseason 5 premiere in November 2022.
While fans can catch up on the earlier drama among the Dutton family on CBS, viewers will have to wait even little longer than expected for thesecond half of season five.
Back in June,Yellowstoneco-creator Taylor Sheridan admitted hewasn’t pleasedwith Costner’s departure, though he assured fans that his character John Dutton wouldn’t pay a gruesome price in an interview withThe Hollywood Reporter.
Kevin Costner.Paramount Network/Courtesy Everett Collection
“I’m disappointed. It truncates the closure of his character. It doesn’t alter it, but it truncates it,” he continued, referencing the actor’s decision to focus on his upcoming movieHorizonand leave the series behind. “His movie seems to be a great priority to him and he wants to shift focus. I sure hope [the movie is] worth it — and that it’s a good one.”
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That said, Sheridan revealed he already hasanother spinoffin the works, andMatthew McConaugheyisreportedly in talks to star. The executive producer sees plenty of potential for its place in the expansiveYellowstoneuniverse.
“There are lots of places where a way of life that existed for 150 years is slamming against a new way of life, but the challenges are completely different,” he continued. “There are a lot of places you can tell this story.”
Sheridan’sYellowstoneuniverse also includes the prequel series1883and1923, both of which follow earlier generations of the Dutton family. They are available exclusively on Paramount+. Another spin-off titled6666, set on the famous Four Sixes Ranch in Texas, is also in development.
source: people.com
