Yellowstone (2018)
My land, my rules.
Follow the violent world of the Dutton family, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. Led by their patriarch John Dutton, the family defends their property against constant attack by land developers, an Indian reservation, and America’s first National Park.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 20 June 2018 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 15 December 2024 |
| Genre | Western, Drama |
| Created by | Taylor Sheridan and John Linson |
| Starring | Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly and Wes Bentley |
| Seasons | 5 seasons, 53 episodes |
| Episode length | about 48 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 42 hours |
| Rated | TV-MA |
| Scores | TMDB users 8.3/10 |
Where to watch Yellowstone
Yellowstone is streaming on Fubo in the US. It is also on Peacock ($16.99 a month). At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 1 month of Peacock, or $16.99 at list price.
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What kind of watch this is
Taylor Sheridan and John Linson built a drama where the biggest cattle ranch in Montana is less a business than a fortress. John Dutton runs it with the casual cruelty of a man who believes he is the law. The show is 42 hours of watching a family slowly turn their own land into a minefield. It is a western that forgot the frontier ended centuries ago.
What the critics said
The first season found the ground uneven. Metacritic gave it a 54 out of 100 based on 27 critics, a score it defines as mixed or average. Rotten Tomatoes sat at 56% approval from 52 reviews. Its consensus noted the drama was "too melodramatic to be taken seriously." That specific criticism seems to have been left at the gates. Later seasons climbed to 89%, 100%, and 91%.
How it did with audiences
On TMDB, users rate it 8.3 out of 10. There is no box office figure to discuss, so the numbers that matter are the ones living in your living room. The season 3 premiere drew 7.6 million viewers. By season 4, that number jumped to 12.7 million. Season 5 opened with 12.1 million. The crowd got bigger, then held steady. The show has been called a "Heartland drama" and "red state" drama, a label which Taylor Sheridan himself disputes. The viewership numbers do not care about the politics. They only care about the chairs.
What came next for the cast
Kevin Costner moved from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Man of Steel to The Highwaymen, Let Him Go, and Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1. Luke Grimes moved from American Sniper and Fifty Shades of Grey to Eddington, Marshals, and Happiness for Beginners. Kelly Reilly moved from Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows to A Haunting in Venice, Eli, and Here. Wes Bentley moved from Interstellar and The Hunger Games to The Best of Enemies. The credits do not prove the show caused these shifts. They merely map the paths.
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Sources
- Yellowstone on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q47452423 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Yellowstone (TV series)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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