Does ‘Yellowstone’ Return Tonight? Here’s When ‘Yellowstone’ Season 5 Returns To Paramount Network With New Episodes
Are you looking for a new show to watch while Yellowstone’s on hiatus? Don’t worry. Decider’s got you covered.
Paramount+ offers two different Yellowstone prequels (1923 and 1883), Hulu is the streaming home of Graham Yost’s rewatchable modern Western Justified (and Justified: City Primeval), and Netflix has the popular neo-Western crime drama Longmire. Plus, there’s always Reacher (Prime Video), Lawmen: Bass Reeves, and Joe Pickett (Paramount+). So much TV, so little time.
But what about our old pal Yellowstone? I’m glad you asked! Here’s everything we know about the Season 5 return date.
Is Yellowstone on Tonight (12/10/23)?
Unfortunately, Yellowstone isn’t airing on Paramount Network tonight. The network is broadcasting The Goonies at 6:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. ET.
CBS had previously been airing Yellowstone reruns on Sundays, but that won’t be the case tonight. The Season 2 finale aired last week, and the network will begin airing Season 3 episodes on Sunday, January 14. The third season will run through January, culminating with a two-night season finale event.
When Does Yellowstone Return With New Episodes?
Next year. Last month, Paramount Network announced that Yellowstone will return for the second half of Season 5 in November 2024. The network also revealed that two new Yellowstone spinoffs — 1944 and 2024 — are forthcoming.
No plot details for 1944 or 2024 were announced, but Variety reports that 2024 is expected to begin airing following the conclusion of Yellowstone, with the show featuring “new cast members and locations with some crossover characters as well.” This is the series that would most likely include Matthew McConaughey, who’s been rumored to star in a Yellowstone spinoff since April.
The second half of Season 5 was originally supposed to consist of six episodes, but during a June 2023 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Sheridan said that he might wr ite more than the previously reported six installments. “If I think it takes ten episodes to wrap it up, they’ll give me ten,” he said. “It’ll be as long as it needs to be.”
Is Kevin Costner Leaving Yellowstone?
Production on the final episodes of the fifth and final season will reportedly begin in late spring 2024, but Costner’s level of involvement in the remaining installments is still unclear. The actor revealed in a September court trial that he was initially offered $24 million to do Seasons 5, 6, and 7 of Yellowstone but there were “issues with creative.”
Per Deadline, another source of contention centered around the star’s shooting schedule. Costner reportedly wanted more time to spend on his upcoming multi-part Western movie Horizon: An American Saga, a film in which he starred, directed, co-wrote, and produced.
The situation remains in flux — Costner said in September that he’ll “probably go to court” over his Yellowstone exit — so it’s safe to say that he almost certainly won’t be involved in future spinoffs.
How To Watch Yellowstone Season 5 Online:
All five seasons of Yellowstone are available on Peacock Premium. You can also stream select Season 5 episodes on-demand via the Paramount Network website, fuboTV, Sling TV (the $6/month “Comedy Extra” add-on), Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, Philo, or DIRECTV STREAM.
Finally, individual episodes and complete seasons of Yellowstone are available to purchase on Amazon.
