Yellowstone Season 4 is officially over. While Season 5 isn’t confirmed as even happening, if popularity is the driving force, there will absolutely be another season.
The season finale had incredible ratings. In fact, it had ratings that are defying what is an industry-wide decline in television ratings. The end of Season 4’s ratings were so good, it’s been years since any show on TV came were better. In fact, it’s been five years since any show had better viewership numbers.
The hugely popular drama starring Oscar winner Kevin Costner hit a new series high with 9.3 million total viewers in Live+Same Day. That number was up 81% compared to the Season 3 finale (5.2 million).
The January 2 finale eclipsed the previous L+SD viewership high mark set by the Season 4 premiere (8 million). That made it the most-watched telecast on cable since The Walking Dead Season 8 premiere on AMC in October 2017. That show boasted 11.4 million eyeballs.
The Season 4 finale of Yellowstone, which saw a major character get killed off, also established new series highs in the adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 demographics.
The ratings boost by people who watched it live and then watched the recording helped Yellowstone become the #1 series of 2021 across broadcast, cable, and premium.
Yellowstone Was Most Watched And Most Talked About
In the days of social media, it’s not enough that people watch a program. It’s also extremely important that they talk about it.
The finale was unsurprisingly the most talked-about program on social media on Sunday night. The finale marked the series’ most talked about telecast ever, surpassing the prior season finale. The metrics that are used to measure that sort of thing showed an increase of 115 percent over the Season 3 Yellowstone finale.
It wasn’t just the finale that got those tongues wagging. Throughout the Season 4 run, the Paramount Network exclusive was the most “social” show of the year.
Network Crows About Success
“Yellowstone continues to shatter records with more than 11 million viewers tuning into the season finale, proving we’ve hit a cultural nerve – from the center of the country to each of the coasts – and still have lots of room to grow on linear,” Chris McCarthy, President and CEO, ViacomCBS Media Networks said in a recent statement. “Our strategy to franchise Yellowstone into a universe of series to fuel growth for Paramount+ is already exceeding expectations.”
Those exceeded expectations have already led to two spinoffs. Both Mayor of Kingstown and 1883 were born because of that viewership. There’s another spinoff coming down the pike as well.
While there isn’t much known about 6666, it’s going to be a direct spinoff and a very similar show. Meanwhile, despite the record numbers for Yellowstone Season 4, the network still won’t say for sure there is going to be a Season 5.
