Kevin Costner’s ‘Yellowstone’ units viewership milestones

NEW YORK:  Kevin Costner’s Paramount epic “Yellowstone” reached 12.1 million viewers for the opening night time of its fifth season on Sunday, the preferred scripted sequence episode to this point within the new tv season, the Nielsen firm stated.

That it was a cable community sequence — as a substitute of an enormous broadcaster like CBS, NBC or ABC — makes the achievement that rather more spectacular.

The whole viewership concerned a bit trickery: the present concurrently aired on Viacom networks CMT, TV Land and Pop, and there have been some same-day reruns. Even with that, there have been 9.4 million viewers who noticed the premiere episode on Paramount alone.

“We’ve been able to create a show that didn’t start out being popular but did it on its own terms,” Costner stated in a current interview with The Associated Press.

“Yellowstone” is without doubt one of the most appointment-viewing-friendly reveals on tv now, partially as a result of it appeals to an older viewers extra used to watching TV in a conventional means, stated Josef Adalian, West Coast editor of New York journal’s Vulture.com.

“People want to watch it and they want to watch it now,” Adalian stated. It additionally proves the enduring reputation of the Western as a style and, in some respects, it is shocking there have not been copycats.

The present is overwhelmingly common in pink states. States with Republican governors — topped by Texas — watch “Yellowstone” 3 times as a lot as states with Democratic governors, in keeping with Philo, a dwell TV streaming service.

No scripted sequence on a broadcast community has reached greater than 8 million same-day viewers this season, though audiences often improve when delayed viewing is taken into consideration.

For occasion, the preferred broadcast scripted present final week, CBS’ “Young Sheldon,” was seen by 7.14 million individuals, Nielsen stated.

While “Yellowstone” is a large success for Paramount, the corporate can be earning profits for a company rival. Streaming rights for earlier seasons of the sequence are owned by Comcast’s Peacock service as a result of the Paramount+ streaming outlet didn’t exist once they have been up for grabs.

Among the printed networks, NBC had probably the most viewers in prime time final week, averaging 5 million. Fox had 4.6 million, ABC had 3.9 million, CBS had 3.7 million, Univision had 1.2 million, Ion Television had 950,000 and Telemundo had 750,000.

Fox News Channel was the preferred cable community, averaging 3.15 million viewers in prime time. ESPN had 2.19 million, MSNBC had 1.66 million, Paramount had 1.58 million and Hallmark had 1.23 million.

ABC’s “World News Tonight” led the night information score race, averaging 8 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 6.8 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5 million.

For the week of Nov. 7-13, the preferred prime-time applications, their networks and viewership:

1. NFL Football: Dallas at Green Bay, Fox, 18.13 million.

2. NFL Football: L.A. Chargers at San Francisco, NBC, 15.84 million.

3. “NFL Pregame,” NBC, 12.37 million.

4. “Yellowstone” (8 p.m.), Paramount, 9.41 million.

5. NFL Football: Baltimore at New Orleans, ESPN, 9.36 million.

6. “Yellowstone” (9:14 p.m.), Paramount, 8.44 million.

7. Election Night Coverage (9 to 10 p.m.), Fox News, 7.81 million.

8. “CMA Awards,” ABC, 7.45 million.

9. Election Night Coverage (8 to 9 p.m.), Fox News, 7.27 million.

10. Election Night Coverage (10 to 11 p.m.), Fox News, 7.19 million.

11. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 7.14 million.

12. “Football Night in America,” NBC, 6.83 million.

13. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 6.77 million.

14. “Ghosts,” CBS, 6.61 million.

15. “The Equalizer,” CBS, 6.45 million.

16. “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 6.14 million.

17. “Chicago Med,” NBC, 5.98 million.

18. “The Voice,” NBC, 5.87 million.

19. “NFL Pregame,” ESPN, 5.53 million.

20. “911,” Fox, 5.09 million.

NEW YORK:  Kevin Costner’s Paramount epic “Yellowstone” reached 12.1 million viewers for the opening night time of its fifth season on Sunday, the preferred scripted sequence episode to this point within the new tv season, the Nielsen firm stated.

That it was a cable community sequence — as a substitute of an enormous broadcaster like CBS, NBC or ABC — makes the achievement that rather more spectacular.

The whole viewership concerned a bit trickery: the present concurrently aired on Viacom networks CMT, TV Land and Pop, and there have been some same-day reruns. Even with that, there have been 9.4 million viewers who noticed the premiere episode on Paramount alone.

“We’ve been able to create a show that didn’t start out being popular but did it on its own terms,” Costner stated in a current interview with The Associated Press.

“Yellowstone” is without doubt one of the most appointment-viewing-friendly reveals on tv now, partially as a result of it appeals to an older viewers extra used to watching TV in a conventional means, stated Josef Adalian, West Coast editor of New York journal’s Vulture.com.

“People want to watch it and they want to watch it now,” Adalian stated. It additionally proves the enduring reputation of the Western as a style and, in some respects, it is shocking there have not been copycats.

The present is overwhelmingly common in pink states. States with Republican governors — topped by Texas — watch “Yellowstone” 3 times as a lot as states with Democratic governors, in keeping with Philo, a dwell TV streaming service.

No scripted sequence on a broadcast community has reached greater than 8 million same-day viewers this season, though audiences often improve when delayed viewing is taken into consideration.

For occasion, the preferred broadcast scripted present final week, CBS’ “Young Sheldon,” was seen by 7.14 million individuals, Nielsen stated.

While “Yellowstone” is a large success for Paramount, the corporate can be earning profits for a company rival. Streaming rights for earlier seasons of the sequence are owned by Comcast’s Peacock service as a result of the Paramount+ streaming outlet didn’t exist once they have been up for grabs.

Among the printed networks, NBC had probably the most viewers in prime time final week, averaging 5 million. Fox had 4.6 million, ABC had 3.9 million, CBS had 3.7 million, Univision had 1.2 million, Ion Television had 950,000 and Telemundo had 750,000.

Fox News Channel was the preferred cable community, averaging 3.15 million viewers in prime time. ESPN had 2.19 million, MSNBC had 1.66 million, Paramount had 1.58 million and Hallmark had 1.23 million.

ABC’s “World News Tonight” led the night information score race, averaging 8 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 6.8 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5 million.

For the week of Nov. 7-13, the preferred prime-time applications, their networks and viewership:

1. NFL Football: Dallas at Green Bay, Fox, 18.13 million.

2. NFL Football: L.A. Chargers at San Francisco, NBC, 15.84 million.

3. “NFL Pregame,” NBC, 12.37 million.

4. “Yellowstone” (8 p.m.), Paramount, 9.41 million.

5. NFL Football: Baltimore at New Orleans, ESPN, 9.36 million.

6. “Yellowstone” (9:14 p.m.), Paramount, 8.44 million.

7. Election Night Coverage (9 to 10 p.m.), Fox News, 7.81 million.

8. “CMA Awards,” ABC, 7.45 million.

9. Election Night Coverage (8 to 9 p.m.), Fox News, 7.27 million.

10. Election Night Coverage (10 to 11 p.m.), Fox News, 7.19 million.

11. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 7.14 million.

12. “Football Night in America,” NBC, 6.83 million.

13. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 6.77 million.

14. “Ghosts,” CBS, 6.61 million.

15. “The Equalizer,” CBS, 6.45 million.

16. “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 6.14 million.

17. “Chicago Med,” NBC, 5.98 million.

18. “The Voice,” NBC, 5.87 million.

19. “NFL Pregame,” ESPN, 5.53 million.

20. “911,” Fox, 5.09 million.