The Dutton household made their method to the published networks Sunday evening, and it looks like the present will discover new viewers wherever it airs.
TV Line stories that Yellowstone Season 1 Episode 1 obtained off the bottom operating with 6.6 million complete viewers.
The numbers are awe-inspiring when contemplating the episode initially aired on Paramount Network in June 2018.
Episodes are additionally accessible to stream on Peacock, however it seems to be like many viewers had been ready for the Duttons to come back to the published networks earlier than sampling the collection.
CBS drafted in the Kevin Costner to shore up its fall schedule in response to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
Many networks have needed to name in totally different programming than traditional as a result of little returning content material.
Yellowstone launched out of the season premiere of 60 Minutes, which had 11.4 million complete viewers.
Yellowstone and 60 Minutes had been delayed by virtually an hour from their deliberate begin occasions as a result of NFL overrun.
Big Brother, which has been moved to the ten p.m. slot on Sundays (and began at virtually 11 p.m. ET!), had simply 2.7 million viewers.
The determination to maneuver the young-skewing actuality TV collection to such a late slot was questionable, and there is a good likelihood it will not stick for very lengthy.
If Yellowstone holds up in the approaching weeks, we would not be stunned if Big Brother’s Sunday airings moved to a brand new evening.
Over on NBC, Sunday Night Football led the way in which with 14.4 million viewers and a 4.4 score in the demo, numbers which might be exceptional in at present’s TV local weather.
Over on The CW, The Chosen continued with 350,000 viewers and a 0.0 score.
The numbers could not sound like a lot, however the present has already aired on streaming in the U.S., so there is a good likelihood it wasn’t costly to amass.
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