ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION EMMYS? Fans hail 'Yellowstone' as Season 5 premiere is MOST-WATCHED episode of 2022!
The most-watched drama on cable television, 'Yellowstone', has debuted its fifth season and is breaking records already. The drama series airing on Paramount Network has already racked up a rating record with 12.1 million live-plus-same-day viewers. The streak continues as the show, last year as well, was the most-watched show outside of the National Football League. The fandom of the Kevin Costner-led series has bombarded the Internet with nothing but praises.
'Yellowstone' has become the top scripted series premiere of 2022 as per Samba TV. The show accumulated 8.8 million viewers in its first airing on the Paramount Network, resulting in a massive increase of 10 percent from its previous season. After taking simulcast airings on CMT, TV Land, and Pop, into account, the numbers jumped to 10.3 million viewers, and the numbers raging in from encore telecast landed on a grand total of 12.1 million. The Western drama revolves around the powerful Dutton family, whose influence extends far beyond the state of Montana, and has become so popular that it has already branched into a prequel titled '1923' led by Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford. The viewers of the show went online to congratulate the show members on the massive success.
