{"id":1141239,"date":"2021-12-22T09:05:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T14:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141239"},"modified":"2021-12-22T09:06:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T14:06:02","slug":"yellowstone-prequel-1883-dominates-ratings-despite-critic-calling-it-family-values-conservatism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yellowstone-prequel-1883-dominates-ratings-despite-critic-calling-it-family-values-conservatism\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Yellowstone\u2019 Prequel \u20181883\u2019 Dominates Ratings Despite Critic Calling It, \u2018Family Values Conservatism\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyellowstone-prequel-1883-dominates-ratings-despite-critic-calling-it-family-values-conservatism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141239&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>\u201cYellowstone\u201d is one of the most popular shows on television, so the concept of a spinoff was probably inevitable. The new series \u201c1883\u201d is a prequel that explores the roots of Montana rancher John Dutton (Kevin Costner) and his family more than a century before the \u201cYellowstone\u201d narrative takes place.<\/p>\n<p>Tim McGraw stars in the new series as family patriarch, James Dutton, alongside Faith Hill as his wife, Margaret, and kids Elsa (Isabel May) and John (Audie Rick). The series premiered Sunday with two episodes and is already generating a lot of buzz.<\/p>\n<p>The proof is in the numbers. The Hollywood Reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/tv-ratings-sunday-dec-19-2021-1235065829\/\">wrote<\/a> that the premiere from Taylor Sheridan scored 6.4 million viewers, which was a series premiere record for Paramount Network. And that\u2019s not even including streaming numbers. This made \u201c1883\u201d the most-watched series premiere on cable in more than six years, falling in behind the 10 million people who tuned in for the 2015 premiere of \u201cFear the Walking Dead.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fan reviews for the country Western drama are overwhelmingly positive, though audiences can\u2019t help but compare the new series to \u201cYellowstone.\u201d Overall, the show feels more like a classic Western with less of a focus on interpersonal relationships compared to the original. This is seen as both positive and negative depending on who you\u2019re talking to.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, some critics are not thrilled with a series that paints early settlers as anything but evil. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2021\/12\/1883-review-yellowstone-prequel-1234686366\/\">IndieWire<\/a> reporter Tambay Obenson panned \u201c1883,\u201d saying the series \u201coffers little intrinsic value to the narrative chronicling of one of the most transformative periods in U.S. history.\u201d And that critique has a lot to do with how the show depicts Native Americans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn opportunity to disrupt present-day comprehension of a transformative period in U.S. history is wasted on yet another narrative from the point of view of white settlers,\u201d Obenson writes in his review.<\/p>\n<p>The writer goes on to discuss how Native Americans have been \u201cneglected\u201d with \u201cmaligned characterizations\u201d in most of Hollywood and that this series is no different.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He compares the new series to \u201cLittle House on the Prairie,\u201d saying both depict a \u201cwhite family\u2019s struggle to build a new life for themselves on the American Frontier of the latter half of the 19th century, with a \u2018family values\u2019 conservatism that still resonates among many Americans today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the reviewer gives \u201c1883\u201d a D+, concluding that, \u201cstories of those who sought better futures are certainly worth telling; a problem is that they\u2019ve been chronically incomplete. And in what has been described as a global historical reckoning, as statues and monuments to racism, colonization, and legacies of injustice continue to fall around the world, \u20181883\u2019 just feels like a series out of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a sentiment that\u2019s likely shared across Hollywood, but with the audience that \u201cYellowstone\u201d and \u201c1883\u201d command, it\u2019s clear that the general public has a different take on classic Westerns. \u201c1883\u201d currently has an 88% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. It\u2019s also rated as 86% fresh.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cYellowstone\u201d is one of the most popular shows on television, so the concept of a spinoff was probably inevitable. The new series \u201c1883\u201d is a prequel that explores the roots of Montana rancher John Dutton (Kevin Costner) and his family more than a century before the \u201cYellowstone\u201d narrative takes place.Tim McGraw stars in the new series as family patriarch, James Dutton, alongside Faith Hill as his wife, Margaret, and kids Elsa (Isabel May) and John (Audie Rick). The series premiered Sunday with two episodes and is already generating a lot of buzz.The proof is in the numbers. The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the premiere from Taylor Sheridan scored 6.4 million viewers, which was a series premiere record for Paramount Network. And that\u2019s not even including streaming numbers. This made \u201c1883\u201d the most-watched series premiere on cable in more than six years, falling in behind the 10 million people who tuned in for the 2015 premiere of \u201cFear the Walking Dead.\u201d\u00a0Fan reviews for the country Western drama are overwhelmingly positive, though audiences can\u2019t help but compare the new series to \u201cYellowstone.\u201d Overall, the show feels more like a classic Western with less of a focus on interpersonal relationships compared to the original. This is seen as both positive and negative depending on who you\u2019re talking to.\u00a0Meanwhile, some critics are not thrilled with a series that paints early settlers as anything but evil. IndieWire reporter Tambay Obenson panned \u201c1883,\u201d saying the series \u201coffers little intrinsic value to the narrative chronicling of one of the most transformative periods in U.S. history.\u201d And that critique has a lot to do with how the show depicts Native Americans.\u201cAn opportunity to disrupt present-day comprehension of a transformative period in U.S. history is wasted on yet another narrative from the point of view of white settlers,\u201d Obenson writes in his review.The writer goes on to discuss how Native Americans have been \u201cneglected\u201d with \u201cmaligned characterizations\u201d in most of Hollywood and that this series is no different.\u00a0He compares the new series to \u201cLittle House on the Prairie,\u201d saying both depict a \u201cwhite family\u2019s struggle to build a new life for themselves on the American Frontier of the latter half of the 19th century, with a \u2018family values\u2019 conservatism that still resonates among many Americans today.\u201dUltimately, the reviewer gives \u201c1883\u201d a D+, concluding that, \u201cstories of those who sought better futures are certainly worth telling; a problem is that they\u2019ve been chronically incomplete. And in what has been described as a global historical reckoning, as statues and monuments to racism, colonization, and legacies of injustice continue to fall around the world, \u20181883\u2019 just feels like a series out of time.\u201dIt\u2019s a sentiment that\u2019s likely shared across Hollywood, but with the audience that \u201cYellowstone\u201d and \u201c1883\u201d command, it\u2019s clear that the general public has a different take on classic Westerns. \u201c1883\u201d currently has an 88% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. It\u2019s also rated as 86% fresh.\u00a0The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1141239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1141239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1141239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1141239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1141239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}