{"id":1781342,"date":"2022-12-20T10:03:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T15:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1781342"},"modified":"2022-12-20T10:03:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T15:03:09","slug":"yellowstone-prequel-1923-attracts-record-audience-for-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yellowstone-prequel-1923-attracts-record-audience-for-premiere\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Yellowstone\u2019 Prequel \u20181923\u2019 Attracts Record Audience For Premiere"},"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\">16<\/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-1923-attracts-record-audience-for-premiere%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=1781342&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>After a lot of hype and anticipation, the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/yellowstone\">Yellowstone<\/a>\u201d prequel \u201c1923\u201d premiered on Paramount+ to a record audience.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Paramount Global reported that 7.4 million people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/television\">tuned in<\/a> to the premiere episode Sunday, including viewers from three Paramount Network telecasts, CMT, and streaming on Paramount+, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/yellowstone-1923-premiere-ratings-1235285116\/\">according to<\/a> The Hollywood Reporter.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/entertainment\">series<\/a> stars Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren as ancestors of the Dutton family made famous by the hit show, \u201cYellowstone.\u201d This latest iteration follows the family as they run a sprawling Montana cattle ranch a few years after World War I and during Prohibition. It is chock full of cowboys, danger, dreams, family values, and an impending sense of doom as the Great Depression looms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnchored by Taylor Sheridan\u2019s incredible vision and the performances of legends Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford, we felt confident this next chapter of the Dutton Family origin story would resonate with audiences,\u201d chief programming officer Tanya Giles said of the viewership results.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled with the record-breaking early response to the first episode and can\u2019t wait to introduce more audiences to this incredible journey of perseverance, heartbreak and adventure set amongst the backdrop of the Mountain West,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>President and CEO of Paramount Media Networks Chris McCarthy agreed, saying, \u201cThe Yellowstone universe continues to break records, with our latest chapter, \u20181923\u2019 scoring as the most watched premiere ever on Paramount+ and debuting as the #1 new cable premiere of the year on linear.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He credited Sheridan for the success, saying the showrunner is able \u201cto tap a cultural nerve that has proven irresistible to viewers from across the country and around the world, with this newest installment showing no signs of slowing down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ford, who stars as Jacob Dutton, previously revealed why he agreed to take on this role. He said playing a rancher who has to fight to protect his family and land was easy enough to accomplish, given his previous experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to reinvent myself,\u201d the 80-year-old Hollywood mainstay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/i-dont-want-to-reinvent-myself-harrison-ford-talks-about-upcoming-yellowstone-prequel-1923\">said<\/a>. \u201cI just want to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cYellowstone\u201d franchise has won favor with conservative audiences even though Sheridan said that was never his intention. \u201cThey refer to it as \u2018the conservative show\u2019 or \u2018the Republican show\u2019 or \u2018the red-state Game of Thrones,\u2019\u200a\u201d he previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/yellowstone-creator-taylor-sheridan-laughs-at-the-idea-of-series-being-a-red-state-show\">told<\/a> The Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I just sit back laughing. I\u2019m like, \u2018Really?\u2019 The show\u2019s talking about the displacement of Native Americans and the way Native American women were treated and about corporate greed and the gentrification of the West, and land-grabbing. That\u2019s a red-state show?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a lot of hype and anticipation, the \u201cYellowstone\u201d prequel \u201c1923\u201d premiered on Paramount+ to a record audience.\u00a0 Paramount Global reported that 7.4 million people tuned in to the premiere episode Sunday, including viewers from three Paramount Network telecasts, CMT, and streaming on Paramount+, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 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