The popular television Western Yellowstone with Kevin Costner will end this coming spring and be replaced almost immediately by a sequel. But like any good drama, there’s some mystery involved.
The sequel, still untitled, will premiere in December on the Paramount cable network, which also televises Yellowstone, Paramount said on Friday.
Behind Costner, who plays Montana rancher John Dutton, series creator Taylor Sheridan launched a phenomenon. The opening of its fifth season last November was seen by 12.1 million viewers on the night of its debut, more people than any other scripted series last spring — a remarkable feat for a show not on a broadcast network.
“We’ve been able to create a show that didn’t start out being popular but did it on its own terms,” Costner told the Associated Press last spring.
Yellowstone will wrap up with new episodes airing in November; how many was not announced on Friday. Those episodes haven’t been filmed yet, and it’s not clear whether Costner will participate following reports that he may want out of the series.
