{"id":11763,"date":"2025-01-02T16:41:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T16:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/?p=11763"},"modified":"2025-01-02T16:41:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T16:41:04","slug":"fans-blindsided-by-yellowstones-shocking-news-ahead-of-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/?p=11763","title":{"rendered":"Fans Blindsided by Yellowstone\u2019s Shocking News Ahead of Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header-outer\">\n<div class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"single-post-meta post-meta clearfix\">\n<div class=\"tie-alignright\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<p>The Dec. 1 episode hit a high in three-day ratings for the second half of season five.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"stream-item-size\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \"><em>Yellowstone<\/em>\u2018s\u00a0record-setting return\u00a0to\u00a0Paramount Network\u00a0hasn\u2019t really cooled off in subsequent weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">The drama has continued to pull in big audiences in subsequent weeks, and the Dec. 1 episode,\u00a0\u201cCounting Coup,\u201d\u00a0hit a season high in viewers over three days. According to VideoAmp ratings data, the episode drew 12.1 million viewers on Paramount Network and\u00a0CMT, the largest audience over those two networks since the show\u2019s Nov. 10 return from a nearly two-year hiatus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">The season 5B premiere hauled in some 16.4 million viewers on its first night, but that tally included an eight-network simulcast for the initial airing, encores and an additional showing on CBS, which by itself accounted for about a third of the total.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/YS_512_070224_sc16_EM_00181_R-H-2024.jpg?w=1296&amp;h=730&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"L-R: Luke Grimes as Kacey Dutton and Kelly Reilly as Beth Dutton on episode 512 of Paramount Network's Yellowstone\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"inline-related-post\" class=\"mag-box mini-posts-box content-only\">\n<div 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