'Yellowstone' Season 2 Coming to CBS in October

Yellowstone Season 1 will wrap its network television run on Sunday (Oct. 22) when Episode 9 airs on CBS, but that's not the end of the line for the Dutton family drama. CBS has announced that the Yellowstone saga will continue with Season 2, which will begin airing one week after Season 1 wraps.

Yellowstone Season 1 is set to conclude with Episode 9, "The Unraveling Pt. 2," which finds John Dutton (Kevin Costner) beset on all sides by those who want to take away his land amid heightened family drama.

Season 2 will launch on Sunday, Oct. 29, with Season 2, Episode 1, titled "A Thundering." The second season opener finds Kayce (Luke Grimes) settling into his new role at the Yellowstone, while a reporter's incendiary article threatens to expose John Dutton's criminal actions and Chairman Rainwater (Gil Birmingham) presents his plans for the valley to the tribal council.

Yellowstone has been an enormous success in its network television debut, which has allowed a number of new fans to discover the show who did not see it when it debuted on Paramount Network in 2018. According to a press release, nearly 21.6 million fans have watched at least one episode of the Season 1 run on CBS, and 52 percent of those viewers had never watched the show previously. Yellowstone has consistently been the No. 1 show in prime time every Sunday, drawing an average of 5.49 million viewers.

The second half of Yellowstone's Season 5 is still in limbo as the actors strike drags on, causing delays across the board in television productions. When the show does return, it's going to look different; Kevin Costner is departing the hit Western drama, and his character of John Dutton will reportedly die early in the upcoming episodes. Yellowstone will come to an end after Season 5, and Paramount is reportedly set to launch a sequel, with Matthew McConaughey in talks to star.

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PICTURES: Look Inside 'Yellowstone' Season 1, Episode 1: 'Daybreak'

Yellowstone Season 1 makes its debut on CBS on Sept. 17, bringing the saga of the Dutton family to a whole new audience. Take a look at some highlights from the series' debut episode in the pictures below.

Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes

PICTURES: Look Inside 'Yellowstone' Season 1, Episode 2: 'Kill the Messenger'

Yellowstone continues on CBS on Sunday (Sept. 24). Season 1, Episode 2, "Kill the Messenger," finds the Dutton family dealing with the fallout from the deadly confrontation at the Broken Rock reservation.

Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes

PICTURES: Look Inside 'Yellowstone' Season 1, Episode 6: 'The Remembering'

Yellowstone continues its Season 1 run on CBS on Sunday night (Oct. 8), and photos ahead of Episode 6, "The Remembering," hint at what's to come.

Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes

PICTURES: See Inside Kevin Costner's Spectacular Colorado Ranch

Yellowstone star Kevin Costner lives the ranch life when he's off the set of the hit show, too. The Oscar-winning actor owns a 160-acre ranch in Aspen, Colo., that's a spectacular getaway, complete with a main residence, a lake house and a river house.

The luxury retreat also features a baseball field, a sledding hill, an ice rink, multiple hot tubs and views of the Continental Divide. The ranch property comfortably sleeps 27 people, and it's currently available to rent for 36,000 a night.

Gallery Credit: Sterling Whitaker

22 'Yellowstone' Facts You Probably Didn't Know

How big of a fan of Yellowstone are you? These 22 facts about the Paramount Network show are sure to stump even the most dedicated viewers. They're almost all about the cast members and their real-life passions and roles. John's kids? Beth's accent? Rainwater's guitar playing? Tate's spoilers? It's all part of this list of 22 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Yellowstone.

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