"YELLOWSTONE" IS #1 CABLECAST OF JULY 17 AND CONTINUES TO REIN IN VIEWERS AS SUMMER'S MOST-WATCHED ORIGINAL CABLE SERIES

Hit Series Scores 1.76 P18-49 Rating and 2.5 P25-54 Rating in Most Recent Episode

July 17 Episode is Second Highest-Rated in Series History with P18-49, W18-49 and W25-54

Season Two of Paramount Network Drama is Up +52% Among P18-49 and +48% in P25-54 Ratings from Season One

New York, NY, July 22, 2019 - Paramount Network's hit series Yellowstone ranks as the #1 cablecast on Wednesday, July 17 among total viewers (4.7 million viewers), P18-49 (1.76 rating), and P25-54 (2.5 rating; source: Nielsen, Live+3, ranks based on Impressions). Wednesday's episode is the second highest-rated episode in Yellowstone series history with P18-49, W18-49 (1.79 rating) and W25-54 (2.52 rating).

Yellowstone continues to dominate as summer's #1 series on cable, averaging 4.9 million viewers per episode and driving huge ratings increases in key demos compared to season one. Yellowstone season two is averaging a 1.76 rating with P18-49 (up +52% vs. season one to date), a 2.55 with P25-54 (+48%), 1.80 with M18-49 (+48%), 1.72 with W18-49 (+55%), 2.63 with M25-54 (+42%), 2.48 with W25-54 (+55%), and 4.9M total viewers (up +10%).

New episodes of Yellowstone premiere Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Paramount Network recently ordered a 10-episode third season of the series. Yellowstone stars world-renowned actor and Oscar(R)-winner Kevin Costner as John Dutton, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. Yellowstone is co-created by critically-acclaimed, Oscar(R)-nominated screenwriter Taylor Sheridan (Wind River, Hell or High Water and Sicario), and John Linson. The impressive cast list for Yellowstone also includes Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly, Wes Bentley, Cole Hauser, Kelsey Asbille, Brecken Merrill, Jefferson White, Danny Huston and Gil Birmingham. Neal McDonough joined the cast for season two.

Yellowstone headlines Paramount Network's scripted roster, which also includes the following upcoming projects: Coyote, from Michelle MacLaren and starring Michael Chiklis; Paradise Lost (working title), from Rodes Fishburne, Arika Lisanne Mittman and John Lee Hancock; 68 Whiskey, from Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment; Sexy Beast, a series adaptation of the critically-acclaimed and award-winning feature film; as well as the new Darren Star series, Emily in Paris starring Lily Collins.

The Paramount Network original drama is co-produced by 101 Studios. Executive producers for Yellowstone are John Linson, Art Linson, Taylor Sheridan, Kevin Costner, David C. Glasser and Bob Yari.

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About 101 Studios

101 Studios is a global entertainment company dedicated to the acquisition, financing, development, production and distribution of high-caliber, creator-driven storytelling. Formed by veteran film and television executives David Glasser and David Hutkin in 2019, the studio empowers content creators through first-class collaboration and innovation. Inaugural releases include Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's The Current War, featuring Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon, and the second season of Taylor Sheridan's modern-day western series Yellowstone, starring Kevin Costner.