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‘Yellowstone’ and CBS: Is that marriage about to be over?
Q: Will “Yellowstone” repeats continue to be shown on CBS? – Bill Meredith, via e-mail
A: With the network ready to present its originally intended Sunday lineup starting in February, following the entertainment-industry strikes that shut down much production, the reruns of the Kevin Costner-starring Paramount Network drama series will be suspended by CBS after its Season 3 runs later this month.
It’s likely not being ignored, nor will be forgotten, how well “Yellowstone” has performed ratings-wise for CBS at a time when it was needed to fill slots in the broadcast network’s schedule. Thus, we wouldn’t be surprised to see CBS call the show back into action at some future point, perhaps in summer. Clearly, the numbers suggest that many viewers discovered the program anew during its CBS engagement, so there will be one-and-a-half existing seasons they haven’t seen yet if they didn’t watch the series in its original home.
Q: Why did the most recent Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade start earlier than usual? – Melissa Klein, via e-mail
A: The explanation was that a half-hour was added to the front of the event to accommodate the size of the production, meaning the ability to for everything in for TV (though NBC edited 30 minutes back out of the replay later the same day). The move appears to have been a good one, since record ratings were reported for the 97th edition of the yearly parade, including that afternoon repeat and the original showing’s streaming simulcast on Peacock.
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