‘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: I’ve seen a lot of James Bond movies on TV lately. Which actor starred the most times as Bond? – Greg Carmody, Toledo, Ohio
A: If you’re counting only the “official” Bond adventures that were made by producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman (and only by Broccoli, eventually), Roger Moore had the most turns as Agent 007 with seven examples, from “Live and Let Die” (1973) through “A View to a Kill” (1985).
The movies’ first Bond, Sean Connery, comes in second with six of the films … unless you count the “unofficial” entry “Never Say Never Again” (1983), which was made by different producers who had gotten the rights to remake 1965’s “Thunderball.” If you do count that one, Connery ties Moore by also having seven projects as the British secret agent. As for other Bonds, George Lazenby played the part once, Timothy Dalton twice, and most recent occupant Daniel Craig five times.