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Yellowstone

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Lesley Goldberg • August 27, 2024

The Best and Worst Deals of the Peak TV Era (Part 3)

The third and final (for now) installment of our semi-conclusive and detail-rich list of the most costly showrunner deals, nine-figure pacts that led to zero new shows, and biggest underperformers of Hollywood’s hyper-inflated Peak TV era. Plus, the ones that really worked, too.
Matthew Belloni • June 23, 2024
Kevin Costner Finally Realizes Taylor Sheridan Wasn’t Bluffing
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Costner was never coming back to ‘Yellowstone,’ not after his absurd demands for the final season, and Sheridan was perfectly happy to write him out. So why did Costner go public about the breakup now?
Matthew Belloni • May 28, 2024
The Mail Room: Netflix’s Data Dump and Zaslav’s Next Deal Headache
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My answers to burning reader questions on the most important topics of the day: Zaz’s latest sports rights auction, ‘Yellowstone’ drama, ‘Challengers’ questions, the top producers under 40, and much more.
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Matthew Belloni • March 24, 2024
The Mailbag: Yellowstone Standoffs (Cont’d) & Elon’s Disney No-Show
Answers to burning questions from readers, sources, listeners, agents, producers, and hangers-on about the sad state of movie stardom, the Iger proxy war, AppleTV+ ratings, Shohei’s moneymen… and much more.
From the beginning, Costner has seen Yellowstone as The Kevin Costner Show, even as its headstrong co-creator and showrunner Taylor Sheridan has maintained ultimate control and the backing of Paramount.
Matthew Belloni • September 14, 2023
Kevin Costner Spent His Strike Summer Fighting Over ‘Yellowstone’
Costner’s threat to sue over his likely exit from TV’s top show comes after months of back-and-forth with Paramount, a rep’s hasty trip to New York, and a call with Taylor Sheridan that did not go well.
Billionaire mogul Thomas Tull is now a major investor in America’s rediscovered love affair with cowboys.
Lauren Sherman • June 12, 2023
Life Imitates ‘Yellowstone’
Hollywood billionaire Thomas Tull sold his company to the Chinese, moved to Pittsburgh, and became infatuated with a quixotic view of the American West. Could his passion extend to taking over Levi’s?
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Matthew Belloni & Eriq Gardner • May 29, 2023
How Much Is Yellowstone Worth?
An $80 million lawsuit brought by Ron Burkle against a Texas buyout shop has led to a counterattack, and questions around how Burkle got a piece of TV's biggest show.
Kevin Costner, busy shooting the sequel to his undated ‘Horizon’ film, hasn’t yet agreed to return for the final episodes of ‘Yellowstone.’
Matthew Belloni • May 8, 2023
Kevin Costner Won’t Give ‘Yellowstone’ an Answer
The franchise’s biggest, most difficult star is using his remaining leverage to shape how his character is put out to pasture.
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Matthew Belloni • February 27, 2023
11 Burning Questions About the First Two Months of Hollywood ’23
Is Costner the highest-paid actor on TV? Do the studios actually want a writers strike? Why is Zaz suing Paramount? And are the new Lord of the Rings movies for real?
When rumors leaked earlier this month that Yellowstone may end after its current fifth season because Kevin Costner is locked in a standoff over his shooting dates, few associated with the show were surprised.
Matthew Belloni • February 20, 2023
Casualties of the Costner-Yellowstone Crossfire
Taylor Sheridan and the cast, crew, and executives behind TV’s No. 1 show have been frustrated by its star’s ego and unavailability for years. Now, as new details emerge in a standoff over Costner’s shooting days, Paramount’s Redstone and Bakish are ready to place their bet on the Sheridan-verse.