The return of "Yellowstone" on Sunday delivered the show's biggest premiere night audience ever, Paramount said on Tuesday. Across cable and CBS airings, the Season 5 Part 2 debut drew 16.4 million viewers, according to projected data from VideoAmp.

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The second half of the Taylor Sheridan mega-hit was up 3% across cable and CBS compared to Part 1 The post ‘Yellowstone’ Season 5 Part 2 Scores Biggest Premiere Night Audience Ever With 16.4 Million Viewers appeared first on TheWrap.

After Kevin Costner’s departure from the series following his reported feud with series creator Taylor Sheridan, the Dutton family patriarch is no more. In Sunday night’s season 5, part 2 premiere, John is found dead in the governor’s mansion.

It's not quite "Who shot J.R.?," but the premiere audience for the long-anticipated return of Yellowstone to Paramount Network was pretty huge. Over multiple airings Sunday night - including two eight-network simulcasts and a showing on CBS - the episode that revealed the fate of Kevin Costner's John Dutton brought in 16.