Can you watch Yellowstone on Paramount? Plus vs Network debate

Have you lately met your childhood friend from school maybe over a cup of coffee or something? I’m sure yes. Reconnecting with an old friend feels like reminiscing about the left-behind school and college days and moments you’ve spent together. Isn’t it?

Meeting them after so many years, you try to compare their former selves to who they’ve become now over the years. Similar to a popular TV show that relaunches with a bang to captivate their fans with their comebacks.

Kevin Costner starrer Yellowstone is by far one of the biggest and heart-throbbing hits by Paramount Network. But though Paramount Plus seems to be the ideal platform for anyone hoping to watch the fourth season or its finale, the question is Can you watch Yellowstone on Paramount Plus?

Below, we have compiled everything you need to know about watching ‘’Yellowstone’’ on Paramount. How and where to stream, and how many seasons are on the horizon?

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Yellowstone- Why Paramount’s biggest hit?

Paramount Network original “Yellowstone” is a western drama starring Kevin Costner that follows a sixth-generation Dutton family, helmed by patriarch John Dutton (Costner), as they protect their cattle ranch against land developers and others along its borders in Montana, that includes America’s first National Park and a Native American reservation.

The show debuted in 2018 followed by its three consecutive hit seasons in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and remains as original series on the Paramount Network.

Yellowstone’s season 3’s cliffhanger finale pulled around 7.6 million viewers in 2020 followed by its fourth season that premiered in November 2021 doubling to 14.7 million viewers nabbed for the SAG Awards nomination for best drama ensemble setting record-breaking TV ratings on the Paramount network.

Is Yellowstone available on Paramount Plus?

Ideally, while Yellowstone should be streaming on Paramount Plus, as associated with the name Paramount, it is nowhere to be found on Paramount Plus.

This is because counterintuitively, Paramount has cut a deal with NBC and Peacock, the latter owning exclusive rights to stream Yellowstone before launching their app.

Though the show’s first season is available in its entirety to its free members, the other two seasons have been streaming ad-free for paying subscribers of the platform.

So, as confusing as it may sound, if you’re a Yellowstone fan and searching for it on Paramount Plus, you’d be disappointed to know that it isn’t airing amidst the other exciting shows. The reason from a business point of view may be attributed to an intra-network power play and licensing out titles.

Yellowstone on Paramount Network vs Paramount Plus

Is Paramount Plus vs Paramount Network confusing you? We’ll help you solve the puzzle. First, understand what distinguishes the two- Paramount Plus is different from Paramount Network on grounds that the latter is a traditional cable channel available to subscribers exclusively.

So, even if you can’t watch Yellowstone on Paramount plus but want to binge the drama’s back catalog, you can try your luck by unlocking the Paramount Network.

Wondering how? If you have a valid cable login, you can easily stream the latest episodes from Yellowstone’s fourth season available to stream on the Paramount Network website, channel or app- your one-stop destination, provided you’re an “authenticated” online viewer paying for the channel already through live-TV subscriptions like cable, satellite or a live-channel streaming service like YouTube TV.

Does Yellowstone have any alternatives to Paramount?

Well, if you don’t wish to marry-go-round the Paramount streaming platform, you can hop on to paramount’s rival platform Peacock to watch and rewatch the complete Yellowstone season.

However, note you can only watch the first season for free and subscribe to Peacock’s premium plan for $4.99 a month to hook on to the rest three.

Yellowstone upcoming seasons: All you need to know

You must have found yourself wiping your tears after a movie or show ends on an emotional note. Didn’t you? I’m sure we all have done that.

But did you know how hard that must have been for makers to make you cry? Yes! That is the connection makers try to create between audiences and characters in a story determining the latter’s success.

When viewers emotionally connect with the story and its characters, it successfully stands the test of time.

Just like season 4 of Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone that ended on an emotional note, fans are eagerly waiting to dive into its new-confirmed fifth season of the series expected to hit the OTT sometime in the fall of 2022.While we hope that our discussion has somewhat cleared your doubts about streaming Yellowstone on Paramount Plus, we look forward to Paramount Plus airing such a popular series in the near future.