John Dutton was sworn in as the Governor of Montana and enacted drastic measures to stop an airport project and curb development on Sunday's explosive season five premiere of the 'anti-woke' neo-Western drama Yellowstone on Paramount Network.The highly anticipated premiere of the series starring Kevin Costner, 67, as the Dutton family patriarch also featured Dutton family tragedy with a car crash and potential problems for the new governor with the neighboring national park and his conflicted son Jamie Dutton [Wes Bentley].Yellowstone was the most-watched show outside of the National Football League last year with viewers under the age of 50, beating out all broadcast network series despite airing on Paramount Network.
Season premiere: John Dutton was sworn in as the Governor of Montana and enacted drastic measures to stop an airport project and curb development on Sunday's explosive season five premiere of the 'anti-woke' neo-Western drama Yellowstone on Paramount NetworkThe series has been dubbed as 'anti-woke' by some critics and was recognized by the Screen Actors Guild Awards earlier this year with a nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.The first of two season five premiere episodes titled One Hundred Years Is Nothing opened with John during his victory speech making it clear that he would be running things much differently.
He declared that that state would no longer be treated as the rich people's 'plaything'. 'My first act as Governor will be to cancel funding for the Paradise Valley airport project and the surrounding commercial and housing developments,' John told the crowd.
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