Yellowstone
Daybreak
TV Flash files “Daybreak” as the hour the catalog opens — Yellowstone (2018–2024) on Paramount Network, season 1, episode 1, aired 2018-06-20, 120 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 53 in the Yellowstone guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 2018-06-20 (120 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “Kill the Messenger” (S01E02).
Star, land, Sunday number. Cable as a window, not a museum.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Kevin Costner stars as John Dutton, patriarch of a Montana ranching family, and owner of the largest ranch in the U.S. It's the story of Dutton's fight to defend his land and his family from the modern-day forces that threaten his way of life.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Daybreak sit in the Yellowstone guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 53 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Yellowstone S01E01 air?
Daybreak aired 2018-06-20 and is listed at 120 minutes.
Where should I start?
Daybreak, Season 1. The prequels are a separate window. This pack is the mothership.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch it to see cable still post a number after the coastal apps stopped pretending linear was dead. Ranch dynasty as a windowed event: Costner as the sell, spinoffs as the inventory strategy, Montana as a brand. The mothership catalog is complete even if the universe is not.
Yellowstone did not need a For You page to become a problem. It needed Sunday night, a ranch, and a number cable could print when the coastal apps were busy pretending linear was a museum. Taylor Sheridan’s Dutton soap is a windowing lesson: Paramount Network as the mothership, streaming as the aftermarket, prequels as the warehouse. Rex will call that inventory. The living room in a lot of zip codes called it a show. Both can be true. The chart still moved.
Filed against
- Kevin Costner as John Dutton
Kevin Costner brought movie-star ranch gravity to Yellowstone as John Dutton — land, legacy, and neo-western soap that remade Paramount’s map. Exit drama only amplified the brand. On TV Flash he is the hat that launched a thousand…
- Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton
Luke Grimes’s Kayce Dutton is the youngest-son weather on Yellowstone — ranch-dynasty silence under Kevin Costner’s sell, a windowed Paramount Network event that posted cable numbers after the coastal apps looked away. Taylor Sheridan’s…
- Kelly Reilly as Beth Dutton
Kelly Reilly’s Beth Dutton is Yellowstone’s sharpest merger — ranch dynasty as a windowed event, land as a brand, a daughter who treats love like a hostile takeover. Paramount Network’s ratings monster with Costner as the sell. On TV…
- Wes Bentley as Jamie Dutton
Wes Bentley’s Jamie Dutton is Yellowstone’s lawyer-son weather — Paramount Network’s ratings monster, ranch dynasty as a windowed event, Costner as the sell, spinoffs as the inventory plan. On TV Flash he is the heir who makes Montana…
- Cole Hauser as Rip Wheeler
Cole Hauser’s Rip Wheeler is Yellowstone’s loyal violence — ranch brand, Dutton orbit, and neo-western soft power that made Paramount a lifestyle. Quiet menace with a soft spot, Sunday-night cable as a number the coastal apps looked away…
- Gil Birmingham as Thomas Rainwater
Gil Birmingham plays Thomas Rainwater on Yellowstone — land as politics, a tribal chairman in Paramount Network's ranch-dynasty ratings monster. TV Flash files him as the mothership's other government: Montana as a brand, Costner as the…