One of television’s biggest shows is back after nearly two years. “Yellowstone,” the hit Paramount Network drama, is set to return on Sunday night for the second half of its fifth season. Yet audiences have waited since New Year’s Day 2023 for a new episode of the series.

Following a very public disagreement between the lead of the show, Kevin Costner, and creator, Taylor Sheridan, over how writing and production on the show was being handled, Costner chose to forgo returning to "Yellowstone,