Is there going to be a 6th season of Yellowstone?

Yellowstone season 5 has barely started, but if you thought that would stop me from wondering about a season 6, you'd be very wrong. And can you really blame me? Who wouldn't want to know whether fans are getting more episodes filled with beautiful Montana views, hot ranchers riding horses, and, of course, Dutton family drama. (No one, that's who.)

Obviously the fifth season isn't gonna wrap up for a little while, so there's still a whole lot we won't know for sure about the lead-up to a season 6. Will that stop us from speculating? Absolutely not! Until a Yellowstone season 6 does roll around, here's everything we know about it so far.

First of all, is Yellowstone getting a season 6?

I hate to say it, but as of November 202, there's been no announcement of a sixth season. BUT that doesn't mean we need to panic yet. Paramount tends to be hush-hush when it comes to renewals (may I remind you they didn't let us know that season 5 was happening until a full month after the season 4 finale?) no renewal announcement yet doesn't = bad news.

The show is super popular and only seems to be growing its audience so the likelihood of cancelation is lower as long as season 5 keeps its viewership high. Plus, Paramount gave season 5 even more episodes than a Yellowstone season usually gets, AND they're working on their second Yellowstone prequel 1923, which comes out in December 2022.Clearly the franchise is going strong. A bonus? Yellowstone star Kelly Reilly straight-up said in an interview with Vulturethat season 5 isn't the end.

Which cast members will return for season 6?

Obviously we would love to see all of our favorites like Kevin Costner (John), Luke Grimes (Kayce), Kelly Reilly (Beth), Wes Bentley (Jamie), Cole Hauser (Rip), and Kelsey Asbille (Monica) come back on our screens, but since we don't know how season 5 ends, it's kinda hard to say.

Yellowstone is no stranger to killing off characters, and the premiere of season 5 opened with a very shocking death. With rumors floating around that Rip or John could be killed off in the upcoming episodes, season 6 could look a little different. Co-creator Taylor Sheridan even alluded to impending deaths during an interview with Entertainment Tonight, saying, “If you look at everyone as a chess piece in season 5, it is impossible to keep playing the game without taking chess pieces off the board.” Sounds verrrrry ominous.

Yellowstone is also the basis for a number of spin-off shows for Paramount's streaming service, Paramount+, which makes it seem all the more likely that they would want to keep the show running. As part of the show creator Taylor Sheridan's ever-growing slate of offerings, the writer has a new Yellowstone prequel, 1923, in the works for December 2022, along with additional episodes for the previous hit prequel 1883. Likewise, back in February 2021, it was announced that Sheridan was developing a spin-off under the working title 6666, set on Texas's historic 6666 ranch, though little additional information has been released on that project since then.

Adding to those comforting thoughts, in June, Kelly Reilly, who stars on the show as the deliciously cut-throat Beth Dutton, opened up to Vulture about season five, confiding, "People keep saying, 'Is it the end? It must be the end' It’s not the end."

That said, there are no guarantees about additional seasons of Yellowstone until an official renewal is announced, and rumors that one or more characters, including Kevin Costner's patriarch, John Dutton, could be killed off have remained forefront in the minds of fans. While Costner reassured Dutton watchers in regards to John's death ahead of season five, saying, "I don’t want to die… just too much to do," he also added, "I’ll say when I don’t want to do it anymore," which certainly leaves room for many possibilities.

It may be quite some time before we have any official word on the possibility of a sixth season of Yellowstone, but for now there certainly seems to be enough to keep fans hopeful.

We will update this post as new information becomes available.

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