Ratings: 1923 Viewership Has Soared 56% In Season 2, Says Paramount

I believe the most apt way to sum up 1923 Season 2 viewership is, "Yee-haw!"

Midway through the Yellowstone prequel's sophomore run, viewership is on track to beat Season 1 by some 56%, Paramount reported on Wednesday.

That takes into account seven-day viewership of each of Season 2's first four episodes. Episode 5 (of eight) drops this coming Sunday, March 23.

The Season 2 premiere, which arrived a full two years after the Western's freshman finale, has to date delivered 17 million global viewers, up 41% vs. Season 1.

(All claims are based on internal streaming data. Paramount+ has not disclosed how it defines a "viewer," but... you can at least compare Season 2 apples to Season 2 apples in this case.)

Hailing from prolific Yellowstone co-creator (and sometime-actor!) Taylor Sheridan, 1923 stars Academy Award winner Helen Mirren and Academy Award nominee Harrison Ford, leading an ensemble that includes Brandon Sklenar, Julia Schlaepfer, Jamie McShane, Jerome Flynn, Darren Mann, Brian Geraghty, Aminah Nieves, Michelle Randolph, Sebastian Roché, Timothy Dalton and Jennifer Carpenter.

In Season 2, which launched on Feb. 23, a cruel winter brings "new challenges and unfinished business to Jacob (played by Ford) and Cara (Mirren) back at Dutton ranch. With harsh conditions and adversaries threatening to end the Dutton legacy, Spencer (Sklenar) embarks on an arduous journey home, racing against time to save his family in Montana. Meanwhile, Alexandra (Schlaepfer) sets off on her own harrowing trans-Atlantic journey to find Spencer and reclaim their love."

New episodes of 1923 drop every Sunday on Paramount+.

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