Fans who haven't been able to watch Yellowstone on the Paramount Network or Peacock will finally be able to join the Duttons when the series begins airing reruns this fall on CBS. But viewers of the Western drama won't get the full experience.
CBS is a basic cable network, meaning much of the swearing, violence, and nudity must be scrapped before its broadcast debut. The run-time will also need to be shortened significantly.
Here's what CBS viewers can expect to be severed from the beloved Western drama.
"That's how you make a [bleep] biscuit!"
The Duttons are partial to a certain four-letter word that simply will not fly when they make the ride to CBS. What remains to be seen is how the network will censor all those expletives, which are sprinkled liberally into every other sentence. Will there be so many bleeps that viewers will think their smoke detector is on the fritz? So many sudden cuts that they'll think their cable box needs to be unplugged and plugged back in? Or will there be so many "fudges" thrown in that a spike in sudden cravings will threaten to overrun confectionaries across the country?
"I am never early and I am never late. I am the constant your time adjusts to."
You said it, Caroline. CBS dramas run for about 42 minutes to accommodate commercials. And with episodes of Yellowstone ranging from as short as 37 minutes to as long as 92, some scenes will surely get the axe. We would expect many of those ambient, stage-setting horseback rides to be left on the cutting room floor.
"But no one can see us. We can take off all our clothes. We can go run naked through the field. No one will know about it."
Um, no you can't, Beth. Not anymore. CBS will know about it, and they can't show the bare breasts or buttocks those heathens at Paramount allowed to sneak onto their channel. Expect the more salacious scenes to be scrapped from the CBS version or at least some heavy pixelation over those naughty bits. This would include Beth's iconic trough bath from season 1.
"I'd rather kill a thousand men than shoot another horse."
Well, Rip, if you want to do either on CBS, you better keep it tasteful. Yellowstone is known for some excessively violent scenes, which will undoubtedly receive a heavy hand from the editor at CBS. It would absolutely shock us if the scene where Wade is strung up and has the brand cut out of his chest sees the light of day on its new network. And we're willing to bet the brutal beatdown of Beth in season 2 won't be aired or will at least be heavily cut down.
