If designing comfortable clothes for the 1923 cast to wear in the extreme Texas heat wasn’t enough of a challenge for Gaby Acosta, then it was having to avoid the pesky insects that tried to snack on her skin. “What did they call them, trigger bugs? People would put a bunch of chalk on their…

Harrison Ford winces a bit when I introduce him as a movie legend, but the fact is that in a world that overuses that term, Ford really is one. He joins me for the latest episode of my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side, the occasion being his first…

Paramount Global said it expects the merger with Skydance Media to close in the first half of 2025 despite chatter around the deal, which requires a greenlight from the FCC. "Completion of the Skydance transactions is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. The…

The Season 2 finale of 1923 has amassed 14M views in the week since it debuted on Paramount+, per parent company Paramount Global. That’s the biggest audience ever for the series, marking a 41% versus the Season 1 finale audience of 10M. This caps a successful season of growth for the Yellowstone…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details from the Season 2 finale of 1923 on Paramount+. Taylor Sheridan wrapped his Yellowstone prequel Sunday with a Texas-sized episode that resolved the plight of the Dutton ranch — at least for now — as well as the fate of Timothy Dalton’s sadist character…

Three stars of the Yellowstone prequel 1923 appearing at Deadline Contenders Television on Saturday stayed mum on the details of the two-hour finale that airs Sunday and could well mark the end of the hit series. But actor Brandon Sklenar, who plays Spencer Dutton, promised that viewers will finish…

Yellowstone prequel 1923 starring Helen Mirren, Harrison Ford, Brandon Sklenar and more has returned with a second season as of February. The seventh episode will serve as the second season’s finale, and it will be two hours long. After a harrowing ending for many characters in Season 1, the…

Once upon a time, Taylor Sheridan had a different role in mind for Darren Mann in the Yellowstone-verse. Before he ever made it to cowboy camp to prepare for the role ofJack Dutton, Mann was actually considered for the role of the swashbuckling Spencer, played by Brandon Sklenar. “All my…

SPOILER ALERT! This story contains details from the sixth and penultimate Season 2 episode of 1923 on Paramount+. Taylor Sheridan certainly has a reputation of killing off characters to help juice his stories but did his Yellowstone prequel really need this kind of kick in the butt? In the…

In 1923, Jennifer Carpenter plays Mamie Fossett, a U.S. deputy marshal who’s approached by Father Renaud (Sebastian Roché) and the ruthless Marshal Kent (Jamie McShane) for help with finding the young indigenous woman who murdered two nuns in season one. For Carpenter — last seen playing…

Season 2 of 1923 has managed to hold onto some significant viewership gains since it debuted in February. With just under a month until the finale, Season 2 is currently outpacing the first-season audience by 56%, according to Paramount Global. The company did not provide an audience…

SPOILER ALERT! This story contains plot points from the latest episode of 1923 on Paramount+. The road trip from hell has only just begun for Alex. In the latest episode of the Yellowstone origin series, Spencer’s wife (played by Julia Schlaepfer) disembarks her ship after a precarious ocean…