Yellowstone broke record for most-watched cable TV show in the last five years on Sunday, with more than 11million viewers tuning in live to the Season 4 finale 

 The Walking Dead set the record in October of 2017 with 11.4 viewers watching its Season 8 premiere

Kevin Costner series about rural America surpassed its own Season 3 finale live viewership - 5.2 million - by 81 percent 

Kevin Costner's Yellowstone set new rating records with its Season 4 finale on Sunday, with more than 11 million viewers tuning in - the highest views since the 2017 Walking Dead Season 8 premiere.

The drama takes a break from TV's typical New York City or LA settings to focus on a real American family in Montana who are fighting to protect their cattle ranch from land-grabbing interlopers. 

The non-woke Paramount series, which first aired in 2018, has been besting cable TV mainstays with over 7 million viewers on the week of December 6. It was only surpassed by the 13 million attracted to the New England Patriots versus Buffalo Bills football game, outpacing the FOX channel's The Five, Special Report with Brett Baer and Tucker Carlson Tonight.