Yellowstone Season 5 Follows The Unfortunate Path of GoTs Season 8

TV shows age and evolve throughout the course of their run

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The goal of the first season is to captivate and engage viewers so they want more. If a series is fortunate enough, it will then enjoy further seasons before coming to an end

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We've seen several TV shows in the past that improved with time as well as some that became worse with each new season

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Yellowstone, sadly, is an illustration of a programme that is going the wrong way

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The new-age western still draws in a lot of people, but it hasn't received the same amount of positive reviews

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In fact, some viewers claim that the fifth season of Yellowstone, which is currently airing, is comparable to some of the other biggest TV flops of all time

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especially in light of all the anticipation for the final season, as Game of Thrones' eighth season rates among the worst and least gratifying in the annals of contemporary television

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Therefore, comparing Yellowstone to Game of Thrones is not the kind of connection John Dutton and family seek to make fans relate to

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The final season of Game of Thrones sparked a firestorm of controversy, largely because viewers thought the show's creators made poor choices and the season was cut short as a result

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