Spring-2023

CARMEL COWBOY Ian Bohen Shines on Paramount Network’s Hit “Yellowstone” B Y B R E T T WI L BUR I N THE FALL OF 2022, MORE THAN 12 MILLION VIEWERS WATCHED THE SEA - SON FIVE PREMIERE OF CREATOR T AYLOR S HERIDAN ’ S TELEVISION SERIES “Y ELLOWSTONE ,” BREAKING RECORDS FOR RATINGS SHORTLY BEFORE LEAD ACTOR K EVIN C OSTNER WON B EST T ELEVISION A CTOR —D RAMA S ERIES AT THE 2023 G OLDEN G LOBE A WARDS FOR HIS PORTRAYAL OF Y ELLOWSTONE R ANCH OWNER J OHN D UTTON . A CCORDING TO A U NIVERSITY OF M ONTANA STUDY , THE P ARAMOUNT N ETWORK SHOW ’ S POPULARITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DRAWING APPROXIMATELY 2.1 MILLION VISITORS AND $730 MILLION IN SPEND - ING TO M ONTANA IN 2021. A N INTOXICATING AND SOMETIMES SHOCKING BLEND OF FAMILIAL , POLITI - CAL , ENVIRONMENTAL , CONSERVATIONAL AND TRIBAL ISSUES IS ANCHORED AROUND THE FICTIONAL D UTTON FAMILY , WHO HAS BEEN RANCHING FOR GENERATIONS . T HE REAL - LIFE MYSTIQUE AND WILDNESS OF M ONTANA AND THE TRIALS OF RANCHING LIFE HAVE RESONATED WITH VIEWERS IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MANNER . T HE ACTORS AND CHARACTERS HAVE BECOME SO WELL KNOWN THAT MEMES , FAN PAGES AND EVEN H ALLOWEEN COSTUMES ABOUND , BUT ON A CLEAR J ANUARY DAY , ACTOR I AN B OHEN , WHO PLAYS RANCH HAND AND M ONTANA L IVESTOCK A GENT R YAN ON “Y ELLOWSTONE ,” IS JUST ANOTHER GUY WAITING FOR A CUP OF TEA IN A M ONTEREY , C ALIFORNIA , COFFEE SHOP . N O ONE LOOKS UP FROM THE OTHER TABLES WHEN THE BARISTA CALLS OUT , “I AN ! Y OUR TEA !” AND HE RESPONDS WITH A THANK YOU AND WALKS UP TO GET HIS ORDER .