Characters from 'Yellowstone,' '1883' and '1923' Courtesy of Paramount+ (10) Logo text [This story contains major spoilers from 1883, 1923 and the Yellowstone series finale.] With each new series in the megahit Yellowstone franchise, a new generation of Duttons emerges. After launching in 2018 with Kevin Costner's central patriarch John Dutton III and his immediate family, co-creator Taylor Sheridan traveled back in time to expand the family and introduce elder generations of Duttons, first with the single season of 1883 and then with the series 1923, which released two seasons.