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YELLOWSTONE 10 p.m. on Paramount Network. Kevin Costner plays the patriarch of a wealthy family that lives on a chunk of sought-after land in this series, a modern-day western from the writer-director Taylor Sheridan. The first season was marked by great, sweeping shots of Montana and Utah, where the show is filmed — not that there was much time to admire the scenery. The series is full of backstabbing and conflict, as competing interests vie for the land, and disputes erupt in the family itself . In his review of Season 1 in The New York Times, James Poniewozik wrote that the show “has a few interesting things buried within.” “But,” he continued, “you need to dig through a lot of drab, hard-packed filler to get to them.” Perhaps the second season will shift that balance.