In the five months since all those Yellowstone rumors first lit up the pop culture zeitgeist, fans have been privy to a lot of fairly negative reports, with the biggest of them all obviously being that the current king of all TV dramas is officially ending after Season 5, but with the positive caveat of a sequel series coming to fill the void. Granted, the ongoing WGA writers strike (and now the SAG-AFTRA strike) have halted all progress on that front, but one star has voiced the desire for the Paramount Network saga to continue on for years to come, and I think it’s fairly safe to assume that country hitmaker Lainey Wilson would jump at the chance to continue Abby’s story in an upcoming Yellowstone series, despite having yet to meet star Kevin Costner.
Wilson is continuing to thrive on TV even in the midst of Yellowstone’s latest extended hiatus, as she joined Elle King and Dierks Bentley in co-hosting the filmed-for-TV concert CMA Fest for ABC. And her day job certainly played into her scripted role, with Abby also being a crowd-wooing singer and guitar player, and one who just so happens to play Wilson’s own songs such as “Watermelon Moonshine.” When talking to Fox News, the CMA winner expressed her desire for Yellowstone’s long shelf life, while also championing its influence on the country music scene. In her words:
