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Jamie Dutton is dead. Wes Bentley’s brilliant villain has been killed thanks to sister Beth. Kelly Reilly now positioned as the marquee star of the next season.

This column told you exclusively that “Yellowstone” would go on. Thanks to all the outlets who failed to give us credit.

But Reilly and Luke Grimes are too good in these roles as sister and brother to let them just drift away.

Bentley made his money and is probably happy to see Jamie to get his just desserts.

Now the remaining characters can morph into a sequel series, maybe called “Yellowstone Redux.” Or “Knots Landing.” But the ranch is sold, and the survivors move to Texas. Maybe they can shoot the new show at Elon Musk’s property.

Reilly wrote on Instagram today:

“Whatever the future holds this is the ending of the show we have been making for the past 7 years.
Words cannot convey how I feel about the people I got to work and create with over the seasons . I have made true life long friends.”

“When people see the ending of this season, there may be an understanding that there is a new beginning, potentially, as well. It could end perfectly where it is, or the new beginning is something that’s intrinsically part of this ending. Both would be beautiful, I have no attachment to either one of them,” Kelly Reilly told Town & Country magazine.

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Yes, Taylor Swift won 10 Billboard Music Awards on Thursday night.

But no one watched, not even Swifties, as Taylor sent a pre-taped message.

Actually, the whole show was taped, “canned,” as it were, with nothing live, no audience, and winners who knew in advance their fates.

Total viewers were just 1.26 million, making the BBMAs the lowest rated show of the night on broadcast TV. (Other than two shows on the non existent CW network.)

It’s not clear why Billboard and dick clark productions even bothered to put this together. It wasn’t good for anyone except Swift, who would have sold a bucket load of albums anyway. By the time the show aired, the week’s album count was over.

Maybe it’s time to retire this awards show.

“Blue Bloods” wrapped up 14 seasons on CBS last night.

The episode was modest, with no fanfare. No two hour episode, no flashbacks, no big weepy moments.

Mostly last night’s story was about a cop killer who also shoots the mayor. Tom Selleck — aka Frank Reagan — and clan are the only ones who can dig up the culprits and bring them to justice. All the main characters get a little spotlight.

It’s only toward the end of the episode that personal stuff comes in. Donnie Wahlberg’s Danny finally asks Maria (the under appreciated Marisa Ramirez) out for pizza. They’ve been flirting for like 8 years. Bridget Moynihan proposes to her ex husband (Peter Hermann).

Quick cut to a final and short dinner at the Reagans’ dining room table. Jamie and Eddie announce they’re pregnant. They’ve also been married for much of the run. No one discusses the fact that Selleck and Len Cariou, who plays his father, are only a few years apart. No one asks Cariou about winning the Tony Award for “Sweeney Todd.”

And it’s over.

Or is it? They played this episode not like a series finale, but a “to be continued…” If the show returns — as Tom Selleck has begged, pleaded, and demanded — the segue would be seamless. They should have called the episode “Never Can Say Goodbye.” See you on Netflix.

Tomorrow we get the not-series ending of “Yellowstone.” I told you a week ago the show would go on. Then on Wednesday came the story vultures pretending like it was their exclusive. “Yellowstone” will come back with a new antagonist to ruffle Beth’s feathers. The show will be called “Yellowstone” because the brand is branded into our brains.