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The best shows on Paramount Plus to binge in March

Stream these incredible shows on Paramount Plus

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Having a vast library of good television shows and films is the most important factor in the success of a streaming service. That’s part of what transformed Netflix into a global phenomenon, and it’s why services like Paramount Plus have worked hard to build a healthy library of series that subscribers can browse through. As is the case with all streaming services, Paramount Plus has a mix of original series that live only on the platform and older shows that were originally on broadcast and have now found a home on streaming.

Although these shows have varied histories, each one of them is a great staple in Paramount Plus’s overall streaming library. Paramount Plus will likely continue to develop original content, but these Paramount Plus shows will stand the test of time, whether they’re ongoing or have been over for a decade or longer.

Penny Dreadful (2014)

Penny Dreadful
tv-ma 3 Seasons
Genre Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery, Action & Adventure
Cast Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton
Created by John Logan
A riff on gothic horror that had a hugely devoted fanbase during its initial run, Penny Dreadful is a delightful mishmash that pulls elements from everything from Dracula to Frankenstein. The show’s greatest selling point, though, is Eva Green’s towering central performance, which was hugely acclaimed at the time and has only become more beloved in the years since. If you’re looking for a great show to dive into for the spooky season, Penny Dreadful is the ideal choice.
Penny Dreadful Season 1 | Official Trailer | Eva Green & Josh Hartnett SHOWTIME Series

Special Ops: Lioness (2023)

Special Ops: Lioness
tv-ma 1 Season
Genre Drama
Cast Zoe Saldaña, Laysla De Oliveira, Dave Annable
Created by Taylor Sheridan
Taylor Sheridan owns Paramount Plus in a way that few creators do in the modern TV era, which is part of the reason he’s currently responsible for so much of what’s on Paramount Plus. His latest show is Special Ops: Lioness, which follows a CIA agent as she attempts to balance her personal life with professional obligations while fighting the war on terror. Featuring an all-star cast that includes Zoe Saldana, Nicole Kidman, and Morgan Freeman, Special Ops: Lioness is a tense thriller, in spite of its slightly silly name.
SPECIAL OPS: LIONESS Trailer (2023) Zoe Saldana, Morgan Freeman

Tulsa King (2022)

Tulsa King
tv-ma 1 Season
Genre Crime, Drama
Cast Sylvester Stallone, Andrea Savage, Max Casella
Created by Taylor Sheridan
We know Sylvester Stallone is a major movie star, but his first venture into the world of TV is also a fun affair! Terrence Winter of The Sopranos serves as the showrunner of this mafia drama. Stallone plays Dwight Manfredi, a mobster who is attempting to get back on his feet by running a new crime ring after spending a lot of time behind bars. Once a criminal, always a criminal.

Evil (2019)

Evil
82 %
7.7/10
tv-ma 3 Seasons
Genre Drama
Cast Katja Herbers, Mike Colter, Aasif Mandvi
Created by Michelle King, Robert King
The Kings are the most creative minds working on TV at Paramount right now, and Evil brings a thoroughly modern lens to one of the most ancient subjects in the world. The series tells the story of a priest and a psychologist who work together to investigate events that initially seem to have a supernatural dimension to them. The line between what’s real and what isn’t is always fuzzy, but Evil is also unique for the ways in which it infuses thoroughly modern notions of darkness into its storytelling. It’s a series about living online and how easy it is to be sucked into the darkness by the world around you, and it’s a delightful, twisted ride.

The Good Fight (2017)

The Good Fight
80 %
8.3/10
tv-ma 6 Seasons
Genre Drama
Cast Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald, Sarah Steele
Created by Phil Alden Robinson, Michelle King, Robert King
A bonkers sequel to The Good Wife, which was once a prestige hit on CBS, The Good Fight is much wackier and zanier, but it also feels more finely tuned to the moment we’re living in. Whereas most series only glancingly refer to events in the real world, The Good Fight dove into current events with both feet. The series tells the story of Diane Lockhart, who, after Trump is elected president, joins a largely Black Chicago-based law firm and begins working to make the world a better place. It’s a series about the madness of modern America and one that can sometimes seem as unhinged as the world really is. It’s all the better for that mania.

Survivor (2000)

Survivor
70 %
7.4/10
tv-pg 45 Seasons
Genre Reality
Cast Jeff Probst
Created by Mark Burnett, Charlie Parsons
It may be more than 20 years old now, but the formula of Survivor is still one of the sharpest out there. That’s in large part because the reality series is based entirely on how people interact with one another. They form and break alliances, and performing well on the show is as much about catering to your relationships as it is about any physical feats of strength. Perhaps the best thing about Survivor, though, is that there are countless hours of it to pour through on Paramount Plus, because the show has regularly filmed two seasons a year for 20 years. It’s a great TV show about what it takes to survive not just on a deserted island but in a small society filled with other people.

Star Trek: Discovery (2017)

Star Trek: Discovery
73 %
7/10
tv-14 4 Seasons
Genre Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
Cast Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Mary Wiseman
Created by Alex Kurtzman, Bryan Fuller
As one of the longest-running sci-fi franchises in the history of TV, Star Trek: Discovery is just the latest iteration of a story that many are already deeply familiar with. Discovery is actually a prequel to the original Star Trek, and takes place roughly a decade before the events of the original series. Following a military scientist who eventually becomes captain of the Discovery, the show has helped bring Star Trek to modern audiences and is the first series set in the universe since Star Trek: Enterprise ended in 2005. Although Discovery hasn’t been met with universal acclaim, those who love it love it passionately, and it may prove to be an excellent entry point for science fiction fans who are unfamiliar with this world.

Frasier (1993)

Frasier
79 %
8.2/10
tv-pg 11 Seasons
Genre Comedy
Cast Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, Jane Leeves
Created by Peter Casey, David Angell
It’s not exactly a controversial opinion to say that Frasier, one of the most decorated comedy series of all time, is a good TV show. Although it started as a spinoff of Cheers, the show eventually proved that it was a worthy successor and lasted 11 seasons. The series follows Kelsey Grammar’s Frasier as he moves to Seattle in search of a new beginning. There, he hosts a radio show and deals with the strife around his personal life. The dry wit at the heart of Frasier was what sustained the show, but Frasier had a much bigger heart than it let on, and that warmth allowed these dry, silly characters to feel like family.

Chappelle's Show (2003)

Chappelle's Show
74 %
8.8/10
tv-14 3 Seasons
Genre Comedy
Cast Dave Chappelle
Created by Dave Chappelle, Neal Brennan
Dave Chappelle is the center of an ongoing controversy today, but that doesn’t make Chappelle’s Show any less era-defining. Dave Chappelle’s sketch show, which ran for three seasons starting in 2003, was filled with some of the funniest sketches in the history of comedy. What made Chappelle’s comedy so brilliant was its ability to make sharp political points without ever feeling like a diatribe. Chappelle’s best sketches had a distinct point of view, but they were also hilarious, and he knew that those things didn’t have to be in conflict. We live in a dark, absurd world, and Chappelle captured that world beautifully.

Twin Peaks (1990)

Twin Peaks
83 %
8.8/10
tv-ma 3 Seasons
Genre Drama, Mystery
Cast Sheryl Lee, Mädchen Amick, Kimmy Robertson
Created by David Lynch, Mark Frost
Widely regarded as one of the best shows ever made, Twin Peaks is compelling in part because it feels like no other TV show ever made. The series is set in a small town that has been rocked by the death of a teenage girl. Following Dale Cooper, the FBI agent sent to investigate the murder, the series explores the darkness underneath the town of Twin Peaks and the history of evil that even a quiet town has buried underneath it. As a story about murder, Twin Peaks is utterly compelling, but that’s not all the show is. Ultimately, it’s a story about the terrible things people do to one another, and how we reconcile with that horrifying potential.

1923 (2022)

1923
tv-ma 1 Season
Genre Drama, Western
Cast Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, Darren Mann
Created by Taylor Sheridan
Although Yellowstone is not itself on Paramount Plus, its prequel series, 1923, is, and we should all be grateful for that fact. The show, which stars Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford as ancestors of Kevin Costner’s John Dutton, the show is about the closing of the American frontier, and in its gentle way, it’s also about aging. 1923 is given time to be a little more reflective and thoughtful than its predecessor, and it’s anchored by a pair of wonderful central performances from Ford and Mirren.
1923 | Official Trailer | Paramount+

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
tv-pg 2 Seasons
Genre Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Cast Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Jess Bush
Created by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman, Jenny Lumet
If you’re nostalgic for the days when Star Trek was mostly a space adventure that wasn’t all that focused on lore, then Strange New Worlds is the show for you. The series is a prequel to the original Star Trek, and it tells stories that are largely contained to single episodes. As such, it plays by the old rules of TV, and is all the better for it. With strong writing, a solid cast that it knows how to take full advantage of, and better special effects than they had in the 1960s, Strange New Worlds is the ideal Star Trek show for a casual fan.
STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Trailer (2022)

Yellowjackets (2021)

Yellowjackets
tv-ma 2 Seasons
Genre Drama, Mystery
Cast Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Sophie Nélisse
Created by Bart Nickerson, Ashley Lyle
A riff on Lord of the Flies that follows a girls’ soccer team stranded in the Canadian wilderness following a plane crash, Yellowjackets has been a remarkably gripping story about trauma that also features plenty of cannibalism. The series, which splits its story between following the teens in the immediate aftermath of the crash, and the surviving adults more than 20 years later, features plenty of great performances and also manages to focus on women in a way few shows on TV do even today. Yellowjackets is also just wild, zany fun, and it’s that unique combination that has made it every TV lover’s latest obsession.
YELLOWJACKETS Trailer (2021) Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis, Series

Freaks and Geeks (1999)

Freaks and Geeks
tv-14 1 Season
Genre Drama, Comedy
Cast John Francis Daley, Linda Cardellini, James Franco
Created by Paul Feig
A cult teen show that only ran a single season, Freaks and Geeks tells the story of the outcasts in a 1980 high school. In addition to launching a generation of young talent, Freaks and Geeks was also a smart show about what it meant to grow up in that era and what it means to grow up in general. Few shows have better captured the angst of being a teenager, even if the series wound up only having a short life on the air. The fact that it’s still discussed 25 years later speaks to its staying power.
FREAKS AND GEEKS | Now On Digital | Paramount Movies

The Daily Show (1996)

The Daily Show
tv-14 29 Seasons
Genre News, Comedy
Created by Lizz Winstead, Madeleine Smithberg
A comedy show that redefined an entire generation’s relationship to the news, The Daily Show feels like something of an institution now that it’s been on the air for almost 30 years. The show, which has launched a generation of comedy stars, also gave many people a new way to understand the world. The show’s genius is that it was always both a comedy series and a show about what was happening in the world, and basically all of late-night comedy, as well as Steve Carrell’s entire career, only exists because of the show’s enormous success.
Comedy Central 'The Daily Show' new season promo 2021

Escape at Dannemora (2018)

Escape at Dannemora
tv-ma 1 Season
Genre Drama
Cast Benicio del Toro, Paul Dano, Patricia Arquette
Created by Michael Tolkin, Brett Johnson
A great and largely underseen miniseries from 2018, Escape at Dannemora tells the story of two real-life prisoners who escaped from a prison in upstate New York with some help from a female employee. Patricia Arquette won an Emmy for her performance in the series, and she’s matched by equally great work from Paul Dano and Benicio Del Toro. Add in some incredible direction from Ben Stiller, and you have the recipe for a tight, thrilling series that takes a very grounded, realistic look at what it actually takes to escape from prison.
ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA Official Trailer (2018) Benicio Del Toro, TV Show HD

What shows are coming to Paramount Plus in March?

March 1

  • War Pony, premiere*

March 6

  • Raging Grace, premiere*
  • Air Warriors (Season 11)

March 7

  • The Thundermans Return, premiere
  • CBS News Specials: State of the Union Address

March 8

  • Blaze and the Monster Machines: Blaze of Glory
  • Blaze and the Monster Machines: Race to the Top of the World!

March 12

  • Never Seen Again, season five premiere

March 13

  • Little Wing, premiere
  • America’s Hidden Stories (Season 3)
  • Black Ink Crew Los Angeles (Season 2)
  • Black Ink Crew New York (Season 10)
  • Peppa Pig (Season 9)
  • The Amazing Race (Season 36)

March 20

  • The Last Cowboy (Season 4)

March 25

  • The King of Queens (Seasons 1-9)

March 27

  • Behind the Music (Season 2)
  • LL Cool J Presents: The Rock the Bells Festival – Celebrating 50 Years of Hip-Hop
  • Ten Steps to Disaster (Season 2)

March 29

  • A Gentleman in Moscow, premiere*

March 30

  • Beyond The Aggressives: 25 Years Later, premiere*

*Title available with Paramount+ with Showtime

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