Everything Coming to Paramount+ in October

October is filled with thrills and chills on Paramount+! Get ready for a high-octane second season of the espionage thriller series Lioness , penned by Taylor Sheridan and starring Zoe Saldaña and Nicole Kidman. Trek fans can report for duty on the U.S.S. Cerritos when the final season of Star Trek: Lower Decks  gets underway. Soccer enthusiasts around the world are fired up for the kickoff of the UEFA Champions League. And with All Hallows Eve fast approaching, viewers will feel a tingle down their spine as our Peak Screaming  collection casts its spell on every member of the household.
For a closer look at all of the entertainment coming your way in October, check out this month’s edition of View from the Eeeeeeeek!

 

PEAK CONTENT

This summer, audiences were anything but quiet about their excitement for A Quiet Place: Day One , the series’ long anticipated prequel and origin story. The film was a box-office smash with the biggest opening weekend in the franchise’s history. This wave of enthusiasm continued on Paramount+: the horror flick is the #1 most-watched post-theatrical release on the service.

Paramount+’s creepy collection of horror films is popular with our audience all year long. The top terror-inducing titles include: World War Z, Scream VI, Smile  and more.

STREAM A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE

 

BEHIND THE STREAMS

Inspired by an actual U.S. military program, Lioness  follows the life of Joe (Zoe Saldaña) while she attempts to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the CIA’s spear in the war on terror. In season two, as the CIA’s fight moves closer to home, Joe and the team enlist a new operative to infiltrate a previously unknown threat. With pressure mounting from all sides, Joe is forced to confront the profound personal sacrifices she has made as the leader of the Lioness program.

“What Joe sacrificed in season one was her own personal life,” said Saldaña. “What she’s sacrificing this season is just the way that she conducts herself and the way that she does her work.”

Overseeing the Lioness team is the steely Kaitlyn Meade (Nicole Kidman). The two women are often at odds as Kaitlyn pushes Joe to focus on the mission. “Kaitlyn still trains Joe and has to always remind Joe to open up your mind and be a thinker and not a feeler,” Saldaña reflected. “The moment you begin to feel more than what you can think, that can cost someone their lives, including her own. What she’s up against this season is impossible. The stakes are way too high.”

Get ready to roar when Lioness season two premieres October 27.

 

PEAK SCREAMING

Viewers beware, we’ve rounded up your favorite ghosts and goblins on Paramount+! The heart-pounding Peak Screaming  collection is back with a monster-sized lineup of thrills to haunt your screens this Halloween season. The popular collection has expanded with more genre-defining hits and perennial favorites than ever before, featuring over 450 new originals, fan-favorite horror movies and unforgettable Halloween episodes from beloved series.

This year’s fresh batch of frights include the edge-of-your-seat thrill ride A Quiet Place: Day One  from Paramount Pictures, the new Paramount+ original Apartment 7A , a mysterious prequel to the cult classic Rosemary’s Baby , and a special Halloween episode of CBS’ Ghosts . Boys and ghouls of all ages won’t have to look hard for a scare with 25 expertly curated carousels , including Killer Classics, Horror Comedies, Horror Heroines, Family Fright Night  and more.

STREAM THE SCREAMS NOW

The citizens of Bikini Bottom are up to some spooky shenanigans this October in the new SpongeBob SquarePants Halloween Special: Kreepaway Kamp . While at a reunion at Kamp Koral, our intrepid campers start disappearing one by one until they uncover a mysterious figure lurking in the shadows. The special takes inspiration from classic horror films with kid-friendly tropes that adult fans will recognize as spoofs of iconic, nail-biting moments from their favorite movies.

 

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Star Trek: Lower Decks has boldly gone where no Trek series has gone before. The franchise’s first foray into adult animation begins its final voyage this October with the premiere of season five. To get a full mission briefing, we checked in with its creator, writer and producer Mike McMahan.

• The last four seasons have been quite a ride. Catch us up on where the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos is as we return for season five.When season five starts, our Lower Decks crew has been broken up because Tendi, their Orion pal, was obligated to return to her home planet to work with her sister on pirate stuff. While she’s been doing that, our newly promoted Lt. Jr. Grades have been on space pothole-filling duty: strange and annoying quantum rifts have been opening around the quadrant and our gang is tasked with closing them up.
• Why do you think Star Trek fans embraced an animated version in such a big way?I think fans love Lower Decks because it’s just nice to spend time with Starfleet officers having a good time. The Cerritos crew is everything you like about the federation plus they’re funny! The show is a way to get that Star Trek hit without too much drama, which is (hopefully) a welcome addition to the franchise.
• All of the characters in the series are amazing, but who was the most fun to write?That’s hard, I love writing Mariner and Boimler across from each other because they’re both great but go about their jobs with totally different attitudes. T’lyn is fun too, because Vulcans say so little, you get to completely change the flow of the scene when she pipes up. Ransom might be the big winner though, because he’s somehow a bossy dork but also really funny and secretly supportive and sweet. Don’t make me pick! I like everyone.
• Looking back on the series as a whole, what are you most proud of?I’m most proud that we can do very silly episodes that stand on their own, but then also meaningful episodes which have character growth and high drama and action. This is a show, and a franchise, where you can kind of tell any story you want. I’m beyond proud that when someone is listing off their favorite Star Trek series or episodes, Lower Decks very often makes the cut near the top. That’s more than I could have hoped for, and very cool to see. If Lower Decks is in your top three Star Trek shows, then you’re cool and people will like you.

Engage warp speed for the final season of Star Trek: Lower Decks on October 24.

 

DID YOU KNOW?

The UEFA Champions League  season is back in full swing with a new format and more matches than ever. Every single match streams live on Paramount+, including rematches of four of the past five UCL Finals during the League Phase. Key matches in October include Arsenal vs. PSG (Oct. 1), Real Madrid vs. Borussia Dortmund (Oct. 22) and Barcelona vs. Bayern Munich.

As the 2024 election approaches, Paramount+ is becoming a hub for subscribers to access timely and topical news. The Road to the Election  carousel highlights new content around important election moments and events from the recent Emmy Award-winning series The Daily Show  as well as 60 Minutes, America Decides, Evening News with Norah O’Donnell, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert  and more. All the latest live election coverage will also be available via the On Now  homepage carousel, including the upcoming Vice Presidential Debate hosted by CBS News on October 1.

Next month, Pulp Fiction  turns 30. One of the biggest phenomenons to come out of Hollywood in the nineties, Pulp Fiction changed cinema forever with a wildly unconventional story that took audiences inside L.A.’s seedy underbelly. Director Quentin Tarantino threw caution to the wind, creating a blazingly original masterpiece brought to life by John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson while establishing himself as one of history’s most inventive filmmakers. Fans can relive the magic on Paramount+.

 

STREAMING SOON

October brings fall television into full swing with a fleet of premieres on CBS that Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers can stream live as they air. You won’t want to miss the debuts of brand-new series NCIS: Origins, Matlock, Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage  and The Summit, as well as exciting new seasons of Tracker, Elsbeth, Ghosts, Fire Country  and more.
Another title joining the Paramount+ library in October is Killing Eve , a British spy thriller created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and starring Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer. Viewers can stream all four seasons of the show starting October 28.
 

ORIGINALS, EXCLUSIVES, PREMIERES & EVENTS

10/10 SpongeBob SquarePants: Kreepaway Kamp
In this new SpongeBob SquarePants Halloween special, “Kreepaway Kamp,” SpongeBob and the gang are stalked by a mysterious figure lurking in the shadows as campers start disappearing one by one.

10/15 FBI True season 5 premiere
Audiences get an insider’s look at the dangerous missions carried out by the FBI every day. You think you know the case, but you’ve never heard them told like this.

10/24 Star Trek: Lower Decks final season premiere
The crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos must contend with space potholes, an Orion war, furious Klingons, diplomatic catastrophes, murder mysteries and scariest of all: their own career aspirations. The final season of this Paramount+ original celebrates this crew of underdogs who are dangerously close to leaving the lower decks for strange new Starfleet roles.

10/25 Transformers: EarthSpark season 3 premiere
A new generation of Transformers robots—the first to be born on Earth—joins together with the humans who welcome and care for them, redefining what it means to be a family. In season three, a giant-size dome divides the town of Witwicky and traps the Decepticons inside, but it can’t hold them forever.

10/27 Lioness season 2 premiere
As the CIA’s fight against terror moves closer to home, Joe, Kaitlyn, and Byron enlist a new Lioness operative to infiltrate a previously unknown threat. With pressure mounting from all sides, Joe is forced to confront the profound personal sacrifices she has made as the leader of the Lioness program.

10/28 Ezra*
In this film, Max (Bobby Canavale) is a stand-up comedian living with his father (Robert DeNiro) and struggling to co-parent his autistic son, Ezra. Forced to confront difficult decisions about his son’s future, Max and Ezra embark on a transformative cross-country road trip.

10/28 Treasure*
Ruth, an American journalist compelled by the fall of the Iron Curtain, travels to Poland with her father, a Holocaust survivor, to visit his childhood town.

Late October
Ink Master Season 16 premiere
Talented artists enter the shop to battle in the ultimate tattoo competition, hosted by Joel Madden.

UNCHARTED
Through the lens of race and gender, this documentary follows emerging artists who attend a life-changing songwriting camp put on by Alicia Keys & She Is The Music. Uncharted reveals the odds women face in music and how things can change one song at a time.
 

LIBRARY SHOWS

October 2
Monster High: The Series (Season 1)

October 7
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special**

October 8
An Oprah Special: The Presleys – Elvis, Lisa Marie and Riley**

October 9
Blaze and the Monster Machines (Season 7)
Blaze and the Monster Machines: Wild Wheels Escape to Animal Island
Blaze and the Monster Machines: Big Rig to the Rescue!
Blaze and the Monster Machines: Racecar Adventures

October 13
Tracker Season (Season 2 premiere)**

October 14
NCIS (Season 22 premiere)**
NCIS: Origins premiere***

October 15
FBI (Season 7 premiere)**
FBI: International (Season 4 premiere)**
FBI: Most Wanted (Season 6 premiere)**

October 16
Love & Hip Hop Atlanta (Season 11)
Tyler Perry’s The Oval (Seasons 1-3)

October 17
Elsbeth (Season 2 premiere)**
Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage premiere**
Ghosts (Season 4 premiere)**

October 18
Blue Bloods (Season 14 return for final episodes)**
Fire Country (Season 3 premiere)**
S.W.A.T. (Season 8 premiere)**

October 20
The Equalizer (Season 5 premiere)**

October 21
Poppa’s House premiere**
The Neighborhood (Season 7 premiere)**
 

LIBRARY MOVIES

Just in time for spooky season, Paramount+ has added a host of frightening flicks to its library, with the Friday the 13th  series, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, 28 Weeks Later, Stir of Echoes and 30 Days of Night  and more, to ensure horror fans won’t sleep a wink this October.

October 1
28 Weeks Later
30 Days of Night
A Simple Plan*
All About the Benjamins
All the Wrong Ingredients
Allegiant
Almost Famous*
Along Came a Spider
American Psycho
Amistad*
Antlers
Arena Wars
Bad Behaviour
Best Defense*
Black Rock
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Buried
Chaplin*
Chocolat*
Cliffhanger
Coach Carter
Colombiana
Days of Heaven*
Deliver Us from Evil*
Desperado
Divergent
Django Unchained
Downhill Racer*
Dying of the Light*
Eastern Promises
Eddie Murphy: Raw*
Elizabethtown*
Enough
Escape from Alcatraz*
Eyes Wide Shut
Fear (1990)
Fido
Finding Neverland*
Flatliners* (1990)
Fools Rush In
Freedom Writers
Fresh (2022)
Friday the 13th (1980)
Friday the 13th: Part II
Friday the 13th: Part III
Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter
Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Frozen River
Galaxy Quest
Gothika
Hard Eight
Heat (1995)
Heaven Can Wait*
Hell or High Water
Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth
Hellraiser IV: Bloodline
Hellraiser V: Inferno
Hellraiser VI: Hellseeker
Hellraiser VII: Deader
Hellraiser VIII: Hellworld
Hide and Seek*
Hugo*
Hustle & Flow
Imagine That*
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Insurgent
Jawbreaker
Jennifer’s Body
John Carpenter’s Escape From L.A.*
John Grisham’s The Rainmaker
Juice
Just My Luck
Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events
Life
Little Women (1994)
Love Story*
Maggie’s Plan*
Marathon Man*
Margin Call*
Men, Women & Children*
Mirrors
Monstrous*
Mud*
Obsessed
Oculus
Once Upon A Time In Mexico
Only Lovers Left Alive
Orphan
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Pride And Glory
Private Parts*
Prospect
Queen of The Damned
Re: Uniting
Resident Evil
Road Trip*
Runaway Jury
Scary Movie 3
Scary Movie 4
School Ties
Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders
Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire
Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster
Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers
Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy
Scrooged
Set it Off: Director’s Cut
Sleepy Hollow
Smallfoot
Snakes On a Plane
Southpaw
Spanglish
Spawn
Stephen King’s Graveyard Shift
Stephen King’s Silver Bullet
Stephen King’s Thinner
Stir of Echoes
Surviving Christmas
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street*
Swingers
Team America: World Police
The Belko Experiment
The Blob
The Core
The Day After Tomorrow
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Gambler*
The General’s Daughter
The Girl in the Pool*
The Green Inferno
The Hours*
The Ladies Man*
The Legend of Zorro
The Little Vampire
The Midnight Meat Train
The Negotiator
The Net*
The Orphanage
The Running Man*
The Stepford Wives*
The Truman Show*
The Wash*
The Wicker Man (2006)
This One’s for the Ladies*
Three Days of the Condor*
Training Day
True Grit (2010)
Universal Soldier
Vampire in Brooklyn
Vantage Point*
We Own the Night*
Weird Science
Wild Eyed and Wicked
Wild Things
Willard (2003)

October 22
Tale of Tales*

October 29
The Man Who Knew Infinity*

October 31
Camp X-Ray*
 

SPORTS
10/1: UEFA Champions League – Arsenal vs. PSG
10/2: UEFA Champions League – Aston Villa vs. Bayern Munich
10/3: UEFA Europa League – Porto vs. Manchester United
10/5: College Football on CBS – Navy @ Air Force*
10/5: Big Ten on CBS*
10/6: NFL ON CBS Week 5 Doubleheader (check local listings)
10/6: Serie A – Fiorentina vs. AC Milan
10/12: WCRA Rodeo Carolina*
10/12: Big Ten on CBS*
10/13: NFL ON CBS Week 6 (check local listings)
10/13: PBR – Professional Bull Riders*
10/19: NWSL – Kansas City Current vs. San Diego Wave FC*
10/19: Big Ten on CBS*
10/19: Serie A – Juventus vs. Lazio
10/20: Serie A – Roma vs. Inter
10/20: NFL ON CBS Week 7 (check local listings)
10/22: AFC Champions League Elite – Esteghlal vs. Al Nassr
10/22: UEFA Champions League – Real Madrid vs. Borussia Dortmund
10/23: UEFA Champions League – Barcelona vs. Bayern Munich
10/24: UEFA Europa League – Fenerbahçe vs. Manchester United
10/25: NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Final – NJ/NY Gotham FC vs. Kansas City Current
10/26: Serie A – Bologna vs. AC Milan
10/26: Big Ten on CBS*
10/27: NFL ON CBS Week 8 Doubleheader (check local listings)
10/27: Serie A – Inter vs. Juventus
10/29: Serie A – AC Milan vs. Napoli
Throughout October: NWSL regular season competition
Throughout October: Argentina Liga Profesional de Fútbol competition
Throughout October: Scottish Professional Football League competition
Throughout October: English Football League competition
Throughout October: Concacaf Men’s Nations League competition
Throughout October: Concacaf W Champions Cup competition
Throughout October: Serie A competition
Throughout October: AFC Champions League Elite competition
Throughout October: UEFA Champions League competition
Throughout October: UEFA Europa League competition
Throughout October: UEFA Conference League competition
 

* Title is available to Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers.

**All Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers can live stream CBS titles via the live feed on Paramount+. Those titles will be available on-demand to all subscribers the day after they air live.

Dates for library titles are subject to change.