Thursday, August 24, 2023

View From The Peak - Everything Coming to Paramount+ in September

 

Star Trek: Lower Decks | The Gold | Dreaming Whilst Black | Buddy Games

September brings a wealth of shows and films to Paramount+. Next month, the hit BBC comedy series Dreaming Whilst Black* makes its U.S. debut on Paramount+ with SHOWTIME, and tells the story of an aspiring filmmaker who takes the first step to achieving his dream. Football fans have a lot to cheer about when the NFL and Big Ten Conference seasons kick off in September. And big changes are in store for the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos when Star Trek: Lower Decks returns for its fourth season. For a closer look at all the entertainment coming to Paramount+ in September, check out the latest edition of View from the Peak.


PEAK
STREAMING

Josh Duhamel in Buddy Games
Josh Duhamel in Buddy Games
 

Once regarded as a summertime diversion, reality programming is now a year-round phenomenon with dramatic reveals and provocative eliminations driving high engagement for each episode as soon as it drops. The genre is more popular than ever and in Q2 we saw a 29 percent increase year over year in active subscriber households watching reality content. In fact, reality is one of the most popular genres on the service with one out of four of subscribers watching at least one reality show.

A new unscripted series joining the Paramount+ lineup, which includes popular and long-running CBS hits such as Big Brother, Survivor and The Challenge, is Buddy Games. Inspired by the movie franchise of the same name, the show is hosted by Buddy Games actor Josh Duhamel and pits six teams of close friends against one another in a nostalgic lakeside summer camp adventure.

Team up for summer fun when Buddy Games streams on Paramount+ on September 14.

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BEHIND
THE STREAMS

Kemi Adekoya-Lofinmakin and Adjani Salmon in Dreaming Whilst Black
Kemi Adekoya-Lofinmakin and Adjani Salmon in Dreaming Whilst Black
 

Next month, Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers can stream Dreaming Whilst Black, a series based on creator, executive producer, writer and star Adjani Salmon’s life as a filmmaker. Already creating buzz in the UK, the show employs dream sequences as a comedic device, in which Salmon's character Kwabena fantasizes how he'd like to react to the racial microaggressions and uncomfortable situations he experiences on a daily basis at work and in other public settings. 

“The essence of the entire show centers on portraying the Black professional experiences,” said director Koby Adom. “The dream sequences illustrate ideal responses and instinctive reactions when confronting adversity, while transitioning back to reality reveals how most of us typically respond to the overwhelming weight of oppression.”

“What often makes situations uncomfortable, whether they are racial or otherwise, is that they can catch you off guard, and our behavior doesn't always align with our intentions,” said producer Nicola Gregory. “The dream sequences serve a dual purpose: to create comedic or dramatic effects and to illustrate how Kwabena envisions himself ideally, in contrast to his current self.”

The dream sequences also allowed the filmmakers to help shift the viewer’s mood and comfort level. “It was about knowing when to allow the story to breathe in order to land the drama and when to pace it up in order to land the comedy,” said director Joelle Mae David. “I am all for audiences feeling an array of emotions, not just joy.”

Dreaming Whilst Black may inspire you to follow your own dream when it premieres on the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan on September 8.

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HIGH
SCORE

NFL on CBS

NFL players Joe Burrow, Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes

This September, Paramount+ kicks off an incredible football season with NFL and Big Ten games streaming live on the service.

The NFL on CBS begins its 2023 season in September with Paramount+ as the streaming destination for Super Bowl LVIII from Las Vegas in February. Paramount+ subscribers will be able to stream NFL on CBS live local market games across the 18-week regular season, featuring marquee matchups, Thanksgiving and Christmas games, and a full postseason slate, including the AFC Championship Game and Super Bowl LVIII.

To celebrate the new season, Paramount+ has a special offer for football fans: a 12 month subscription for only $2.50 per month. The offer was highlighted by NFL on CBS lead analyst Tony Romo and Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen in this recent campaign.

The Big Ten on CBS will also feature seven games streaming on Paramount+ in 2023, with an opening weekend highlighted by two Big Ten match-ups as Ohio State plays Indiana on September 2, followed by Northwestern visiting Rutgers on September 3.

Watch Big Ten on CBS beginning September 2 and the NFL on CBS season beginning September 10.



IN THE
SPOTLIGHT

Eugene Cordero, Tawny Newsome, Noël Wells and Jack Quaid in Star Trek: Lower Decks
Ensigns Sam Rutherford (Eugene Cordero), Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome), D'Vana Tendi (Noël Wells) and Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid) in Star Trek: Lower Decks
 

Star Trek: Lower Decks has the unique distinction of focusing its attention on the more junior members of the crew. This season the “Warp Core Four” face their biggest challenge yet: getting promoted. During production earlier this year, the series leads shared what these promotions mean for each of their characters.

  • Tawny Newsome as Beckett Mariner

    “She tries to give this promotion back 80 times, which I can understand. She does accept it because she realizes she can still do her thing; she can still do some good; she can still be a little chaotic. She believes ‘I’m still a lower decker; I’m still a scrappy underdog.”

  • Jack Quaid as Brad Boimler

    “I love that the Lower Deckers got promoted. Boimler has his first away mission that he is leading, and he is nervous, to say the least. He doesn’t want anyone to get hurt. He eventually must learn to trust his friends and trust the process.”

  • Noël Wells as D'Vana Tendi

    “Tendi is very excited about being promoted. She’s come to Starfleet with this hope of being assimilated but, secretly, she’s finding this well of power within herself. Being promoted is a natural extension of all the hard work she is doing.”

  • Eugene Cordero as Sam Rutherford

    “I think Rutherford has a fear of moving up or advancing too fast. I think he’d be worried to move to a different ship or be placed in a different world where he would have to give orders. That’s an issue they’re all having, but I think Rutherford would have the toughest time.”

Join the crew of Starfleet’s best “Second Contact” ship when Star Trek: Lower Decks premieres September 7.

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DID
YOU KNOW?

  • Hispanic Heritage Month begins on September 15, and Paramount+ is celebrating with One Mountain. Una Familia. This special collection highlights shows and films that showcase Hispanic stories and cultures, including At MidnightBoséThe EnvoysFridaEl Norte and Alternatino; and blockbuster titles with Hispanic leads, such as Special Ops: LionessStar Trek: Strange New WorldsTransformers: Rise of the BeastsScream VI and more.

  • The SHOWTIME docuseries Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court premieres on Paramount+ with SHOWTIME on September 22. Emmy-winning filmmaker Dawn Porter traces the modern history of the Supreme Court and the people, decisions and confirmation battles that have shaped America. The four-part series reveals how the Supreme Court’s ideological balance has shifted over the years to reflect the hopes – and fears – of American citizens, exploring the interconnectedness between the Court’s and the nation’s future.

  • In 1983, six armed men stole £26m worth of gold in London and their crime inadvertently gave birth to the phenomenon of large-scale international money laundering. Next month, the international drama series The Gold makes its debut on the service to tell this extraordinary and epic true crime story for the first time, in its entirety.
BROWSE THE ONE MOUNTAIN. UNA FAMILIA. COLLECTION

★  BACK TO TOP  ★


STREAMING
SOON

ORIGINALS, EXCLUSIVES, PREMIERES

9/7: Star Trek: Lower Decks (Season 4) premiere
9/8: Dreaming Whilst Black premiere*
9/12: Football Must Go On premiere
9/13: MTV Video Music Awards
9/17: The Gold premiere
9/18: Superpower premiere
9/22: Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court premiere*
9/26: 72 Seconds premiere


LIBRARY SHOWS

September 6

RENO 911! (Season 7)
The Naked Brothers Band (Seasons 1-3)


September 7

NFL Slimetime (Season 3)

September 13

America in Black (Season 1)

September 14

Buddy Games (Season 1)**

September 16

48 Hours (Season 36)**

September 17

60 Minutes (Season 56)**

September 19

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) (Seasons 1-2)

September 20

Average Joe (Season 1)
Ice Airport Alaska (Seasons 2-3)
It's Pony (Season 2)
The Surreal Life (2022) (Season 1)


September 27

ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks (Season 5)
Survivor (Season 45)**
The Amazing Race (Season 35)**


LIBRARY MOVIES

September 1

10 Cloverfield Lane
54
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Abandon*
Afflicted
American Gigolo
American History X*
American Hustle
Amores Perros
An Unfinished Life
Angel Heart
Annihilation
Arrival
Asylum
Baby Boom*
Bad News Bears
Beastly
Below
Beneath
Blazing Saddles*
Bless the Child*
Blue Chips
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Breakdown
Captive State*
Carriers
Cheech & Chong's Still Smokin'
Children of a Lesser God*
Cocktail
Curandero
Cursed
Days of Thunder
Death On the Nile (1978)
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Dragonslayer
Eddie Murphy: Raw
El Norte
Elf
Event Horizon*
Forrest Gump
Fresh
Frida
Ghost Team One
God's Petting You*
Good Mourning*
Hamlet (2000)*
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Hard Candy*
Hecho en México
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Hugo
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
In Too Deep
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 Unrated
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Ladybugs*
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Like Water for Chocolate
Long Shot
Married to the Mob*
Memories of Me*
Mimic
Mimic 2
Mimic 3: Sentinel
Mother!
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Nacho Libre
Nick of Time
On the Edge*
Overlord
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Phantoms
Primal Fear
Prophecy
River's Edge*
Road House*
Road to Perdition
Schindler's List*
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Seven Psychopaths
Sherlock Gnomes
Some Kind of Hero*
Stand and Deliver*
Stardust
Striptease*
Summer Rental
Super 8
Surviving Christmas
Teaching Mrs. Tingle*
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator Genisys
The Back-up Plan
The Best Offer*
The Big Lebowski*
The Blair Witch Project
The Brady Bunch Movie
The Brothers Grimm
The Cutting Edge*
The Devil Inside
The Dictator
The Fighting Temptations*
The First Wives Club
The Hole
The Hunt for Red October*
The Last Exorcism Part II
The Last Samurai
The Longest Yard
The Loved Ones
The Mighty*
The Monster Squad
The Prophecy
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
The Prophecy II
The Prophecy: Forsaken
The Prophecy: Uprising
The Reckoning
The Ruins
The Spiderwick Chronicles
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Three Amigos
The Virgin Suicides*
The Woman in Black
The Woods*
The Wrath of Becky*
The Yards*
Thief*
To Catch a Thief
Twisted
Up in Smoke
Witchboard II: The Devil’s Doorway
World Trade Center*
World War Z
World War Z (Extended Domestic Cut)


September 4

Mafia Mamma*

September 9

Basic Instinct 2*

September 14

Buddy Games: Spring Awakening

September 15

The End of Sex*

September 20

Cursed Friends
Pet Sematary (2019)


SPORTS

9/2: Campeonato Brasileirão Série A – Botafogo vs. Flamengo 
9/2: CBS Sports Confidential – Big Ten Football 2023
9/2: Big Ten on CBS – Ohio State @ Indiana
9/2: College Football on CBS – Texas Tech @ Wyoming
9/3: Big Ten on CBS – Northwestern @ Rutgers 
9/3: College Football on CBS – Oregon State @ San Jose State
9/3: Serie A – AC Milan vs. Inter Milan 
9/3: Serie A – Lazio vs Napoli
9/9: NWSL Challenge Cup Final
9/9: Big Ten on CBS – UNLV @ Michigan 
9/9: College Football on CBS – UCLA @ San Diego State
9/10: NFL ON CBS Week 1 Doubleheader (check local listings) 
9/16: Oracle Los Angeles Sail Gran Prix
9/16: PGA TOUR Originals: One Shot Away
9/16: SEC on CBS – South Carolina @ Georgia
9/16: NWSL –  Portland Thorns FC vs. OL Reign 
9/17: NFL ON CBS Week 2 Doubleheader (check local listings)
9/18: Serie A – AC Milan vs. Napoli
9/19-9/20: UEFA Champions League Group Stage Matchday 1
9/21: UEFA Europa League Group Stage Matchday 1
9/21: UEFA Europa Conference League Group Stage Matchday 1
9/23: 2023 American Cornhole League World Championship Final
9/23: SEC on CBS
9/23: Big Ten on CBS – Iowa @ Penn State
9/24: NFL ON CBS Week 3 (check local listings)
9/24: Professional Bull Riding Camping World Teams Series
9/30: We Need to Talk
9/30: France Sail Grand Prix
9/30: SEC on CBS
Throughout September: NWSL competition
Throughout September: Italian Serie A competition
Throughout September: Concacaf Nations League qualifiers
Throughout September: Argentina Liga Profesional de Fútbol competition
Throughout September: Campeonato Brasileirão Série A competition
Throughout September: Scottish Professional Football League competition
Throughout September: Combate Global 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.

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