Wednesday, June 26, 2024

View From the Peak - Everything Coming to Paramount+ in July 2024

 

We hope this edition of View from the Peak finds you poolside with an umbrella drink and an appropriate amount of SPF. When it’s time to come in from the sun, we’ll be serving up brand-new seasons and series for you to stream. Coming in July, we have SpongeBob’s exciting return to Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years, the heartwarming music documentary Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken, the thrilling espionage docuseries Mafia Spies, a 24/7 stream of Big Brother and more.

For a closer look at everything coming to Paramount+ in July, check out the latest edition of View from the Peak.


PEAK
CONTENT

Knuckles
Idris Elba (voice) in Knuckles

We’ve always known Sonic the Hedgehog was a star, but his friend and former rival, Knuckles, is finally having his moment. The special event series—which follows the feisty echidna voiced by Idris Elba—broke a new global record as the most-watched Paramount+ Original series, with more than 4 million hours streamed over its premiere weekend and 6 million hours streamed in the first seven days.

Now in its first month on the service, Knuckles has garnered over 11 million hours globally, becoming the #1 Paramount+ Original Kids & Family series ever in terms of hours. Building on one of Paramount’s most successful franchises, the original series generated a halo effect across other Sonic titles on Paramount+, with a 278% jump in viewership globally over the daily average. Not too bad for a marsupial!

Jon Stewart’s return to The Daily Show is a second term we can all get behind. With the Emmy winner back at the desk alongside The Daily Show News Team, we’ve seen a staggering 1300% increase in viewership for the series on Paramount+ while soaring to become #1 in late-night across broadcast cable on Mondays.




BEHIND
THE STREAMS

SpongeBob 25th Birthday

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

It’s been 25 years since SpongeBob SquarePants first made a splash and we all got swept away in his underwater hijinks.

Come July there are brand-new adventures in store for the seafaring superstar and the residents of Bikini Bottom when the Paramount+ Original series Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years returns for a second season. Kamp activities include staying up all night, monster lessons, digging up a prehistoric creature and, most importantly, having the best summer ever!

We’re marking Mr. SquarePants’ silver anniversary in style on Paramount+ with several special activations. In July, audiences can customize their profiles with over 15 new SpongeBob avatars, explore the refreshed SpongeBob Universe collection along with special carousels curated for the franchise’s most beloved characters, and check out the SpongeBob takeover on the Paramount+ app. Stay tuned for more surprises to be announced throughout the year.

To keep the festivities going, we are also welcoming season 13 of SpongeBob SquarePants and season one of The Patrick Star Show to our extensive animation library.

Attention, campers! Please report to Paramount+ when season two of Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years premieres July 10.


UNSCRIPTED
SUMMER

Big Brother Season 26

Julie Chen Moonves in Big Brother

This summer, we invite you to say yes to spontaneity. Break out of your routine and embrace the always entertaining unscripted options across Paramount+. We are home to more than 120 reality series, including some of the longest running series in television history: Big BrotherThe Amazing RaceSurvivorReal World and RuPaul’s Drag Race. Our slate delivers all the uninhibited thrills of summer. 

This month, audiences are gearing up for the return of the 26th season of CBS’ iconic reality competition series, Big Brother. Hosted by Julie Chen Moonves, this season will kick off with a special two-night premiere on CBS and Paramount+ on July 17 and 18 (9–10 PM ET). Following its special two-night premiere, the series will air Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays (9–10 PM, LIVE ET). Super fans looking for maximum access can tune into Paramount+’s Big Brother Live Feed for 24/7 drama.

The competition is always hot across our entire reality lineup.


IN THE
SPOTLIGHT

Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken
Melissa Etheridge in Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken 

Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken tells an inspiring story about addiction and redemption as the titular rockstar and activist composes, “Burning Woman,” a new song based on her relationship with five women incarcerated in Kansas, and then performs a special concert inside their Topeka prison. We connected with the docuseries’ directors, Brian Morrow and Amy Scott, to learn more.

Q: Tell us about the origin of the docuseries.

A: Our executive producers Kathy Rivkin-Daum and Deb Klein, Melissa's manager, approached us about this idea that Melissa had for a while about doing a concert at a prison. She wanted to bring music and hope to incarcerated women, and her home state of Kansas held special meaning for her.

Q: Can you share a little bit about how the documentary explores the relationship between music and the healing process?

A: First is the concert itself, in witnessing incarcerated women react to the music, you can see it on their faces. One of the women at the end of the film tells a camera operator, "That was my first concert ever. You did a badass job, Melissa." And while the joy and exuberance you witness in the crowd is powerful, Melissa brings up heavy themes and topics during the show that you also feel deeply resonate with the audience. You can literally see women go from supporting each other and crying at the beginning of a song to singing along by the end. Secondly, Melissa explains that she writes music to deal with her own loss and grief. Her song "Shadow of a Black Crow" was written about her son who she tragically lost to opioids. The cathartic and transcendent power of music is presented in these ways and more.

Q: Given the very sensitive nature of the topic of addiction, how did that impact your approach to interviews?

A: Our approach with talking about addiction is to remove any notion of shame from the conversation - right down to the tone. Melissa mentions it in the film, but these stories could just as easily come from your sister, your mother, your child. The opioid epidemic serves as proof that addiction is a malignant force that touches every facet of American life.

Q: What do you hope audiences will take away from the experience of this doc?

A: We just hope that people remember and consider incarcerated people. We lock more people up in this country than anywhere else on Earth, and women's incarceration rates are skyrocketing. They're human and, while they have made some mistakes, it does not define them as people. They're not broken.

Tears and tunes will flow when Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken premieres July 9.

WATCH THE TRAILER



HIGH
SCORE

WNBA
Caitlin Clark (Indiana Fever) and Dijonai Carrington (Connecticut Sun) in WNBA action

The WNBA takes center stage on July 6 when rookie sensation Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever host reigning MVP Breanna Stewart and the New York Liberty, live on Paramount+. On June 16, Clark and the Fever broke records when they took on the Chicago Sky on CBS and Paramount+. The game was the most-watched WNBA game on any network in 23 years and the most-streamed WNBA game ever on Paramount+.

Tune in for the chance to witness another milestone when Indiana and New York go head to head on July 6.




STREAMING
SOON

Justin Hartley in Tracker

When you need something to stream to keep those summer vibes chill, check out the CBS Summer Binge on Paramount+, which brings together complete lineups of many of our most popular titles. You can start a comfort watch that will last you through Labor Day with big new hits like Tracker and Elsbeth and perennial favorites such as Ghosts, NCIS, FBI, Blue Bloods, CSI and more.

ORIGINALS, EXCLUSIVES & PREMIERES

7/1: Memory*
Sylvia (Jessica Chastain) is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life. But all of that gets blown open when Saul (Peter Sarsgaard) follows her home from their high school reunion and a surprise encounter opens a door to the past.

7/9: Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken premiere
This two-part docuseries tells a story of music’s power to heal and transcend. Melissa Etheridge finds inspiration in five incarcerated women and performs an original song for them at their prison.

7/10: Kamp Koral: Spongebob's Under Years season two premiere
Ten-year-old SpongeBob and his pals spend their summer catching wild jellyfish and swimming in Lake Yuckymuck at the craziest kamp in the kelp forest.

7/16: Mafia Spies premiere
In this docuseries, real-world spies, gangsters, honeypots and mistresses unravel a hidden conspiracy between the CIA and the Chicago mob to assassinate Fidel Castro.

LIBRARY SHOWS

July 3

The National Parks

July 4

CBS Reports: America Unfiltered: The Voices Behind the Polls

July 10

Beavis and Butt-Head Classic (Seasons 2, 4-6)
Ice Airport Alaska (Season 4)
Ridiculousness (Seasons 11-12)
SpongeBob SquarePants (Season 13)
The Patrick Star Show (Season 2)


July 17

Basketball Wives (Season 11)

July 18

Big Brother (Season 26)**

July 22

PD True (Season 1)

July 24

RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 16)
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (Seasons 14-15)


July 31

Help! I'm in a Secret Relationship (Season 2)

LIBRARY MOVIES

July 1

A Good Day to Die Hard*
A Perfect Day*
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
American History X
Apache Junction*
Big Top Pee-Wee
Biker Boyz*
Blades of Glory
Blue Chips
Boyz N' The Hood*
Caddyshack
Catch the Bullet*
Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels Full Throttle
Charlotte's Web
Copycat
Defiance
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star*
Die Hard*
Die Hard 2*
Die Hard with a Vengeance*
Drag Me to Hell
El Dorado
Enemy at the Gates*
Fear
Freedom Writers*
Funny Face
Gone Baby Gone*
Good Mourning*
Grease
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Hamburger Hill
Heat*
Heist*
Identity
Imagine That
John Grisham's The Rainmaker
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Legends of the Fall*
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Live Free or Die Hard*
Love The Coopers*
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Miss Sloane*
My Left Foot
Necessary Roughness
New Jack City
Outlaw Posse*
Paid in Full*
Pawn Sacrifice*
Private Parts
Rounders
Rudy*
Rules of Engagement
Rushmore
RV*
Sahara
Set It Off: Director's Cut
Sexy Beast
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: Generations
Star Trek: Insurrection
Star Trek: Nemesis
Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Director's Edition
Stephen King's Thinner
Stop-Loss
Summer Rental
Summer School*
Sunset Boulevard
Superstar
Swingers
Terms of Endearment
The Baby-Sitters Club
The Babysitter
The East
The Love Letter
The Mechanic
The Running Man
The Saint*
The Silence of the Lambs*
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
The Truman Show
The Yards
Timeline
Tom & Jerry
Top Secret!*
Total Recall
Trainspotting
Uncommon Valor
Universal Soldier*
What Men Want*
Without a Paddle
World Trade Center
Yours, Mine & Ours
Zero Dark Thirty


July 8

Anesthesia*

July 13

Arthur and the Invisibles*

July 15

Fifty Shades of Black*
The Current War*


July 24

Weiner*

July 27

Hannibal Rising*

SPORTS

7/6: WNBA – New York Liberty @ Indiana Fever*
7/6-7/7: PGA Tour – John Deere Classic (Third and Final Round Coverage)*
7/7: BIG3 Basketball*
7/7: NWSL – Seattle Reign FC vs. Utah Royals
7/13-7/14: PGA Tour – Genesis Scottish Open (Third and Final Round Coverage)*
7/13: PGA Tour Originals: One Shot Away*
7/13: WNBA – Los Angeles Sparks @ Dallas Wings*
7/14: BIG3 Basketball*
7/20-7/21: Formula E – 2024 Hankook London E-Prix*
7/20: PBR – Professional Bull Riders American Bucking Bull Million Dollar Futurity*
7/20: 2024 World’s Strongest Man*
7/20: Sail GP – Season 4 Grand Final San Francisco*
7/20: BIG3 Basketball*
7/20: NWSL – Angel City FC vs. AmĂ©rica
7/21: NWSL – Washington Spirit vs. Chivas & Portland Thorns FC vs. Tijuana
7/21: Beyond Limits*
7/21: LPGA – Dana Open (Final Round Coverage)*
7/21: United Soccer League – Oakland Roots SC vs. Sacramento Republic FC*
7/26: NWSL – Chicago Red Stars vs. Chivas & San Diego Wave FC vs. AmĂ©rica
7/27: NWSL – Orlando Pride vs. Rayadas & Kansas City Current vs. Pachuca
7/28: NWSL – Houston Dash vs. Tigres & NJ/NY Gotham FC vs. Washington Spirit
7/27: 2024 World’s Strongest Man*
7/27: Course Record with Michael Breed*
7/27-7/28: PGA Tour – 3M Open (Third and Final Round Coverage)*
7/28: PBR – Professional Bull Riders Camping World Team Series Duluth*
7/28: BIG3 Basketball*
7/31: NWSL – Portland Thorns FC vs. Seattle Reign FC & North Carolina Courage vs. Rayadas
Throughout July: Argentina Liga Profesional de FĂºtbol competition
Throughout July: NWSL X LIGA MX Femenil Summer Cup

*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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