View From the Peak - Everything Coming to Paramount+ in May 2025

 

May is in full bloom on Paramount+, bursting with fresh new series and new seasons of returning favorites. Don't miss David Beckham off the pitch and in the studio for Beckham & Friends Live, an altcast for CBS Sports' UEFA Champions League semifinals and final coverage streaming exclusively on Paramount+. May is also serving up new seasons of hit series including Criminal Minds: Evolution, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, SkyMed and the highly anticipated season 7 premiere of The Chi*. And music fans will rejoice when Jennifer Lopez hosts the world's largest fan-voted awards show, the American Music Awards** next month. For a closer look at all the entertainment coming to Paramount+ in May, check out the latest edition of View from the Peak.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

David Beckham in Beckham & Friends Live    Get ready to see David Beckham in action like never before! From the pitch to a live studio show, the Paramount+ exclusive Beckham & Friends Live will give audiences a chance to watch an altcast of CBS Sports' UEFA Champions League coverage alongside the former professional footballer as he steps into the role of broadcaster. David will bring a player's perspective and fun conversation along with some of his closest friends, with CBS Sports' Kate Scott serving as host of the three-part show.  David will lead an all-star line-up for the two UEFA Champions League semifinal games on May 6 and May 7 from CBS Sports' London studio, and in Munich for the final on May 31. Guests joining the altcast for the first two shows during the semifinal matches will be announced in the coming weeks. "I'm really looking forward to being with a few mates, watching the game, and having a great conversation," David said. In addition to Beckham & Friends Live, don't miss a minute of the UEFA Champions League as semifinals action featuring Arsenal vs. PSG (April 29 and May 7) and Barcelona vs. Inter Milan (April 30 and May 6) streams live on Paramount+.    Check out a first look at the set here, and don't miss Beckham & Friends Live starting May 6!

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Shamon Brown  Jr., Michael Epps, Ahmad Nicholas Ferguson and Zara Primer in The Chi    The wait is almost over - the highly anticipated return of The Chi* is just around the corner, and we caught up with Shamon Brown Jr. to hear more about what's in store for Stanley "Papa" Jackson II in season seven and how his character has evolved throughout the course of the show. Papa has functioned as an ethical barometer for his South Side friends over the years but after suffering a devastating loss last season, his moral compass has skewed slightly. Keep reading for an exclusive look at Papa's journey in the upcoming season:  Stanley "Papa" Jackson II has been a long-running character in The Chi. How do you feel the character has changed since season one? Likewise, how has he remained the same?  I feel like he's grown a lot emotionally and mentally, overall. He's not the same boy that was wearing green tights on stage with his friends and because of everything he's been through from season one to now, he's more mature and ready to take on what life throws at him. I think he's stayed the same morally, as far as keeping his head on straight and being the young renaissance man he's always been. He's staying loyal to his friends and people around him and continuing to have a good heart.  Your character functions as a de facto moral compass for other characters in the series. He's wise, honest and compassionate. However, over time he starts to realize that the complexities of life aren't exactly black and white. How does the evolution of his convictions play out this season?  Without saying too much, I'd say you'll see him gain a sense of consciousness this season where he has to rely heavily on himself when he comes face-to-face with figuring out his new position under Pastor Ezekiel's guidance with no one directly telling him right from wrong. I know the fans might hate to see it but Papa really relies heavily on Paster Ezekiel and Charles this season, even at times when he's pushing boundaries with his Mom and barely having time to deal with his feelings.  "Papa" experienced a profound loss in season six that caused his romantic relationship to dissolve. How did these events affect his judgement and behavior in season seven?   I'd say you see Papa stepping more into his young man era from being the man of the house and taking care of his mom, to focusing on what's right for him even if every decision isn't how he'd thought it would be.  What else are you excited for fans to see this season?  Honestly, the whole season overall. From the new guest stars, to some old faces coming back and the action-packed, amazing storylines, I'm so proud of the work our cast and crew put into this season and can't wait for the fans to see it.  Return to the Windy City on May 16 when The Chi season seven premieres on the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan.

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In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Paramount+ is celebrating and lifting up the community's creators and talent with a refresh of the Watch Us Rise collection. The collection features hit series such as Yellowjackets* (season 1 available now on the Paramount+ Essential plan), Ghosts, Avatar: The Last Airbender and Big Brother and movies like Star Trek: Section 31, Oscar winner Parasite, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Gandhi, Minari, Life of Pi and more. The collection will also feature a new Made in Korea carousel, which highlights Korean-language films like Past Lives* and Oldboy alongside Paramount+ original series including Bargain and Dreaming of a Freaking Fairy Tale.  Good vibes, great women and even better movies; don't miss the great line-up of films in the Paramount+ Mother's Day carousel available next month. Featured favorites include Love, Rosie, The Stepford Wives, Yours, Mine & Ours, Indecent Proposal, The Prince and Me, Fatal Attraction, Failure to Launch and more perfect picks for a movie night with Mom.  Every Mission, Every Movie. Experience the Mission: Impossible film collection on Paramount+ ahead of Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning premiering in theaters May 23.   Don't miss the season finales of hit CBS series next month, including The Equalizer (May 4), Watson (part 1 - May 4, part 2 - May 11), Ghosts (May 8), Elsbeth (May 8), Tracker (May 11), The Amazing Race season 37 (May 15), Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage (May 15), Survivor season 48 (May 21) and more.

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STREAMING SOON

A.J. Cook, Aisha Tyler, Adam Rodriguez, RJ Hatanaka, Paget Brewster, Kirsten Vangsness and Joe Mantegna in Criminal Minds: Evolution, season 18.    The FBI's elite team of criminal profilers are back next month when the hit Paramount+ original crime series Criminal Minds: Evolution returns for season 18 on May 8. The new season picks up six months after prisoners attack the notorious Sicarius Killer, Elias Voit, leading his restless followers on the dark web to begin wreaking havoc all over the country. The 10-episode season will drop weekly on Thursdays. Watch the trailer here. Ahead of the new season, fuel your crime-procedural obsession by checking our all the gripping crime mystery series streaming on Paramount+. Subscribers can access an unmatched library of binge-worthy hit series including NCIS, NCIS Origins, NCIS: Sydney, FBI, Elsbeth and investigative crime team classics like Hawaii Five-O, Blue Bloods, and so much more.  Don't miss out on all the thrilling dramas and chilling mysteries streaming on Paramount+.

ORIGINALS, EXCLUSIVES, PREMIERES & EVENTS 5/1 The Comeback Trail* A film producer who owes money to a mobster tries to "accidentally" kill his aging movie star for an insurance scam so he can pay off his debit, but be begins to realize that the movie they're shooting is a masterpiece in the making.  5/6 Beckham & Friends Live premiere  David Beckham will lead an altcast for CBS Sports' UEFA Champions League coverage that will stream exclusively on Paramount+ and feature an all-star line-up for the semifinals on May 6 and May 7 and for the final in Munich on May 31. 5/8 Criminal Minds: Evolution season 18 premiere  The FBI's elite team of criminal profilers faces their greatest threat yet: an UnSuB who built a network of serial killers during the pandemic. 5/9 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 10 premiere Who will save the world? Drag Queens! RuPaul brings together her most powerful All Stars to slay it forward in the name of charity. In this new season, there will be 18 All Stars, the largest in the franchise's herstory, returning to compete in the ultimate competition for the crown.  5/9 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked new episodes A backstage pass to all the drama as the queens anxiously await their fate each week.  5/12 Hard Truths* Ongoing exploration of the contemporary world with a tragicomic study of human strengths and weaknesses.  5/15 SkyMed season 3 premiere The hit one-hour medical drama follows the triumphs and tribulations of young medics and pilots who fly air ambulances across the remote skies of Northern Canada. Weaving together intense journeys with jaw-dropping medical rescues 20,000 feet in the air in the most remote conditions, the new season throws the diverse group of medical responders into all-new challenges on the job and in their personal lives.  5/16 The Chi* season 7 premiere A timely coming-of-age story centering on a group of residents on the South Side of Chicago linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption.  5/23 Couples Therapy* season 4 new episodes The TCA Award-winning documentary series is returning for the second installment of season four, with nine new episodes and all new couples. The series follows world-renowned psychologist and psychoanalyst Dr. Orna Guralnik as she deftly guides couples through real-life therapy sessions. Each episode brings viewers into the intimate sessions to witness the conflicts - and extraordinary breakthroughs - typically hidden behind closed doors. 5/26 American Music Awards** hosted by Jennifer Lopez Celebrating the year's most iconic music, the American Music Awards is the world's largest fan-voted awards show honoring today's most influential artists and their passionate fanbases. Beginning this year, the AMAs will take place annually on Memorial Day, paying special tribute to our U.S. troops and veterans through authentic performances and unforgettable moments.  LIBRARY SHOWS May 7  PAW Patrol: Aqua Pups special  Everybody Still Hates Chris (season 1)  May 14 Air Disasters (season 21)  First Wives Club (season 1 and 2)  The Family Business (seasons 1-3)  Tyler Perry's Sistas (season 4)  Tyler Perry's The Oval (season 4)  May 21 Dora the Explorer: Mermaid Adventures! special  American Gangster: Trap Queens (season 1 and 2)  Tyler Perry's Zatima (season 1 and 2)  May 28 Rock Paper Scissors (season 1)  LIBRARY MOVIES Whether it's classic pranks or wild road trips, these spring comedies joining the Paramount+ library in May will have you laughing all the way into summer including Just Friends, Son of Rambow, Scary Movie 2, Scary Movie 3, Last Vegas, Book Club*, Clueless, A Very Brady Sequel, Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle, Kingpin, Norbit, Trading Places and more. May 1 A Very Brady Sequel Addams Family Values (1993)  Aeon Flux Atlantic City Awake* Black Rain Book Club* Bound Bride & Prejudice Bruce Lee, The Legend Charlotte's Web (2006)  Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)  Clueless Crocodile Dundee Crocodile Dundee II Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Cursed Days of Thunder Dreamland* Drillbit Taylor  Duplex Erin Brockovich Extraordinary Measures* Finding Neverland Flight Of The Intruder Frank Miller's Sin Ciity Freedom Writers  G.I. Jane* Gandhi Green Book*  Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle Hostage Hotel for Dogs I.Q. In Her Skin*  In The Bedroom Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Just Friends Just Like Heaven  Kate & Leopold  Kingpin Last Vegas Life of Pi Memoirs of a Geisha  Mercy* Minari Monster Trucks  Nebraska  Norbit  Oldboy Once Upon a Time in America Once Upon a Time in The West Parasite Patriots Day* Paycheck Pride Private Parts  Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown Rango Rio Grande Romeo Must Die Sahara  Scary Movie 2  Scary Movie 3  Some Kind of Wonderful Son of Rambow Southside of You  Spell  Stardust Terminator: Dark Fate Texas Rangers  The Addams Family (2019) The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl The Brady Bunch Movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Edge of Seventeen* The Four Feathers The Ghost and the Darkness The Last Airbender (2010)  The Last Castle The Mist* The Prince and Me The Queen The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie The Two Jakes  The Weather Man  Things We Lost In The Fire Top Five Trading Places  We Were Soldiers  Yours, Mine & Ours  May 14 Assassin Club  SPORTS 5/1: UEFA Europa League Semifinal – Athletic Club vs. Manchester United 5/1: UEFA Europa League Semifinal – Tottenham vs. Bodø/Glimt 5/1: UEFA Conference League Semifinal – Djurgården vs. Chelsea 5/1: UEFA Conference League Semifinal – Real Betis vs. Fiorentina 5/3: Serie A – Inter vs. Hellas Verona 5/3: AFC Champions League Elite Final 5/3: All Dirt Roads Lead to the Word of Outlaws World Finals* 5/3-5/4: PGA Tour – The CJ Cup Byron Nelson (Third and Final Round Coverage)* 5/4: Formula E – Monaco E-Prix* 5/4: NWSL – NJ/NY Gotham FC vs. Chicago Stars* 5/6-5/7: U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 5/6-5/7: Beckham and Friends Live (UEFA Champions League) 5/6: UEFA Champions League Semifinal – Inter Milan vs. Barcelona 5/7: UEFA Champions League Semifinal – PSG vs. Arsenal 5/8: UEFA Europa League Semifinal Leg 2 5/8: UEFA Conference League Semifinal Leg 2 5/8-5/9: EFL Championship Playoff Semifinal Leg 1 5/9: NWSL – Angel City FC vs. Utah Royals 5/10: EFL League One Playoff Semifinal Leg 1 5/10-5/11: PGA Tour – Truist Championship (Third and Final Round Coverage)* 5/11: LPGA – Mizuho Americas Open (Final Round Coverage)* 5/11: EFL League Two Playoff Semifinal Leg 1 5/12-5/13: EFL Championship Playoff Semifinal Leg 2 5/14-5/15: EFL League One Playoff Semifinal Leg 2 5/16-5/17: EFL League Two Playoff Semifinal Leg 2 5/17-5/18: PGA Tour – PGA Championship (Third and Final Round Coverage)* 5/18: Professional Bull Riders – PBR World Finals* 5/20-5/21: U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 5/21: UEFA Europa League Final 5/21: Concacaf W Champions Cup Semifinal – Tigres UANL vs. Portland Thorns 5/21: Concacaf W Champions Cup Semifinal – Club América vs. NJ/NY Gotham FC 5/24: EFL Championship Playoffs Final 5/24: Concacaf W Champions Cup Final & Third-Place Match 5/24: WNBA – New York Liberty @ Indiana Fever* 5/24-5/25: PGA Tour – Charles Schwab Challenge (Third and Final Round Coverage)* 5/25: EFL League One Playoffs Final 5/25: Serie A Final Day of Season 5/25: Professional Bull Riders – Rodeo Corpus Christi* 5/25: LPGA – Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba (Final Round Coverage)* 5/26: EFL League Two Playoff Final 5/28: UEFA Conference League Final 5/31: UEFA Champions League Final 5/31: Beckham and Friends Live (UEFA Champions League Final) Throughout May: Scottish Professional Football League competition Throughout May: English Football League competition Throughout May: Serie A competition Throughout May: NWSL 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. Paramount+ Premium subscribers will have access to CBS titles to stream live via the live feed of their local CBS affiliate on the service as well as on-demand. Essential tier subscribers have access to these titles on-demand the day after they air.