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The Paramount+ schedule for August 2026 releases has original titles like Lioness: Season 3 and Average Joe: Season 2 slated for arrival. Other Paramount+ highlights for this month include additional Paramount+ premiering titles like Special Ops TRUE, The Challenge: Cutthroat Season 42, and Dana White’s Contender Series: Season 10, plus much more that is worth checking out.

August’s new releases are sure to help you figure out what you should be watching right now. Read more below for our highlights and the full list of what’s new on Paramount+ this August 2026.

Best New Titles on Paramount+ August 2026:

Paramount+ is the ideal platform to stream some of your favorite live and pre-taped movies and shows from BCS, BET, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon, in addition to sports, news, and Paramount original content. Here are the two best new titles hitting the platform this August:

***Lioness: Season 3 (Released August 2) Paramount+ Original**

Paramount+ Original spy thriller Lioness makes its highly anticipated return to the platform early this month with even more action, drama, and danger from the CIA’s Lionesses program team leader Joe McNamara (Zoe Saldaña). Season 3 of the series turns up the intensity as Joe walks a fine line between duty and her heart as hidden threats, shocking betrayals, and agents from around the world collide, spreading conflict through every corner of Joe’s life both professionally and personally.

Stream Lioness on Paramount+ on August 2

***Average Joe: Season 2 (Released August 19) Paramount+ Original**

After a three-year wait for more, Average Joe is back with a brand new season premiering on Paramount+. The dark dramedy series centers on titular average man Joe Washington (Dean Cole), who suddenly leaves his normal life as a plumber behind with the revelation that his late father worked for and eventually stole from the Russian mob, thrusting him into mortal peril as the mafia comes to collect. Season 2 follows Joe as an emerging threat with mob connections puts him and his family in more danger, necessitating a mission to Cape Town, South Africa, in search of answers and safety. With ferocious foes and stunning secrets on the horizon, Joe goes from one sticky situation to the next in this gripping season of Average Joe that raises the stakes like never before.

Stream Average Joe on Paramount+ on August 19

Paramount+ Schedule for August 2026 Releases — Full List

Wondering what else you’ll be able to watch on Paramount+ this month? Here’s the full list of new Paramount+ movies and shows streaming in August 2026:

* = 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.

Titles Coming to Paramount+ This August

New Episodes Weekly

Average Joe | Season 2 (Wednesdays)

Dana White’s Contender Series | Season 10 (Tuesdays)

Diarra From Detroit | Season 2 (Wednesdays)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | Season 4 (Thursdays)

Released August 1

10 Cloverfield Lane

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

As They Made Us*

Babel

Basic Instinct

Best in Show

Blade Runner 2049

Body Cam

Brave the Dark*

Cloverfield

Clue

Coneheads

Congo

Cop Land

Crawl

Crawlspace

Dead Man Walking

Disturbia

Don Jon

Duplex

Equilibrium

Escape From Alcatraz

For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada

Frankie & Johnny

From Dusk Till Dawn

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter

Get Hard

Gravity

He’s Just Not That Into You

Hustle & Flow

Indecent Proposal

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

Katy Perry The Movie: Part of Me

Labor Day

Machine Gun Preacher

Million Dollar Baby

My Boss’s Daughter

On the Line

Organ Trail

Overlord

Risky Business

Sabrina

School Ties

Shaft

She’s the Man

Sliver

Some Kind of Wonderful

The Bodyguard

The Doors

The Hangover

The Hangover Part II

The Hangover Part III

The Heartbreak Kid

The Hunted

The Lego Movie

The Lovely Bones

The Perfect Score

The Saint

The Sandlot

The Score

The Spiderwick Chronicles

The Time Traveler’s Wife

The Vault*

The Yards

Vampire in Brooklyn

Varsity Blues

What Women Want

Where The Wild Things Are

Wild Wild West

You’re Dating a Narcissist!*

You’ve Got Mail

Released August 2

Lioness | Season 3 | Paramount+ Original Series

Released August 4

Dana White Contender Series | Seasons 1-4

Special Ops TRUE | Season 1 | Paramount+ Original Docuseries

Released August 5

The Challenge: Cutthroat | Season 42 | Paramount+ Original Series

Released August 11

Dana White’s Contender Series | Season 10 | Paramount+ Original Series

Released August 15

Bleed For This*

Released August 19

Average Joe | Season 2 | Paramount+ Original Series

Released August 22

The Harvest*

The Run For A Million** (CBS Special)

Released August 23

The Cured*

Released August 30

Blue Valentine*

Paramount+ Sports

Released August 1

UFC Fight Night: Medić vs. Rodriguez

WNBA: Las Vegas Aces @ Chicago Sky*

Released August 1-2

PGA Tour: Rocket Classic (Third and Fourth Round Coverage)*

Released August 3

BIG3 Basketball*

Released August 7

PBR Team Series

Released August 8

EFL Carabao Cup: Middlesbrough vs. Wrexham

UFC Fight Night: Gamrot vs. Salkilld

WNBA: Las Vegas Aces @ Minnesota Lynx*

Zuffa Boxing 10

Released August 8-9

PGA Tour: Wyndham Championship (Third and Fourth Round Coverage)*

Released August 9

BIG3 Basketball*

Released August 12

UEFA Super Cup: PSG vs. Aston Villa

Released August 14

EFL Championship: Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Blackburn Rovers

PBR Team Series

Released August 15

BIG3 Basketball*

UFC 330: Makhachev vs. Machado Garry

Released August 15-16

PGA Tour: FedEx St. Jude Championship (Third and Fourth Round Coverage)*

Released August 16

EFL Championship: Burnley vs. West Ham United

Released August 17

EFL Championship: Cardiff City vs. Wrexham

Released August 21

PBR Team Series

Released August 22

BIG3 Basketball*

Serie A: Inter vs. Monza

Released August 22-23

PGA Tour: BMW Championship (Third and Fourth Round Coverage)*

Released August 23

Serie A: Torino vs. Milan

Released August 28

NFL ON CBS Preseason: Cincinnati Bengals vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Serie A: Milan vs. Venezia

Released August 29

UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song

WNBA : Chicago Sky @ New York Liberty*

Released August 29-30

PGA Tour: TOUR Championship (Third and Fourth Round Coverage)*

Released August 30

Major League Pickleball Finals*

Serie A: Napoli vs. Como

Released Throughout August

Coppa Italia Frecciarossa

English Football League competition

Serie A competition

Scottish Professional Football League competition

How To Watch Paramount+

Paramount+ offers two subscription plans, Essential and Premium. Right now, you can get started with a seven-day free trial on the Premium plan.

The ad-supported Essential plan typically costs $8.99/month, while the ad-free Premium plan (which comes with Showtime titles and live CBS) costs $13.99/month.

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What Else Is Streaming New This August?

If you’ve got access to another streaming library, lucky you! Paramount+’s new releases are just a small slice of the newest movies and shows you can choose from this month. Don’t wade through all your options alone—we’ve got guides for that. We update our reviews and lists of the new releases on the most popular streaming platforms every month. We’ve got guides for: