Paramount+ Drops Price to $2.99 for March Madness

Paramount+ is home to every NCAA basketball game that airs on CBS. And now, you can grab the service for just $2.99/month. Just sign up before March 31 and you can repeat this deal for two months. Best of all, you’ll get ad-free movies and TV shows!

What Can You Watch on Paramount+?

One of the big draws is that the ad-free Paramount+ includes access to your live, local CBS station. That makes it a great choice for users of a service like Sling TV, which has a strong channel lineup, but no CBS.

Paramount+ has 40,000+ episodes & movies.

Sports on Paramount+

Time your free trial just right and you may get access to a top-tier sports event. Paramount+ has invested heavily in their sports lineup, and fans are noticing. The first UFC fight on the platform drew nearly 1 million new subscribers.

• All UFC numbered events and Fight Nights
• NFL
• Big Ten Football 
• NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball (including March Madness)
• The Masters
• PGA TOUR
• The PGA Championship
• UEFA Champions League and Europa League
• Concacaf
• National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL)
• Serie A Matches
• Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL)
• English Football League (EFL)
• Professional Bull Riding (PBR)
• Men’s and Women’s Rugby

Movies on Paramount+

The movie library shifts from time to time, but you’ll get a reliable slate of blockbusters, award-winners, and family favorites. The company has been around 100 years, so there are plenty of brilliant titles. Right now, here are some standouts:

Paramount+ Originals

Paramount+ is powered by one of the most popular TV creators in recent years: Taylor Sheridan. You’ll get his “Yellowstone” spinoffs “1883” and “1923,” along with “Landman,” “Tulsa King,” “Lawmen: Bass Reeves,” “Mayor of Kingstown,” and “Lioness.” These popular shows always feature big-name actors as the lead: Harrison Ford, Sylvester Stallone, Zoe Saldaña, Nicole Kidman, Billy Bob Thornton, and Jeremy Renner.

There are also spinoffs of beloved franchises like the Star Trek series “Starfleet Academy,” “Discovery,” “Lower Decks,” “Picard,” and “Strange New Worlds.” You’ll see “Criminal Minds: Evolution,” and “RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars.”

TV shows on Paramount+

Because Paramount owns so many TV channels, you’ll get a giant library with shows you first saw on CBS, BET, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, and Smithsonian Channel.

Kick back with favorites like “South Park,” “Ghosts,” “Matlock,” “NCIS,” “Star Trek,” “Frasier,” “Blue Bloods,” “The Daily Show,” “Cheers,” “I Love Lucy,” “Everybody Loves Raymond,” and “Reno 911.”

Paramount+ also has live channels dedicated to its hit shows like “60 Minutes,” “PAW Patrol,” “CSI,” “Survivor,” and “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”

Paramount+ Premium also gives you SHOWTIME premium cable hits like “Dexter,” “Billions,” “Yellowjackets,” “Ray Donovan,” “Your Honor,” “The L Word,” “The Chi,” and “The Curse.”

Paramount+ for Kids

The service is great for kids because of the Nickelodeon connection. You’ll get “PAW Patrol,” “Spongebob Squarepants,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “Bob the Builder,” “The Fairly OddParents,” “Rugrats,” “Blue’s Clues,” “Dora the Explorer,” “Peppa Pig,” and much more.

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