What’s New On Paramount+ In December
So much great stuff coming your way!
Posted on Dec 1, 2025 | 09:00am
It’s an extra-festive time of year, and not just because the holiday season is upon us: More Season 2 episodes of the hit drama series Landman are on their way! That means more Billy Bob Thornton, more Demi Moore, more Ali Larter, and more of new series regular Sam Elliott! We think Santa most definitely read our Christmas list this year … `
If it's movies you’re ho-ho-hoping for, Paramount+ has those, too. Watch Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, the latest installment of the hit Mission: Impossible franchise, starring Tom Cruise.
The seasonal gifts don’t stop there. December is also offering up a brand-new show, plus new seasons and episodes of Paramount+ favorites. Check out Little Disasters, a limited-drama series starring Diane Kruger, and Mayor of Kingstown Season 4, with the hit drama building to an epic season finale at month's end.
In the mood for family fare? Have we got news for you: New seasons of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and DORA premiere this month. In addition, the merry musical special A PAW Patrol Christmas is now streaming on Paramount+.
Paramount+ is granting all your holiday wishes this year. Read on to get the comprehensive viewing guide for December 2025. And please note: Certain shows, specials, and movies can be watched on Paramount+ with the Paramount+ Premium plan only.
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Landman Season 2
The hit Paramount+ original drama, co-created by Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace, tells the story of the roughnecks and billionaires seeking their fortune through the West Texas oil industry. At the center of this clamor for riches is Tommy Norris (Academy Award® winner Billy Bob Thornton), exec at M-Tex Oil. Season 2 finds Tommy’s responsibilities at M-Tex growing, which leads to mounting pressure from the company’s directors, as well as impossible expectations from his family. With so much on the line, and stress this intense, something – a business, a promise, or a person – eventually is going to break.
In addition to Thornton, this original drama series stars Academy Award® nominee Demi Moore, Academy Award® nominee Andy Garcia, Ali Larter, Jacob Lofland, Michelle Randolph, Paulina Chávez, Kayla Wallace, Mark Collie, James Jordan, and Colm Feore. Sam Elliott, the iconic Academy Award® nominee and 1883 star, joins the cast as Tommy's father.
Landman Season 2 premiered Nov. 16, exclusively on Paramount+. New episodes will drop weekly on Sundays through the season finale in January. For more details, including a recap of where Season 1 left off, check out our guide to Landman Season 2. And keep this fact rigged in your mind: You can binge-watch all episodes from Landman Season 1 right now on Paramount+.
Mayor of Kingstown Season 4
From co-creators Taylor Sheridan and series co-star Hugh Dillon, Mayor of Kingstown is a Paramount+ original drama that focuses on Mike McLusky (Academy Award® nominee Jeremy Renner), the fixer in a broken town that seems to thrive on corruption and violence. In Season 4, Mike's control over Kingstown is threatened when a gang war encroaches on the community. While protecting the people he loves from danger, he must also grapple with demons from his past.
Emmy® and Golden Globe® winner Falco and BAFTA® winner Lennie James are among the new faces in the Mayor of Kingstown Season 4 cast; Falco plays prison warden Nina Hobbes, while James plays legendary gangster Frank Moses. The show also stars Tony® winner Laura Benanti, Taylor Handley, Tobi Bamtefa, Derek Webster, Hamish Allan-Headley, and Nishi Munshi.
The new season premiered Oct. 26, exclusively on Paramount+. New episodes will drop Sundays through the season finale on Dec. 28. You can also binge-watch Mayor of Kingstown Season 1, Season 2, and Season 3, yup, exclusively on Paramount+.
A PAW Patrol Christmas
Ready to create brand-new family Yuletide traditions with the PAW Patrol? The CBS special A PAW Patrol Christmas finds Ryder and his intrepid crew of pups called upon to save the (holi)day when Santa comes down with a cold. Following the lead of the construction-savvy pup Rubble, the team leaps to the rescue, demonstrating the true meaning of the season.
This heartwarming story features a mix of original and classic holiday songs sung by the PAW Patrol pups you know and love. You can stream this hour-long special now via any Paramount+ plan.
And while you’re in that PAW Patrol state of mind, visit Paramount+’s PAWsome collection, which includes multiple PAW Patrol seasons, the hit PAW Patrol spinoff series Rubble & Crew, PAW Patrol specials, blockbuster favorites like PAW Patrol: The Movie and PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, and much more!
Ready to have your mind blown, goosebumps pimpling, and jaw on the floor? Done, done, and done. In the latest movie from the Tom Cruise-led Mission: Impossible franchise, Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his team are faced with their most impossible mission yet: stopping complete global obliteration.
Cruise leads an all-star cast that includes Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Mariela Garriga, Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Tramell Tillman, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Mark Gatiss, Rolf Saxon, Lucy Tulugarjuk, and Angela Bassett. For more info, check out our Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning streaming guide.
Guns Up (Dec. 1)
Starring Kevin James and Christina Ricci, this action-comedy film is about an ex-cop turned henchman (James) on the brink of leaving the mob. But with his final job going off the rails, and the clock ticking, he’s got only one night to get his family out of the city before he and everyone he holds dear get snuffed out.
James and Ricci lead a cast that also includes Maximilian Osinski, Luis Guzmán, and Melissa Leo. The movie was written and directed by Edward Drake.
Note: Guns Up streams on Paramount+ for Premium plan subscribers.
Hollywood Squares Season 2 (Dec. 21)
The second season of this beloved series officially premieres on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. But fans of CBS’ reimagined classic game show, hosted by Nate Burleson, get their hearts’ desire a little early this year. On Sunday, Dec. 21, Hollywood Squares is offering up back-to-back, Christmas-themed episodes packed with festive decor, seasonal music, and holiday-themed questions and jokes. Burleson and center square Drew Barrymore bring the Yuletide cheer, while Christmas-fanatic contestants vie for money and prizes. Burleson and company are joined by a roster of celebrity elves, as it were, including Tim Meadows, Meghan Trainor, Tichina Arnold, Michelle Buteau, Ana Gasteyer, Thomas Lennon, Bobby Moynihan, Pete Holmes. and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.
Check out the episode schedule below.
Hollywood Squares
Date: Sunday, Dec. 21
Time: 8:30-9:30 PM ET/8:00-9:00 PM PT
Channel: CBS
Streaming: Paramount+*
*Hollywood Squares can be streamed on Paramount+ as it airs on your local CBS TV station via the Paramount+ Premium plan, and/or streamed on the day after it airs via any Paramount+ plan.
The Paramount+ holiday collection is back, and full of jolly good fun and festive entertainment for everyone in your (gingerbread) house – with new and returning titles across 20 curated carousels. Take the “Seasons Greetings” carousel, for example, which features beloved classics like Scrooge (1970) and Scrooged (1988). The “Falalala Family Fun” carousel includes family movie night faves, like All I Want for Christmas (1991), SpongeBob and Sandy's Country Christmas (2024), and A Loud House Christmas (2021), while the “Laughing All the Way” carousel offers knee-slappers like Last Holiday (2006) and Home for the Holidays (1995). And that’s just the tip of the iceberg! For a curated look at Yuletide offerings, get our picks for the 12 holiday movies you gotta watch.
Little Disasters Season 1 (Dec. 11)
Directed by BAFTA® nominee Eva Sigurðardóttir and adapted from the best-selling novel by Sarah Vaughan, this six-part psychological thriller series focuses on the decade-long friendship between Jess (Diane Kruger), Liz (Jo Joyner), Charlotte (Shelley Conn), and Mel (Emily Taaffe). These four women were once expectant mothers with little in common but their due dates, but they’ve grown into friends, and have been there for one another throughout motherhood. But when Jess, the seemingly perfect stay-at-home mom, takes her baby daughter to hospital with a head injury she can’t seem to explain, Liz – the on-duty ER doctor – must make an excruciating decision about whether to contact social services. With one phone call, Liz sets in motion a chain of events that nearly destroys not only the four women’s friendship, but each mother’s respective family.
In addition to Kruger, Joyner, Conn, and Taafe, the series stars JJ Feild, Ben Bailey Smith, Patrick Baladi, and Stephen Campbell Moore. All six episodes will premiere Thursday, Dec.11, exclusively on Paramount+.
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 2 (Dec. 12)
The second season of this animated Paramount+ original series finds everyone's favorite heroes in a half shell facing new enemies and dealing with new teenage challenges. From the sewers to the streets of NYC, the pizza-loving Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey refuse to back down from villains lurking in the shadows.
In addition to Nicolas Cantu, Brady Noon, Micah Abbey, and Shamon Brown Jr. as Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo, respectively, Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stars Ayo Edebiri as April O'Neil, a high-school news reporter and pal of the turtles. Season 2 is stacked with an epic guest star lineup, including Kieran Culkin, Craig Robinson, Seth Rogen, Ralph Ineson, Peter Stormare, Fred Armisen, Heidi Gardner, and Ike Barinholtz – plus influencers BenOfTheWeek and InquisitorMaster. The new season will premiere Friday, Dec. 12 exclusively on Paramount+.
DORA Season 4 (Dec. 19)
Everyone’s favorite exploradora is back for a new season of the popular Paramount+ animated original series! Season 4, premiering Friday, Dec. 19, finds Dora and her friends engaging in new, magical rainforest adventures. As usual, Dora explores friendship, community, and kindness through episodes that are sure to make your holidays extra special.
And in addition to a brand-new season of DORA, fans of the series can visit Paramount+’s vast ExploraDora collection, which includes Seasons 1-3 of of the series, plus the original Dora the Explorer show, the feature-length live-action movie Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado, exclusive specials, and more, all streaming now on – you guessed it – Paramount+.
Tulsa King Season 3
Sly is back, baby! Academy Award® nominee Sylvester Stallone has played a major role in launching this Paramount+ original series from fellow Academy Award® nominee and executive producer Taylor Sheridan into the streaming stratosphere. In Season 3, gangster Dwight Manfredi (Stallone) and his criminal empire face their biggest threat yet: a powerful, old-money family called the Dunmires. The clan's refusal to play by old-world rules forces Dwight to fight harder than ever to protect everything he’s built.
This past season has brought into the fold new cast members Robert Patrick, Bella Heathcote, Kevin Pollak, and plus an appearance by Academy Award® nominee Samuel L. Jackson. Jackson's hitman character, Russell Lee Washington Jr., stops by Tulsa en route to leading his own new upcoming Paramount+ show, Nola King.
Season 3 dropped its finale on Nov. 23, which means now, you can binge-watch all episodes from the show's first three seasons, exclusively on Paramount+.
Plus, go ahead and get excited for even more Tulsa King: Paramount+ has renewed the hit show for a fourth season.
NCIS: Tony & Ziva Season 1
NCIS: Tony & Ziva is a brand-new espionage thriller that stars Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo in their fan-favorite NCIS roles. The Paramount+ original series finds the title characters living in Paris, where they are coparenting their young daughter, Tali (Isla Gie). When Tony’s security company is attacked, the pair must go on the run across Europe, try to figure out who is after them, and maybe even learn to trust each other again so they can finally have their unconventional happily ever after.
In addition to Weatherly and de Pablo, NCIS: Tony & Ziva stars Amita Suman, Maximilian Osinski, Lara Rossi, Nassima Benchicou, Terence Maynard, Julian Ovenden, and James D’Arcy.
All episodes of the recently completed Season 1 are now available to binge-watch exclusively on Paramount+.
ORIGINALS, EXCLUSIVES, PREMIERES & EVENTS
12/1 - Guns Up streaming premiere*
12/2 - 5-Star docuseries premiere
12/5 - Transformers: EarthSpark specials
12/8 - Predators documentary premiere
12/11 - Little Disasters limited series premiere
12/12 - Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 2 premiere
12/19 - DORA Season 4 premiere
LIBRARY SHOWS
December 3
Teen Mom: The Next Chapter (Season 2)
December 13
Family, Film and TV Awards**
December 23
The Kennedy Center Honors**
December 28
A GRAMMY® Celebration of Latin Music**
December 31
New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash** (live stream only)
LIBRARY MOVIES
December 1
22 Jump Street
A Christmas Blessing
A Christmas Carol (1984)
A Night At The Roxbury
A Single Man*
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Addams Family Values (1993)
American Hustle
American Renegades*
American Sniper
Angel Falls Christmas
Annihilation
Batman (1989)
Batman & Robin (1997)
Batman Forever (1995)
Batman Returns (1992)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
Boomerang
Braveheart
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Chicago
Christmas Cupid
Christmas on Windmill Way
Coneheads
Disturbia
Django Unchained
Downsizing
Ella Enchanted
Ernest Saves Christmas
Extract
Failure to Launch
Fargo
Father of the Bride (1991)
Fences
Footloose (2011)
Forrest Gump
From Dusk Till Dawn
Get Him Back for Christmas
Gone Baby Gone
GoodFellas
Head of State
Hotel for Dogs
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Hustle & Flow
I See You
Ida Red
Inglourious Basterds
Interstellar
Jungleland
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Monster Trucks
Mr. Popper's Penguins
My Little Pony: The Movie
No Country for Old Men
Nobody's Fool*
Norbit
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
Ocean's Twelve (2004)
Once Upon a Christmas Wish
Paddington
Peanuts: Bon Voyage Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back)
Pulp Fiction
Raging Bull
Rain Man
Rounders
Safe
Save the Last Dance
Scary Movie 2
Selma
Serendipity
Shaft (2000)
She's the Man
Shutter Island
Smallfoot
Snatch
Something's Gotta Give
Southside With You
Sunset Boulevard
Taxi Driver
The Addams Family (1991)
The Angry Birds Movie
The Aviator
The Doors
The Equalizer (2014)
The Equalizer 2 (2018)
The Fighter
The Hateful Eight
The Hunt for Red October
The Island
The Italian Job (2003)
The Last Airbender
The Mexican
The Natural
The Ring (2002)
The Romantics
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Truman Show
The Untouchables
The Wolf of Wall Street
This Christmas
Tooth Fairy
True Grit (2010)
Virtuosity
We Are Marshall
December 2
Band Aid*
I, Daniel Blake*
SPORTS
12/1: EFL Championship – Birmingham City vs. Watford
12/4: Coppa Italia Frecciarossa – Lazio vs. Milan
12/6: EFL Championship – Preston North End vs. Wrexham
12/6: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Iowa State @ Purdue*
12/6: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Louisville vs. Indiana*
12/6: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Baylor @ Memphis*
12/6-12/7: Women’s Rugby – HSBC SVNS Series
12/7: NFL on CBS Week 14 (check local listings)
12/7: Major League Fishing*
12/7: Serie A – Napoli vs. Juventus
12/8: Serie A – Torino vs. Milan
12/9-12/10: UEFA Champions League Matchday 6
12/9-12/10: UEFA Women’s Champions League Matchday 5
12/9: UEFA Champions League – Inter vs. Liverpool
12/10: UEFA Champions League – Real Madrid vs. Manchester City
12/10: UEFA Women’s Champions League – Chelsea vs. Roma
12/10: UEFA Women’s Champions League – Manchester United vs. OL Lyonnes
12/11: UEFA Europa League Matchday 6
12/11: UEFA Conference League Matchday 5
12/13: Serie A – Parma vs. Lazio
12/13: EFL Championship – Wrexham vs. Watford
12/13: College Football on CBS – The Army-Navy Game*
12/14: NFL on CBS Week 15 Doubleheader (check local listings)
12/16: EFL Carabao Cup Quarterfinal – Cardiff City vs. Chelsea
12/17: EFL Carabao Cup Quarterfinal – Manchester City vs. Brentford
12/17: EFL Carabao Cup Quarterfinal – Newcastle United vs. Fulham
12/17: UEFA Women’s Champions League Matchday 6
12/17: UEFA Women’s Champions League – Paris FC vs. Barcelona
12/17: UEFA Women’s Champions League – Wolfsburg vs. Chelsea
12/18: UEFA Conference League Matchday 6
12/18: EA Sports FC Supercup Semifinal – Napoli vs. Milan
12/19: EA Sports FC Supercup Semifinal – Bologna vs. Inter
12/19: EFL Championship – Swansea City vs. Wrexham
12/20: NCAA Men’s Basketball – CBS Sports Classic – St. John’s vs. Kentucky; North Carolina* vs. Ohio State
12/20: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Houston vs. Arkansas*
12/20: Serie A – Juventus vs. Roma
12/20: EFL Championship – Southampton vs. Coventry City
12/21: NFL on CBS Week 16 Doubleheader (check local listings)
12/23: EFL Carabao Cup Quarterfinal – Arsenal vs. Crystal Palace
12/26: EFL Championship – Wrexham vs. Sheffield United
12/27: Sail Grand Prix*
12/27: The 2025 Rogue Invitational*
12/28: NFL on CBS Week 17 (check local listings)
12/28: The Musial Awards*
12/28: Serie A – Atalanta vs. Inter
12/29: EFL Championship – Wrexham vs. Preston North End
12/29: EFL Championship – Birmingham City vs. Southampton
12/31: College Football on CBS – Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl*
Throughout December: English Football League competition
Throughout December: Serie A competition
Throughout December: Coppa Italia Frecciarossa competition
Throughout December: Scottish Professional Football League competition
Throughout December: UEFA Women’s Champions League competition
Throughout December: UEFA Champions League competition
Throughout December: UEFA Europa League competition
Throughout December: UEFA Conference League competition
* Title is available to Paramount+ Premium subscribers.
**All Paramount+ Premium 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.
If it's movies you’re ho-ho-hoping for, Paramount+ has those, too. Watch Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, the latest installment of the hit Mission: Impossible franchise, starring Tom Cruise.
The seasonal gifts don’t stop there. December is also offering up a brand-new show, plus new seasons and episodes of Paramount+ favorites. Check out Little Disasters, a limited-drama series starring Diane Kruger, and Mayor of Kingstown Season 4, with the hit drama building to an epic season finale at month's end.
In the mood for family fare? Have we got news for you: New seasons of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and DORA premiere this month. In addition, the merry musical special A PAW Patrol Christmas is now streaming on Paramount+.
Paramount+ is granting all your holiday wishes this year. Read on to get the comprehensive viewing guide for December 2025. And please note: Certain shows, specials, and movies can be watched on Paramount+ with the Paramount+ Premium plan only.
Recently premiered shows and seasons on Paramount+ in December 2025
Landman Season 2
The hit Paramount+ original drama, co-created by Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace, tells the story of the roughnecks and billionaires seeking their fortune through the West Texas oil industry. At the center of this clamor for riches is Tommy Norris (Academy Award® winner Billy Bob Thornton), exec at M-Tex Oil. Season 2 finds Tommy’s responsibilities at M-Tex growing, which leads to mounting pressure from the company’s directors, as well as impossible expectations from his family. With so much on the line, and stress this intense, something – a business, a promise, or a person – eventually is going to break.
In addition to Thornton, this original drama series stars Academy Award® nominee Demi Moore, Academy Award® nominee Andy Garcia, Ali Larter, Jacob Lofland, Michelle Randolph, Paulina Chávez, Kayla Wallace, Mark Collie, James Jordan, and Colm Feore. Sam Elliott, the iconic Academy Award® nominee and 1883 star, joins the cast as Tommy's father.
Landman Season 2 premiered Nov. 16, exclusively on Paramount+. New episodes will drop weekly on Sundays through the season finale in January. For more details, including a recap of where Season 1 left off, check out our guide to Landman Season 2. And keep this fact rigged in your mind: You can binge-watch all episodes from Landman Season 1 right now on Paramount+.
Mayor of Kingstown Season 4
From co-creators Taylor Sheridan and series co-star Hugh Dillon, Mayor of Kingstown is a Paramount+ original drama that focuses on Mike McLusky (Academy Award® nominee Jeremy Renner), the fixer in a broken town that seems to thrive on corruption and violence. In Season 4, Mike's control over Kingstown is threatened when a gang war encroaches on the community. While protecting the people he loves from danger, he must also grapple with demons from his past.
Emmy® and Golden Globe® winner Falco and BAFTA® winner Lennie James are among the new faces in the Mayor of Kingstown Season 4 cast; Falco plays prison warden Nina Hobbes, while James plays legendary gangster Frank Moses. The show also stars Tony® winner Laura Benanti, Taylor Handley, Tobi Bamtefa, Derek Webster, Hamish Allan-Headley, and Nishi Munshi.
The new season premiered Oct. 26, exclusively on Paramount+. New episodes will drop Sundays through the season finale on Dec. 28. You can also binge-watch Mayor of Kingstown Season 1, Season 2, and Season 3, yup, exclusively on Paramount+.
A PAW Patrol Christmas
Ready to create brand-new family Yuletide traditions with the PAW Patrol? The CBS special A PAW Patrol Christmas finds Ryder and his intrepid crew of pups called upon to save the (holi)day when Santa comes down with a cold. Following the lead of the construction-savvy pup Rubble, the team leaps to the rescue, demonstrating the true meaning of the season.
This heartwarming story features a mix of original and classic holiday songs sung by the PAW Patrol pups you know and love. You can stream this hour-long special now via any Paramount+ plan.
And while you’re in that PAW Patrol state of mind, visit Paramount+’s PAWsome collection, which includes multiple PAW Patrol seasons, the hit PAW Patrol spinoff series Rubble & Crew, PAW Patrol specials, blockbuster favorites like PAW Patrol: The Movie and PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, and much more!
New movies on Paramount+ in December 2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (Dec. 4)Ready to have your mind blown, goosebumps pimpling, and jaw on the floor? Done, done, and done. In the latest movie from the Tom Cruise-led Mission: Impossible franchise, Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his team are faced with their most impossible mission yet: stopping complete global obliteration.
Cruise leads an all-star cast that includes Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Mariela Garriga, Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham, Tramell Tillman, Shea Whigham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Charles Parnell, Mark Gatiss, Rolf Saxon, Lucy Tulugarjuk, and Angela Bassett. For more info, check out our Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning streaming guide.
Guns Up (Dec. 1)
Starring Kevin James and Christina Ricci, this action-comedy film is about an ex-cop turned henchman (James) on the brink of leaving the mob. But with his final job going off the rails, and the clock ticking, he’s got only one night to get his family out of the city before he and everyone he holds dear get snuffed out.
James and Ricci lead a cast that also includes Maximilian Osinski, Luis Guzmán, and Melissa Leo. The movie was written and directed by Edward Drake.
Note: Guns Up streams on Paramount+ for Premium plan subscribers.
New game shows on Paramount+ in December 2025
Hollywood Squares Season 2 (Dec. 21)The second season of this beloved series officially premieres on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. But fans of CBS’ reimagined classic game show, hosted by Nate Burleson, get their hearts’ desire a little early this year. On Sunday, Dec. 21, Hollywood Squares is offering up back-to-back, Christmas-themed episodes packed with festive decor, seasonal music, and holiday-themed questions and jokes. Burleson and center square Drew Barrymore bring the Yuletide cheer, while Christmas-fanatic contestants vie for money and prizes. Burleson and company are joined by a roster of celebrity elves, as it were, including Tim Meadows, Meghan Trainor, Tichina Arnold, Michelle Buteau, Ana Gasteyer, Thomas Lennon, Bobby Moynihan, Pete Holmes. and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.
Check out the episode schedule below.
Hollywood Squares
Date: Sunday, Dec. 21
Time: 8:30-9:30 PM ET/8:00-9:00 PM PT
Channel: CBS
Streaming: Paramount+*
*Hollywood Squares can be streamed on Paramount+ as it airs on your local CBS TV station via the Paramount+ Premium plan, and/or streamed on the day after it airs via any Paramount+ plan.
Collections on Paramount+ in December 2025
’Tis The Season For Streaming collection (ongoing)The Paramount+ holiday collection is back, and full of jolly good fun and festive entertainment for everyone in your (gingerbread) house – with new and returning titles across 20 curated carousels. Take the “Seasons Greetings” carousel, for example, which features beloved classics like Scrooge (1970) and Scrooged (1988). The “Falalala Family Fun” carousel includes family movie night faves, like All I Want for Christmas (1991), SpongeBob and Sandy's Country Christmas (2024), and A Loud House Christmas (2021), while the “Laughing All the Way” carousel offers knee-slappers like Last Holiday (2006) and Home for the Holidays (1995). And that’s just the tip of the iceberg! For a curated look at Yuletide offerings, get our picks for the 12 holiday movies you gotta watch.
New shows and seasons on Paramount+ in December 2025
Little Disasters Season 1 (Dec. 11)
Directed by BAFTA® nominee Eva Sigurðardóttir and adapted from the best-selling novel by Sarah Vaughan, this six-part psychological thriller series focuses on the decade-long friendship between Jess (Diane Kruger), Liz (Jo Joyner), Charlotte (Shelley Conn), and Mel (Emily Taaffe). These four women were once expectant mothers with little in common but their due dates, but they’ve grown into friends, and have been there for one another throughout motherhood. But when Jess, the seemingly perfect stay-at-home mom, takes her baby daughter to hospital with a head injury she can’t seem to explain, Liz – the on-duty ER doctor – must make an excruciating decision about whether to contact social services. With one phone call, Liz sets in motion a chain of events that nearly destroys not only the four women’s friendship, but each mother’s respective family.
In addition to Kruger, Joyner, Conn, and Taafe, the series stars JJ Feild, Ben Bailey Smith, Patrick Baladi, and Stephen Campbell Moore. All six episodes will premiere Thursday, Dec.11, exclusively on Paramount+.
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 2 (Dec. 12)
The second season of this animated Paramount+ original series finds everyone's favorite heroes in a half shell facing new enemies and dealing with new teenage challenges. From the sewers to the streets of NYC, the pizza-loving Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey refuse to back down from villains lurking in the shadows.
In addition to Nicolas Cantu, Brady Noon, Micah Abbey, and Shamon Brown Jr. as Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo, respectively, Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stars Ayo Edebiri as April O'Neil, a high-school news reporter and pal of the turtles. Season 2 is stacked with an epic guest star lineup, including Kieran Culkin, Craig Robinson, Seth Rogen, Ralph Ineson, Peter Stormare, Fred Armisen, Heidi Gardner, and Ike Barinholtz – plus influencers BenOfTheWeek and InquisitorMaster. The new season will premiere Friday, Dec. 12 exclusively on Paramount+.
DORA Season 4 (Dec. 19)
Everyone’s favorite exploradora is back for a new season of the popular Paramount+ animated original series! Season 4, premiering Friday, Dec. 19, finds Dora and her friends engaging in new, magical rainforest adventures. As usual, Dora explores friendship, community, and kindness through episodes that are sure to make your holidays extra special.
And in addition to a brand-new season of DORA, fans of the series can visit Paramount+’s vast ExploraDora collection, which includes Seasons 1-3 of of the series, plus the original Dora the Explorer show, the feature-length live-action movie Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado, exclusive specials, and more, all streaming now on – you guessed it – Paramount+.
Binge-watches on Paramount+ in December 2025
Tulsa King Season 3
Sly is back, baby! Academy Award® nominee Sylvester Stallone has played a major role in launching this Paramount+ original series from fellow Academy Award® nominee and executive producer Taylor Sheridan into the streaming stratosphere. In Season 3, gangster Dwight Manfredi (Stallone) and his criminal empire face their biggest threat yet: a powerful, old-money family called the Dunmires. The clan's refusal to play by old-world rules forces Dwight to fight harder than ever to protect everything he’s built.
This past season has brought into the fold new cast members Robert Patrick, Bella Heathcote, Kevin Pollak, and plus an appearance by Academy Award® nominee Samuel L. Jackson. Jackson's hitman character, Russell Lee Washington Jr., stops by Tulsa en route to leading his own new upcoming Paramount+ show, Nola King.
Season 3 dropped its finale on Nov. 23, which means now, you can binge-watch all episodes from the show's first three seasons, exclusively on Paramount+.
Plus, go ahead and get excited for even more Tulsa King: Paramount+ has renewed the hit show for a fourth season.
NCIS: Tony & Ziva Season 1
NCIS: Tony & Ziva is a brand-new espionage thriller that stars Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo in their fan-favorite NCIS roles. The Paramount+ original series finds the title characters living in Paris, where they are coparenting their young daughter, Tali (Isla Gie). When Tony’s security company is attacked, the pair must go on the run across Europe, try to figure out who is after them, and maybe even learn to trust each other again so they can finally have their unconventional happily ever after.
In addition to Weatherly and de Pablo, NCIS: Tony & Ziva stars Amita Suman, Maximilian Osinski, Lara Rossi, Nassima Benchicou, Terence Maynard, Julian Ovenden, and James D’Arcy.
All episodes of the recently completed Season 1 are now available to binge-watch exclusively on Paramount+.
Paramount+ – December 2025 schedule
Subscribers to Paramount+ can look forward to a December marked by movie and series premieres, the return of series favorites, and so much more. Here’s the full Paramount+ schedule for December releases.ORIGINALS, EXCLUSIVES, PREMIERES & EVENTS
12/1 - Guns Up streaming premiere*
12/2 - 5-Star docuseries premiere
12/5 - Transformers: EarthSpark specials
12/8 - Predators documentary premiere
12/11 - Little Disasters limited series premiere
12/12 - Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Season 2 premiere
12/19 - DORA Season 4 premiere
LIBRARY SHOWS
December 3
Teen Mom: The Next Chapter (Season 2)
December 13
Family, Film and TV Awards**
December 23
The Kennedy Center Honors**
December 28
A GRAMMY® Celebration of Latin Music**
December 31
New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash** (live stream only)
LIBRARY MOVIES
December 1
22 Jump Street
A Christmas Blessing
A Christmas Carol (1984)
A Night At The Roxbury
A Single Man*
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights
Addams Family Values (1993)
American Hustle
American Renegades*
American Sniper
Angel Falls Christmas
Annihilation
Batman (1989)
Batman & Robin (1997)
Batman Forever (1995)
Batman Returns (1992)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
Boomerang
Braveheart
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Chicago
Christmas Cupid
Christmas on Windmill Way
Coneheads
Disturbia
Django Unchained
Downsizing
Ella Enchanted
Ernest Saves Christmas
Extract
Failure to Launch
Fargo
Father of the Bride (1991)
Fences
Footloose (2011)
Forrest Gump
From Dusk Till Dawn
Get Him Back for Christmas
Gone Baby Gone
GoodFellas
Head of State
Hotel for Dogs
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Hustle & Flow
I See You
Ida Red
Inglourious Basterds
Interstellar
Jungleland
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Monster Trucks
Mr. Popper's Penguins
My Little Pony: The Movie
No Country for Old Men
Nobody's Fool*
Norbit
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
Ocean's Twelve (2004)
Once Upon a Christmas Wish
Paddington
Peanuts: Bon Voyage Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back)
Pulp Fiction
Raging Bull
Rain Man
Rounders
Safe
Save the Last Dance
Scary Movie 2
Selma
Serendipity
Shaft (2000)
She's the Man
Shutter Island
Smallfoot
Snatch
Something's Gotta Give
Southside With You
Sunset Boulevard
Taxi Driver
The Addams Family (1991)
The Angry Birds Movie
The Aviator
The Doors
The Equalizer (2014)
The Equalizer 2 (2018)
The Fighter
The Hateful Eight
The Hunt for Red October
The Island
The Italian Job (2003)
The Last Airbender
The Mexican
The Natural
The Ring (2002)
The Romantics
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The Truman Show
The Untouchables
The Wolf of Wall Street
This Christmas
Tooth Fairy
True Grit (2010)
Virtuosity
We Are Marshall
December 2
Band Aid*
I, Daniel Blake*
SPORTS
12/1: EFL Championship – Birmingham City vs. Watford
12/4: Coppa Italia Frecciarossa – Lazio vs. Milan
12/6: EFL Championship – Preston North End vs. Wrexham
12/6: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Iowa State @ Purdue*
12/6: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Louisville vs. Indiana*
12/6: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Baylor @ Memphis*
12/6-12/7: Women’s Rugby – HSBC SVNS Series
12/7: NFL on CBS Week 14 (check local listings)
12/7: Major League Fishing*
12/7: Serie A – Napoli vs. Juventus
12/8: Serie A – Torino vs. Milan
12/9-12/10: UEFA Champions League Matchday 6
12/9-12/10: UEFA Women’s Champions League Matchday 5
12/9: UEFA Champions League – Inter vs. Liverpool
12/10: UEFA Champions League – Real Madrid vs. Manchester City
12/10: UEFA Women’s Champions League – Chelsea vs. Roma
12/10: UEFA Women’s Champions League – Manchester United vs. OL Lyonnes
12/11: UEFA Europa League Matchday 6
12/11: UEFA Conference League Matchday 5
12/13: Serie A – Parma vs. Lazio
12/13: EFL Championship – Wrexham vs. Watford
12/13: College Football on CBS – The Army-Navy Game*
12/14: NFL on CBS Week 15 Doubleheader (check local listings)
12/16: EFL Carabao Cup Quarterfinal – Cardiff City vs. Chelsea
12/17: EFL Carabao Cup Quarterfinal – Manchester City vs. Brentford
12/17: EFL Carabao Cup Quarterfinal – Newcastle United vs. Fulham
12/17: UEFA Women’s Champions League Matchday 6
12/17: UEFA Women’s Champions League – Paris FC vs. Barcelona
12/17: UEFA Women’s Champions League – Wolfsburg vs. Chelsea
12/18: UEFA Conference League Matchday 6
12/18: EA Sports FC Supercup Semifinal – Napoli vs. Milan
12/19: EA Sports FC Supercup Semifinal – Bologna vs. Inter
12/19: EFL Championship – Swansea City vs. Wrexham
12/20: NCAA Men’s Basketball – CBS Sports Classic – St. John’s vs. Kentucky; North Carolina* vs. Ohio State
12/20: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Houston vs. Arkansas*
12/20: Serie A – Juventus vs. Roma
12/20: EFL Championship – Southampton vs. Coventry City
12/21: NFL on CBS Week 16 Doubleheader (check local listings)
12/23: EFL Carabao Cup Quarterfinal – Arsenal vs. Crystal Palace
12/26: EFL Championship – Wrexham vs. Sheffield United
12/27: Sail Grand Prix*
12/27: The 2025 Rogue Invitational*
12/28: NFL on CBS Week 17 (check local listings)
12/28: The Musial Awards*
12/28: Serie A – Atalanta vs. Inter
12/29: EFL Championship – Wrexham vs. Preston North End
12/29: EFL Championship – Birmingham City vs. Southampton
12/31: College Football on CBS – Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl*
Throughout December: English Football League competition
Throughout December: Serie A competition
Throughout December: Coppa Italia Frecciarossa competition
Throughout December: Scottish Professional Football League competition
Throughout December: UEFA Women’s Champions League competition
Throughout December: UEFA Champions League competition
Throughout December: UEFA Europa League competition
Throughout December: UEFA Conference League competition
* Title is available to Paramount+ Premium subscribers.
**All Paramount+ Premium 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.