New on Paramount+ in August means a new season – and a new mission – for Lioness, the hit Paramount+ original drama series starring Zoe Saldaña, Michael Kelly, with Morgan Freeman and Nicole Kidman.
Programming highlights include: the Season 3 premiere of Lioness (Aug. 2), the Season 42 premiere of The Challenge (Aug. 5), the Season 10 premiere of Dana White’s Contender Series (Aug. 11), and the premiere of the new Paramount+ docuseries Special Ops True (Aug. 4).
For fans of live sports, there’s UFC 330: Makhachev vs. Machado Garry (Aug. 15). Score more live MMA action with UFC Fight Night: Medić vs. Rodriguez (Aug. 1), UFC Fight Night: Gamrot vs. Salkilld (Aug. 8), and UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song (Aug. 29).
Read on for the full list of announced shows, movies, live sports, and events coming to Paramount+ in August 2026.
Note: Some titles require the Paramount+ Premium plan to stream, and/or to stream live as they air on CBS.
New shows and movies on Paramount+ in August 2026
Aug. 1
Movies
- 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
Aug. 2
Show
- Lioness | Season 3 | Paramount+ Original Series
Aug. 4
Shows
- Special Ops True | Season 1 | Paramount+ Original Docuseries
- Dana White Contender Series (Seasons 1-4)
Aug. 5
Show
- The Challenge: Cutthroat | Season 42 | Paramount+ Original Series
Aug. 11
Show
- Dana White’s Contender Series | Season 10 | Paramount+ Original Series
Aug. 15
Movie
- Bleed For This*
Aug. 19
Show
- Average Joe | Season 2 | Paramount+ Original Series
Aug. 22
Movie
- The Harvest*
Aug. 23
Movie
- The Cured*
Aug. 30
Movie
- Blue Valentine*
Live sports on Paramount+ in August 2026
- Aug. 1 – WNBA: Las Vegas Aces @ Chicago Sky*
- Aug. 1 – UFC Fight Night: Medić vs. Rodriguez
- Aug. 1-2 – PGA Tour: Rocket Classic (Third and Fourth Round Coverage)*
- Aug. 3 – BIG3 Basketball*
- Aug. 7 – PBR Team Series
- Aug. 8 – EFL Carabao Cup: Middlesbrough vs. Wrexham
- Aug. 8 – WNBA: Las Vegas Aces @ Minnesota Lynx*
- Aug. 8 – UFC Fight Night: Gamrot vs. Salkilld
- Aug. 8 – Zuffa Boxing 10
- Aug. 8-9 – PGA Tour: Wyndham Championship (Third and Fourth Round Coverage)*
- Aug. 9 – BIG3 Basketball*
- Aug. 12 – UEFA Super Cup: PSG vs. Aston Villa
- Aug. 14 – PBR Team Series
- Aug. 14 – EFL Championship: Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Blackburn Rovers
- Aug. 15 – BIG3 Basketball*
- Aug. 15 – UFC 330: Makhachev vs. Machado Garry
- Aug. 15-16 – PGA Tour: FedEx St. Jude Championship (Third and Fourth Round Coverage)*
- Aug. 16 – EFL Championship: Burnley vs. West Ham United
- Aug. 17 – EFL Championship: Cardiff City vs. Wrexham
- Aug. 21 – PBR Team Series
- Aug. 22 – BIG3 Basketball*
- Aug. 22 – Serie A: Inter vs. Monza
- Aug. 22-23 – PGA Tour: BMW Championship (Third and Fourth Round Coverage)*
- Aug. 23 – Serie A: Torino vs. Milan
- Aug. 28 – NFL ON CBS Preseason: Cincinnati Bengals vs. Philadelphia Eagles
- Aug. 28 – Serie A: Milan vs. Venezia
- Aug. 29 – WNBA : Chicago Sky @ New York Liberty*
- Aug. 29 – UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song
- Aug. 29-30 – PGA Tour: TOUR Championship (Third and Fourth Round Coverage)*
- Aug. 30 – Major League Pickleball Finals*
- Aug. 30 – Serie A: Napoli vs. Como
- Throughout August – English Football League competition
- Throughout August – Serie A competition
- Throughout August – Coppa Italia Frecciarossa
- Throughout August – Scottish Professional Football 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.
