3 Best New Paramount+ Series To Watch This Weekend (September 25–27, 2026)

Published Sep 25, 2026, 6:05 PM EDT Greg is a Lead TV Writer & Critic at Screen Rant with expertise in new streaming releases. He's published over 3000 articles at SR, including weekly recommendation guides and dozens of reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. He previously worked in Development at ABC Television & Lawrence Bender Productions. Greg majored in Film Production at Chapman University's Dodge College. Greg also has years of broadcast TV production experience at major networks such as NBC, TNT, and ESPN. He currently lives in Greater Boston. Three of the world's top-charting Paramount+ series right now are also the best and most acclaimed shows to watch this weekend, September 25–27, 2026. ScreenRant's TV experts have designated these three new series as the select few that are most worth your time, ranging from a celebrated reality competition series to a Taylor Sheridan spy thriller and Tom Hardy's epic gangster drama. Paramount+ has delivered an exceptional slate of new releases throughout 2026 so far, including The Madison, Golden Axe, and Dutton Ranch. The streamer also has exciting new series expansions on the horizon, including Dexter: Resurrection season 2 and Tulsa King season 4. In the meantime, the following three series represent the best of the best shows for the perfect weekend binge on Paramount+. Survivor Survivor is officially back with its 51st season this week, and its 2-hour premiere is officially available to stream on Paramount+ right now. Survivor season 51 marks the beginning of the historic reality competition show's "Open Era", in which any idol, advantage, or twist from any previous season has the potential to return. Survivor surged to the #6 spot on the Paramount+ U.S. viewership chart and should be a top streaming contender for the foreseeable future throughout Fall 2026. Survivor's iconic host Jeff Probst returns once again to lead a group of contestants on a remote island in Fiji to compete in grueling challenges, make alliances, and ultimately vote people off the island. Up for grabs is a $1 million cash prize with the newly implemented million-dollar coin flip, in which a contestant can double the prize pool if guessing correctly. The long journey to crowning the Survivor season 51 champion has just begun and can only be streamed on Paramount+. Lioness Lioness just wrapped up its thrilling third season last Sunday and remains the #1 most-watched show globally on Paramount+ nearly a week later. Created and completely written by Taylor Sheridan, Lioness is an intensely thrilling series that combines the world of CIA espionage and intelligence gathering with on-the-ground military operations, combining the best of both worlds for a cohesive and full-bodied viewing experience. Although Lioness changes some aspects of the real-life Lioness unit, the series has also curiously predicted actual geopolitical events. Lioness features one of the best casts on streaming, led by Zoe Saldaña's Joe McNamara, a senior case officer at the CIA. Joining Saldaña is Nicole Kidman's CIA senior supervisor, Kaitlyn Meade, and Michael Kelly's CIA Deputy Director, Byron Westfield, and Morgan Freeman's Edwin Mullin, who portrays the U.S. Secretary of State​​​​​​. Joe also leads an elite Quick Reaction Force team that carries out operations pertaining to her Lioness program, which recruits female military personnel for high-stakes undercover missions targeting national security threats. If you're looking for a show that pulls you in right from the start, Lioness is it. MobLand MobLand remains the best show to watch on Paramount+ this weekend, as its second season 2 episode just arrived on the streamer on Friday, September 25. Tom Hardy's gangster series is set on the streets of London and at a luxurious estate that houses a dangerous crime family, the Harrigans. In season 1 of MobLand, the Harrigans were in an all-out war with a rival family gang, the Stevensons. This season, the enemy threats have grown in number and scale, ranging all the way up to high-ranking government officials. MobLand season 2 has received even better reviews than its celebrated first season, earning a Rotten Tomatoes score of 90%. With just two of its ten episodes released at the time of writing, MobLand season 2 is one of those shows you'll want to keep returning to every Friday on Paramount+, especially thanks to its gripping story, sharp pace, and fantastic ensemble led by Hardy, Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, Paddy Considine, and season 2 newcomer Johnny Flynn. If there's only time to watch one show on Paramount+ this weekend, it has to be MobLand.