Paramount Plus to Add 96 New Releases In March 2026: The 3 to Watch

By Phillip Swann
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Paramount Plus next month (March 2026) will add 96 new TV shows and movies to its streaming service. Here are the three to watch, in my humble opinion:

The Madison
When to Watch: March 14 (3 Episode Premiere)
What Kind of Show: Western/Drama
Who’s In It: Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell
The latest Yellowstone spin-off stars Michelle Pfeiffer (pictured above) and Kurt Russell as a New York couple who vacation in central Montana to grieve after a family tragedy. There are few details available beyond that so we’ll have to place our viewing bets on show creator (and mogul) Taylor Sheridan. And with vets Pfeiffer and Russell in tow against the backdrop of Yellowstone, it has to be good. The intriguing supporting cast includes Matthew Fox (Lost) and Will Arnett (Arrested Development). The series will have six episodes with the last three debuting on March 21.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (Season 1 Finale)
When to Watch: March 12
What Kind of Show: Sci-Fi
Who’s In It: Holly Hunter, Robert Picardo, Paul Giamatti
Paramount has the rights to the Star Trek franchise and it plans to ride that horse as long as it can. Star Trek Starfleet Academy, the sixth Star Trek-themed show from Paramount in the last nine years, stars Holly Hunter (pictured above) as the captain of the USS Athena and chancellor of the Starfleet Academy where young cadets compete to be ship officers. The supporting cast includes the great Paul Giamatti as a heavily made-up part Klingon and Robert Picardo as The Doctor, reprising his role from the Star Trek: Voyager series from a time far, far away. Star Trek Starfleet Academy looks like fun and a worthy entry in the franchise. The season one finale will air on March 12 and, despite some criticism from conservatives who say the show is too ‘woke,’ the streaming audience should be as huge as the Enterprise.

March Madness
When to Watch: March 15-31
What Kind of Show: Sports
Thanks to its sister network, CBS, Paramount Plus is also the home of first-tier live sports including the March Madness men’s college basketball tournament next month. The coverage will start Sunday, March 15, at 6 p.m. ET with the Selection Show. First round games will stream on March 19-20; second round games on March 21-22; the Sweet 16 on March 26-27; and the Elite 8 on March 28-29.

Movies & Shows Coming to Paramount Plus In March 2026

March 1
Marshals** (new CBS series)
Tracker Season 3** (midseason premiere)
Watson Season 2** (midseason premiere)
3 Days to Kill
21 Jump Street
22 Jump Street
A Bad Moms Christmas*
A Mighty Heart
Along Came A Spider
Assassination Nation
Beautiful Girls
Below
Beneath
Blood Diamond
Book Club
Case 39
Chinatown
Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind
Congo
Crawl
Cursed
Downhill Racer
Downsizing
Evolution
Eye for An Eye
Flirting with Disaster
Florence Foster Jenkins
Frank Miller’s Sin City
Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th Part II
Friday the 13th Part III
Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter
Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Georgetown
Good Will Hunting
Gunfight At The O.K. Corral
Ida Red
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Lift
Like a Boss
Mommie Dearest
Muriel’s Wedding
Nobody’s Fool
Nocturnal Animals
Pet Sematary (1989)
Pet Sematary (2019)
Pet Sematary II (1992)
Rocketman
Spencer
Spy Kids
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Steel Magnolias
Supercop
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Fighting Temptations
The Ghost and the Darkness
The Gift
The Good Liar (2019)
The Indian In The Cupboard
The Intervention
The Kite Runner
The Ledge
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
The Queen (2006)
The Ruins
The Stand In
The Time Machine
Things We Lost In The Fire
Timeline
Warrior
Welcome to Sarajevo
What If
White House Down
Whitney
Young Sherlock Holmes 

March 3
NCIS** (midseason premiere)
NCIS: Origins** (midseason premiere)
NCIS: Sydney** (midseason premiere) 

March 4
School Spirits | Season 3 Finale
America’s Culinary Cup** (new CBS series)
PAW Patrol: Rescue Wheels (new special) 

March 6
The Pink Pill: Sex, Drugs & Who Has Control | Paramount+ Original Film 

March 7

UFC: Holloway vs. Oliviera 2 (Starts at 7 pm)

March 8
Rebel in the Rye* 

March 11
The Loud House Season 8 (new season, Nickelodeon) 

March 12
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | Season 1 Finale 

March 14
The Madison | Paramount+ Original Series

March 15
March Madness Selection Show (6 p.m. ET)

March 18
Blaze and the Monster Machines (Season 9)
The Challenge (Season 41) 

March 19
Canada Shore | Season 1 Finale
March Madness

March 20
March Madness

March 21
March Madness

March 22
March Madness

March 25
Jersey Shore Family Vacation (Season 8)

March 26
March Madness

March 27
Dreaming Whilst Black* | Season 2 Finale
March Madness

March 28
March Madness

March 29
March Madness

March 31
FBI True Season 8 | Paramount+ Original Docuseries

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