Paramount+: best new shows & films streaming this week

Discover the best new shows to stream from 23 February to 1 March 2026 on Paramount+ with this guide.
CIA Season 1 is new to streaming this week. Image: Paramount+.

Paramount+: new this week

CIA Season 1 â€“ 24 February

Cia S1. Image: Paramount+.
CIA S1. Image: Paramount+.

Series. Two unlikely partners are forced to work side-by-side at the CIA’s New York Station in this new one-hour crime drama.

Fast-talking, rule-breaking CIA case officer Colin Glass (Tom Ellis) clashes with Bill Goodman (Nick Gehlfuss), a disciplined, by-the-book FBI agent who firmly believes in the rule of law. As they investigate high-stakes cases and criminal threats on US soil, the pair must learn to trust each other, discovering that their opposing approaches may be exactly what makes them an unstoppable team.

Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta Season 13 – 24 February

Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta S13. Image: Paramount+.

Series. The new season of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta follows Mimi Faust, Karlie Redd, Jessica Dime and Rasheeda as they push their music careers to new heights. With ambition running high and the stakes even higher, the women juggle fame, friendships and personal drama, proving they won’t let competition, conflict or chaos stand in the way of success.

Smurfs – 24 February

Smurfs (2025). Image: Paramount Pictures. What's On In July
Smurfs (2025). Image: Paramount Pictures.

Film (2025). When Papa Smurf is kidnapped by the evil wizards Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette steps up to lead the Smurfs on their boldest adventure yet, leaving their magical village and entering the real world to save him.

Teaming up with unexpected allies along the way, the Smurfs must discover their true destiny and prove that friendship, courage and teamwork can overcome even the darkest magic.

The film features an all-star voice cast including Rihanna, James Corden, Nick Offerman, Dan Levy, Natasha Lyonne, Sandra Oh, Jimmy Kimmel, Octavia Spencer, Hannah Waddingham, Kurt Russell and John Goodman.

The Traitors US Season 4 – 28 February

The Traitors US S4. Image: Paramount+.

Series. Host Alan Cumming welcomes a brand-new group of Traitors and Faithfuls to the ultimate game of deception, strategy and betrayal. As alliances form and suspicions rise, contestants must outwit, outplay and outlast each other in a high-stakes battle where trust is dangerous and nothing is ever as it seems.

Season 4 features a star-studded cast including Natalie Anderson, Yamil Arocho (Yam Yam), Mark Ballas, Rob Cesternino, Stephen Colletti, Candiace Dillard Bassett, Ron Funches, Maura Higgins and Donna Kelce.

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Babes â€“ 16 February

Film (2024). Babes follows Eden (Broad City‘s Ilana Glazer), whose life is turned upside down when she becomes pregnant after a one-night stand. Unsure and overwhelmed, she leans on her confident, experienced best friend Dawn (Michelle Buteau), who guides her through the highs, lows and unexpected realities of pregnancy and early motherhood.

Honest, funny and heartfelt, the film explores modern friendship, growing up, and what it really means to show up for the people you love.

Mike Judge’s Beavis And Butt-Head Season 3 â€“ 17 February

Series. Beavis and Butt-Head are back and dumber than ever in Season 3 of Mike Judge’s Beavis And Butt-Head. The iconic animated duo continue their quest to defy logic, misunderstand the world around them and relentlessly torment each other through a nonstop stream of absurd, laugh-out-loud misadventures.

Packed with crude humour, sharp satire and classic commentary on modern culture, the new season delivers everything fans love.

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning â€“ 19 February

Tom Cruise In Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. Image: Stan.
Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. Image: Stan / Paramount+.

Film (2025). Set two months after the events of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, the latest instalment of the iconic action spy series finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and the Impossible Mission Force as they continue their search for the Entity, a terroristic AI that has infiltrated intelligence networks across the globe. Pressure mounts as Hunt and his team are pursued by governments, and ghosts from his past emerge.

Starring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman and Hannah Waddingham. (Further reading: How hard are the stunts Tom Cruise does in the Mission: Impossible films?)

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Alannah Sue is a writer, editor, theatre critic and content creator with a passion for arts and culture and all that glitters. She relocated to Melbourne in 2025 after spending over a decade embedded in the Sydney arts landscape and finishing up her tenure as Arts & Culture Editor at Time Out. In addition to contributing to ArtsHub and ScreenHub, her freelance portfolio also expands to editorial and copywriting for lifestyle and arts publications such as Limelight and Urban List, cultural institutions like the Sydney Opera House, and marketing and publicity services for independent artists. She is always keen to take a chance on weird performance art, theatre of all kinds, out-of-the-box exhibitions, queer venues, and cheap Prosecco. Give her half a chance, and she will get on a soapbox when it comes to topics like the magic of musical theatre, the importance of rigorous arts criticism, and the global cultural implications of the RuPaul’s Drag Race franchise. Connect with Alannah on Instagram: @alannurgh.