5 Shows You Can Binge During a Free Trial of Paramount+ on Prime Video

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So you've been meaning to watch Yellowjackets since your friend dropped a cryptic spoiler in the group chat six months ago. Or maybe you've had Tulsa King saved on your mental watchlist ever since someone at work called it "mobster Yellowstone, but in Oklahoma." Either way, if you've got an Amazon Prime membership, now's the time to make your move, because Paramount+ and Paramount+ Premium are both offering a seven-day free trial through Prime Video Channels, and it's basically a one-week golden ticket to binge your face off.

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Here's how it works: You start up your Prime Video app, scroll over to the Subscriptions section, and add Paramount+. As mentioned, either the Essential or Premium plan work, both come with a no-strings-attached seven-day trial. No need to create a new account or remember another password. It's all baked into your existing Prime setup, which means fewer logins and more time to get lost in something wild. Prime Video is available through your regular Prime membership, which costs $14.99/month or $139/year. For young adults, Prime costs $7.49/month.

Once your free trial is over, Paramount+ Essential will cost $7.99/month in addition to what you're paying for Prime. Paramount+ Premium will cost $12.99/month. It costs the same as signing up directly through Paramount+, but going through Prime Video keeps everything under one roof with fewer apps to juggle, one less login to remember, and a smoother way to stream across services.

You can sign up to Paramount+ Essential or Paramount+ Premium without using Prime Video here.

As we said, yes, Paramount+ Premium (formerly known as Paramount+ with SHOWTIME) is part of the deal. That means you're not just getting NFL on CBS and Survivor reruns, you're unlocking the full slate of SHOWTIME originals, CBS live streams, and download options to take Star Trek: Strange New Worlds on your next flight. Basically, if it's streaming in the Paramount+ universe, you can watch it free for a week.

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Got seven nights and a comfy couch? Great. Here are five of the best shows to queue up during your free trial. No fluff, no filler, just pure binge material.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Strange New Worlds is not just another Star Trek spinoff. It's the Star Trek show for people who love space exploration with actual charm, weekly-adventure vibes, and a crew you'll want to hang out with on (and off) the bridge. It brings back that classic Trek magic without feeling like a nostalgia cash grab, and yes, even non-Trekkies are getting obsessed.

So what's the deal? It follows Captain Pike, Spock, and the crew of the USS Enterprise before the events of the original series, but with modern pacing, character arcs that hit hard, and visuals that make deep space look breathtaking. Each episode leans into a different genre: one week it's a tense alien standoff, the next it's a heartfelt character study or a full-on sci-fi morality tale. Somehow, it all works.

The cast absolutely nails it (Ethan Peck's Spock is a standout), and the writing walks that tightrope between smart and fun with serious grace. Whether you're a diehard Trek fan or just someone who misses TV that actually feels episodic, Strange New Worlds is the kind of show that sneaks up on you — and suddenly, you're ten episodes deep wondering why every sci-fi show can't be this good.

Landman

Landman is a monster hit, the kind of show that had people signing up for the free trial just to see what the hype was about. And then, of course, sticking around. Starring Billy Bob Thornton, this series is peak modern prestige TV, drenched in Texas grit and big-oil chaos.

The setup is simple but rich: Thornton plays Tommy Norris, a crisis manager navigating the explosive world of West Texas oil fields, where fortunes rise fast and fall even faster. Adapted from the Boomtown podcast, the show takes real-world issues, such as energy, power, class, and spins them into a tight, addictive drama that somehow feels both sweeping and intimate.

Created by Taylor Sheridan (the mind behind Yellowstone), Landman delivers everything you want from a flagship show: razor-sharp writing, cinematic visuals, powerhouse performances, and a plot that doesn't waste time getting messy in the best possible way. If you want one show to define your free week on Paramount+, make it this one.

Tulsa King

Imagine your grandpa got out of prison, moved to Oklahoma, and decided to start his own mafia. That's Tulsa King. Except your grandpa is Sylvester Stallone, and he's somehow more charming than terrifying. This show is a wild mix of old-school gangster swagger and fish-out-of-water comedy, with Stallone playing a New York mob capo who gets exiled to Tulsa and immediately starts building an empire like it's 1983 and nobody told him the world's changed.

It's equal parts gritty crime drama and "what if Tony Soprano had to use Venmo," with just enough absurdity to make it fun. You've got biker gangs, weed shops, sketchy strip mall real estate deals, basically, everything Stallone's character has no business understanding, yet somehow completely dominates. It's weirdly heartwarming, deeply chaotic, and proof that you can teach an old mobster new tricks.

MobLand

Want something on the newer side? MobLand dropped in 2025, and it's already coming in hot as Paramount+'s latest heavy-hitter. Set in a gritty, neon-soaked corner of modern-day New Jersey, it follows a fading gangster trying to hold his turf while everything around him — loyalty, family, reality itself — starts to spiral. If The Sopranos had a Gen Z cousin with a vape habit and a TikTok side hustle, this might be it.

Tom Hardy leads the pack with that signature mix of unhinged intensity and "I haven't slept in 48 hours" charm, while Helen Mirren shows up and promptly steals every scene she's in. Bonus: there's a wild subplot involving a frozen yogurt front that may or may not be laundering millions. Because nothing says "organized crime" like sprinkles and soft serve.

Yellowjackets

If you've somehow made it this far without diving into Yellowjackets, now's your moment. This twisty, time-jumping psychological thriller has become a full-blown obsession for fans of survival stories, teen drama, cult weirdness, and unhinged adult trauma. Often, all in the same episode. It follows a girls' soccer team whose plane crashes in the wilderness in the '90s, then flips to the present day where the survivors are still very much dealing with, well, whatever actually happened out there.

We last left off on a serious cliffhanger, and while Season 4 isn't expected to drop until sometime in late 2026 (cue group scream), now's the perfect time to catch up. 

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