Top 3 Paramount+ Shows to Binge This Weekend

The weekend’s almost here, so it’s relax time. If you’re on the hunt for some good TV to watch, Paramount+ has tons to choose from, but finding it can be a chore.

Not to worry, though, as I’ve pulled three bingable picks—one is a sharp workplace comedy that you can get through before Monday arrives, one that’s a relentless special ops drama with seven seasons, and an iconic sitcom where everybody knows your name.

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Dreaming Whilst Black

Showtime and Paramount+‘s critically-acclaimed series Dreaming Whilst Black is one of a handful of the platform’s originals to garner a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. And for good reason. The bingeworthy British comedic drama is a brilliantly original satire that takes aim at what it’s like to be a Black person trying to make it as a filmmaker in a predominantly white film and TV world.

First premiering in 2023 (with a second season arriving February 20, just in time for Black History Month), Dreaming Whilst Black centers on aspiring filmmaker Kwabena (series co-creator Adjani Salmon), who often has surreal and hilarious dreams of being on set as a big-shot director, but is actually stuck in a cubicle at his dead-end job at a recruitment agency. Things change for Adjani when a real shot at a real directing gig forces him to choose between keeping his safe, but soul-sucking gig or taking a chance on his dreams.

With support from his producer friend Amy (Dani Moseley) and a budding romance with Vanessa (Babirye Bukilwa), Adjani navigates being broke, having to take on odd jobs, and other family stresses to make it happen. The six-episode comedy is smart and nuanced, and Salmon is brilliant, especially when bantering with his co-stars. It’s one of the best shows on the service right now.

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SEAL Team

With seven seasons and 114 episodes, you’re obviously not going to get through SEAL Team in one weekend, but for those Paramount+ subscribers looking to trench-in and binge episodes that are bite-sized and satisfying, but offer a sweeping arc that builds over time, then this is for you.

This long-running mission-of-the-week series follows a team of elite Navy SEALs as they carry out everything from covert intel ops, hostage rescues, raids, high-risk captures, and more. Led by veteran Jason Hayes (David Boreanaz), the core squad includes Ray Perry (Neil Brown Jr.), Sonny Quinn (A. J. Buckley), medic Lisa Davis (Toni Trucks), and Clay Spenser (Max Thieriot), who have each other’s back through thick and thin. And while the series features some excellent and realistic battle and mission sequences, it doesn’t shy away from emotional and psychological themes that often explore the trauma and price that members of the military pay to do what they do.

All seven seasons of the Emmy-nominated series, which concluded in 2024, are available to binge in all their glory on Paramount+.

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Cheers

Thanks to streaming, we’ve seen new and younger audiences discover classic and iconic sitcoms like Friends, Seinfeld, and The Office. Well, Cheers predates them all, and is considered one of the most successful sitcoms of all time, running for 11 seasons, and winning 28 Emmys—behind only The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Frasier, which was a spinoff of Cheers. Why was it so beloved? The reason perhaps lies in its iconic theme song: “Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name.”

Set inside a cozy Boston bar, the show centered around its owner, the charming, wisecracking former pro baseball player Sam Malone (Ted Danson), his brainy love interest/waitress Diane Chambers (Shelley Long), and a cast of the bar’s employees and regulars: tough-as-nails waitress Carla Tortelli (Rhea Perlman), one-liner pro Norm Peterson (George Wendt) and human encyclopedia Cliff Clavin (John Ratzenberger), plus later stalwarts like stuffy psychiatrist Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer), sweet but simple Woody Boyd (Woody Harrelson), and business-smart Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley).

The show was so beloved because each half-hour episode made you feel as though you were hanging out with friends at your local, as it invited you into their love lives, work woes, good times and bad—all with incredibly written humor and sharp banter. The creators of Cheers, James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles, have collectively had a huge impact on some of the greatest sitcoms and shows ever on TV, including Taxi, The Big Bang Theory, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and many more.

All 11 seasons and 275 episodes are there for you to raise a glass to, and after only a few you’ll be shouting “Norm” at your TV.

With any luck, one of this week’s suggestions will make it to your watch list, but if not, that’s OK too—you can thumb through our list of everything coming to Paramount+ in February to hit the sweet spot.