What's New on Paramount+ in August 2025 | Streaming Release Schedule

Here's your guide to what's new on Paramount+ in August 2025! Try Paramount+ for FREE at ParamountPlus.com!

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Paramount has announced the lineup of movies, TV shows, and live sports coming to Paramount+ in August! The Paramount Plus August 2025 schedule includes the streaming premieres of The Friend and The Infernal Machine, as well as the PAW Patrol: Jungle Pups special.

Fans can also catch a powerhouse lineup of elite women’s sports, including the WNBA, NWSL, and every moment of the Women’s Rugby World Cup. European soccer also takes center stage with the UEFA Super Cup and start of the Serie A and English Football League seasons.

The Friend

Premiering August 1 on the Paramount+ Premium plan is the Guy Pearce thriller The Infernal Machine. A reclusive and controversial author is drawn out of hiding when he begins to receive endless letters from an obsessive fan. What ensues is a dangerous labyrinth as he searches for the person behind the cryptic messages.

Based on the bestselling novel, The Friend tells the story of writer and teacher Iris (Naomi Watts) who finds her comfortable, solitary New York life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor (Bill Murray) bequeaths her his beloved 150 lb. Great Dane, named Apollo. As Iris finds herself unexpectedly bonding with Apollo, she begins to come to terms with her past and her own creative inner life.

The Infernal Machine

As summer winds down, ease into back-to-school season with some all-time favorites on Paramount+, including Adventureland, Coming to America, Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, Love and Monsters, Rat Race, The Little Rascals, Wayne’s World, and more.

CBS Sports’ coverage of the WNBA continues with three games streaming live on Paramount+ in August, including Chicago Sky at Indiana Fever on August 9, defending champions New York Liberty at Minnesota Lynx on August 16, and New York at Atlanta Dream on August 23. Paramount+ will also be home to sixteen NWSL matches in August, highlighted by the top two clubs in the standings when the Kansas City Current face Orlando Pride on August 16.

PAW Patrol: Jungle Pups

Meanwhile, Paramount+ will be the exclusive U.S. home to the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025, with every match streaming live on the service. The USA Eagles, featuring star player Ilona Maher, will face host nation England on August 22 to kick off the tournament before facing Australia on August 30.

Other live sports on Paramount+ in August will feature the start of the European soccer season, including the UEFA Super Cup when PSG takes on Tottenham Hotspur on August 13, the start of the Serie A season on August 23, and the start of the English Football League Championship season when newly promoted Wrexham faces Southampton on August 9.

The Friend

PARAMOUNT PLUS AUGUST 2025 HIGHLIGHTS

ORIGINALS, EXCLUSIVES, PREMIERES & EVENTS

8/1 The Infernal Machine*

A reclusive and controversial author (played by Guy Pearce) is drawn out of hiding when he begins to receive endless letters from an obsessive fan. What ensues is a dangerous labyrinth as he searches for the person behind the cryptic messages.

8/25 The Friend*

Based on the bestselling novel, writer and teacher Iris (Naomi Watts) finds her comfortable, solitary New York life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor (Bill Murray) bequeaths her his beloved 150 lb. Great Dane, named Apollo. As Iris finds herself unexpectedly bonding with Apollo, she begins to come to terms with her past, and her own creative inner life.

LIBRARY SHOWS

August 5

Murder 360 (season 1)

August 6

Jersey Shore Family Vacation (season 7, part 2)

Blaze and the Monster Machines (season 8) [N]

August 13

PAW Patrol: Jungle Pups special [N]

August 20

Baby Shark’s Big Show! (season 3) [N]

August 27

Liberation: D-Day to Berlin (season 1)

LIBRARY MOVIES

With summer winding down, why not get a head start on the thrills and chills? Get your heart racing and your spine tingling with this lineup of movies arriving on Paramount+ next month including Paranormal Activity, Paranormal Activity 2, Paranormal Activity 3, Paranormal Activity 4, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, Project Almanac, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Shutter Island, The Brothers Grimm, The Ledge and more.

August 1

A Time to Kill

Adaptation

Adventureland

Aeon Flux

American Hustle

An Invisible Sign*

Annihilation

Blazing Saddles

Captive

Case 39

Coming to America

Crawl

Death at a Funeral

Double Jeopardy

Dr. Seuss' The Lorax

Event Horizon

Georgetown

Gone Baby Gone

Good Mourning*

Love and Monsters

Masterminds*

Milk

Miss Congeniality

Monster Trucks [NM]

Mother!

New Jack City

On the Line

Paid in Full

Paranormal Activity

Paranormal Activity 2

Paranormal Activity 3

Paranormal Activity 4

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension

Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones

Primal Fear

Project Almanac

Rat Race

Red Eye

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

Sexterior Motives*

Shutter Island

Snake Eyes

The Assistant*

The Brothers Grimm

The Ledge

The Little Rascals

The Ruins

The Sense of an Ending*

The Town

The Truman Show

The United States of Leland

The Yards

Wayne's World

What Lies Beneath

Zodiac

August 3

Don’t Knock Twice*

August 29

Halloween II*

SPORTS

8/1: EFL League One – Luton Town vs. AFC Wimbledon 

8/1: NWSL – Seattle Reign FC vs. Angel City FC

8/1: Women’s World Rugby – USA Eagles vs. Canada

8/2: BIG3 Basketball*

8/2-8/3: PGA Tour – Wyndham Championship (Third and Final Round Coverage)*

8/3: SBD World’s Strongest Man*

8/8: EFL Championship – Birmingham City vs. Ipswich Town

8/9: EFL Championship – Southampton vs. Wrexham

8/9: Formula E – London E Prix*

8/9: SBD World’s Strongest Man Final*

8/9: BIG3 Basketball* 

8/9: WNBA – Chicago Sky @ Indiana Fever*

8/10: Professional Bull Riders* 

8/10: NWSL – Chicago Stars vs. Bay FC*

8/10: NWSL – Portland Thorns vs. Seattle Reign*

8/12: Carabao Cup – Wrexham vs. Hull City

8/12: PULISIC episodes 8-9 premiere

8/13: UEFA Super Cup – PSG vs. Tottenham

8/13: US Open Cup Quarterfinal – Philadelphia Union vs. New York Red Bulls

8/16: We Need to Talk*

8/16: WNBA – New York Liberty @ Minnesota Lynx*

8/16: NWSL – Kansas City Current vs. Orlando Pride*

8/17: Coppa Italia Frecciarossa – AC Milan vs. Bari

8/17: Professional Bull Riders*

8/17: BIG3 Basketball Celebrity Game & Playoffs*

8/18: Coppa Italia Frecciarossa – Torino vs. Modena

8/19: Concacaf W Champions Cup – Alianza Women FC vs. Washington Spirit

8/20: Concacaf W Champions Cup – NJ/NY Gotham FC vs. CF Monterrey

8/22: NFL ON CBS Preseason – Minnesota @ Tennessee

8/22: Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 – England vs. USA Eagles

8/23: Serie A – AC Milan vs. Cremonese

8/23: Major League Pickleball Finals*

8/23: WNBA – New York Liberty @ Atlanta Dream*

8/23: NWSL – Bay FC vs. Washington Spirit*

8/23: College Football on CBS – Stanford @ Hawaii*

8/24: Professional Bull Riders*

8/24: Serie A – Juventus vs. Parma

8/24: BIG3 Basketball All-Star Game & Championship*

8/24: LPGA – CPKC Women’s Open*

8/25: Serie A – Inter vs. Torino

8/29: Serie A – Lecce vs. AC Milan

8/30: Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 – USA Eagles vs. Australia

8/30: CBS Sports Confidential: Big Ten Football 2025*

8/30: Big Ten on CBS – Nevada @ Purdue*

8/30: Serie A – Napoli vs. Cagliari 

8/31: Serie A – Inter vs. Udinese

8/31: Professional Bull Riders*

8/31: Sail Grand Prix*

8/31: AVP Volleyball*

8/31: NWSL – Washington Spirit vs. Chicago Stars*

Throughout August: Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025

Throughout August: Pacific Nations Cup Men’s Rugby

Throughout August: English Football League competition 

Throughout August: Serie A competition

Throughout August: Coppa Italia Frecciarossa competition 

Throughout August: NWSL competition

Throughout August: Scottish Professional Football League competition

Throughout August: Concacaf W Champions Cup competition 

Throughout August: UEFA Champions League qualifiers

* Title is available to Paramount+ Premium subscribers.

**All Paramount+ Premium subscribers can live stream CBS titles via the live feed on Paramount+. Those titles will be available to stream on-demand to all subscribers the day after they air live.

Dates for library titles are subject to change.

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Originally published: July 25, 2025 at 01:08 BST.

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Classic Rugrats Comic Strip for July 25, 2025 | Nickelodeon

Classic Rugrats Comic Strip for July 25, 2025 | Nickelodeon

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Rugrats, provided to Creators Syndicate by Nickelodeon, based off the popular animated television series has been created for children and family's to laugh and enjoy together.

Follow these comics and their take on real episodes of the show and their own spin on hilarious adventures.

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WEBTOON to Add 'TMNT: The Last Ronin' in August 2025 | SDCC ’25

WEBTOON has some big news for TMNT fans!

WEBTOON announced at San Diego Comic-Con today (July 24) that it will release a reformatted version of the fan-favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin comic series on Saturday, August 23.

WEBTOON and Dark Horse revealed their partnership back in June when they unveiled a new slate of comics set to arrive on the platform, although they didn’t announce release dates at the time. WEBTOON had already confirmed its partnership with IDW Publishing earlier in April.

A darker, more mature iteration of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin follows the story of the lone surviving Turtle who is seeking justice for the family he lost in a devastated New York City. Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, and Tom Waltz wrote the series, with illustrations by Ben Bishop and Esau & Isaac Escorza. IDW Publishing released it as a five-issue miniseries in 2020. The series promises “longtime friends becoming enemies and new allies emerging in the most unexpected places.”

The Last Ronin will join other IDW titles that are currently on WEBTOON, including Sonic the Hedgehog, Beneath the Trees, and Godzilla: Unnatural Disasters, along with Cyberpunk 2077, which will be added on Friday, August 8.

Check out preview images for TMNT: The Last Ronin below, courtesy of K-Comics Beat:

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Originally published: July 25, 2025.

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FCC Approves Paramount-Skydance Merger Deal After Skydance’s CBS Ombudsman, Anti-DEI Pledges

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted approvals necessary to clear the way for the $8 billion (USD) merger of Paramount Global and David Ellison’s Skydance Media.

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The agency okayed the transfer of licenses for 28 CBS-owned local TV stations to the Skydance-led ownership group that is taking over Paramount Global — removing the merger’s final regulatory hurdle. The FCC approval comes more than a year after the parties first announced the agreement.

With the last obstacle removed, the deal is expected to close in the coming weeks.

The commission voted 2-1 to approve the deal, with Commissioner Anna Gomez opposing it. Gomez, the lone Democrat on the commission, said she was troubled by Paramount’s payment to settle a suit brought by President Trump and by other concessions.

“After months of cowardly capitulation to this Administration, Paramount finally got what it wanted,” Gomez said in her dissent. “Unfortunately, it is the American public who will ultimately pay the price for its actions.”

The approval by the FCC, led by Trump-appointed chairman Brendan Carr, comes after Skydance made commitments to the agency in two areas: ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs at Skydance and Paramount have been shut down; and appointing an ombudsman to review “complaints of bias or other concerns” involving CBS as part of ensuring “viewpoint diversity.” Skydance’s top lawyer outlined the pledges in two letters to Carr dated July 22.

“Americans no longer trust the legacy national news media to report fully, accurately, and fairly. It is time for a change,” Carr said in a statement. “That is why I welcome Skydance’s commitment to make significant changes at the once-storied CBS broadcast network.”

Paramount Global declined to comment, reports Variety. A rep for Skydance did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Carr has been unapologetic in pushing Trump’s agenda to eradicate DEI and crack down on alleged “media bias” in dealing with companies under the FCC’s regulatory purview. At the FCC’s monthly open meeting earlier Thursday, Carr said he was “pleased” with Skydance’s stated commitments on both fronts, saying, “They’re hitting on issues that I think we need to see significant change on.”

Meanwhile, the FCC approval comes after Paramount agreed to pay $16 million to President Trump to settle his lawsuit against CBS over a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris. Trump, which had been demanding an absurd $20 billion in damages, alleged the Harris interview was deceptively edited and constituted consumer fraud and interference with the 2024 presidential election. Before settling, Paramount and CBS moved to dismiss Trump’s suit, widely seen as frivolous and “an affront to the First Amendment.”

Trump, Paramount and Carr had each claimed that the FCC’s deal-approval process was separate from the 60 Minutes suit — despite allegations from Sen. Elizabeth Warren and others that the settlement was a quid-pro-quo to secure the Trump administration’s approval of Paramount-Skydance.

Carr, in a Feb. 7 interview with Fox News, said Trump “has been right on these media bias issues” in discussing the FCC’s review of a conservative group’s complaint that the 60 Minutes Harris interview represented “news distortion.” Ironically, Fox News were spotted doing the same for Trump, although no charges have been bought against the network. He previously told Fox News the “news distortion” complaint would likely factor into the FCC’s review of the Skydance-Paramount merger.

Under the Paramount-Skydance deal, announced July 7, 2024, after months of on-again-off-again talks, Larry Ellison (father of David Ellison), Skydance and Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird Capital will buy the shares of Shari Redstone’s National Amusements Inc. (which owns 77% of the voting power in Paramount Global). At that point Skydance will merge with Paramount to become “Paramount Skydance Corp.” While it will be controlled by the Ellison family, Paramount Skydance will remain publicly traded.

The new company is to be led by chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) David Ellison, with Jeff Shell (former CEO of NBCUniversal) installed as president. Shari Redstone is set to receive $1.75 billion in cash upon closing of the Skydance deal, and she will exit the merged company’s board.

As the deal had been in limbo pending FCC approval for months, Paramount undertook several rounds of layoffs, as the company’s current three co-CEOs — CBS head George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks, and Paramount Pictures head Brian Robbins — aimed to slash $500 million in annualized costs.

With the FCC having cleared the Skydance Media-Paramount merger and the deal set to close in a matter of weeks, Paramount Global co-CEO Chris McCarthy will leave the media conglomerate, a company source confirmed to Variety.

McCarthy, head of Showtime & MTV Entertainment Studios, became co-CEO of Paramount Global in April 2024 with George Cheeks, president and CEO of CBS, and Brian Robbins, president and CEO of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon. That came after Paramount ousted former CEO Bob Bakish.

Insiders expect Cheeks to remain at the head of CBS with the Skydance merger, while Robbins is expected to depart the company. At Paramount Pictures, COO Courtney Armstrong and Marc Weinstock, head of worldwide marketing and distribution, will be in charge of the studio during the transition. (A Paramount spokesperson declined to comment.)

Post-merger, David Ellison, CEO of Skydance, will become chief executive of the new company, to be called Paramount Skydance Corp. Former NBCU CEO Jeff Shell will become president.

Under change-in-control provisions in their contracts, Paramount Global’s three co-CEOs are eligible to receive severance payments in the event of a sale or merger (equivalent to two times their annual base salary plus twice their annual target bonus amount, among other benefits) if they’re terminated or if they quit after being demoted. McCarthy will stay through the transition period and would remain in his post if the merger deal is not completed.

Under the three co-CEO structure established last year, McCarthy’s scope expanded to include oversight of the company’s streaming division, encompassing Paramount+ and Pluto TV, in addition to his ongoing role as head of Showtime/MTV Entertainment. The three Co-CEOs jointly oversee the broader Paramount Global corporate functions.

In the role, McCarthy forged a significant creative partnership with Taylor Sheridan, signing him to his first overall TV deal. Together, they built the so-called Yellowstone Universe, which includes Yellowstone — which has ranked as the No. 1 scripted series in the U.S. — as well as and spin-offs 1883, 1923 and upcoming titles The Dutton’s, Y: Marshalls, 1944 and The Madison.

In addition, McCarthy brought Jon Stewart back to helm The Daily Show, and the exec struck a deal with South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone to expand their partnership with Paramount, committing to additional seasons of South Park (beyond Season 25) and contributing multiple exclusive events to Paramount+.

McCarthy, as head of Showtime & MTV Entertainment Studios, oversaw brands including Paramount, Showtime, MTV, Comedy Central and Smithsonian. In the role, he consolidated nine separate businesses into one portfolio, which has nearly doubled its audience, streamlined expenses and grown profits, according to the media company. In addition, he spearheaded the expansion of the business with the launch of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios, which now produces more than 100 series annually and drove an aggressive push of the brands into social media.

Under McCarthy’s leadership, the consolidated Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios has produced shows including Yellowstone, Emily in Paris, South Park, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Billions, Dexter: Origins and The Daily Show. For Paramount+, the group’s output has included Tulsa King, George & Tammy, Mayor of Kingstown, Yellowjackets, The Chi and Special Ops: Lioness.

McCarthy started his career as a TV producer, partnering with Jeff Probst to develop and sell several unscripted properties to Paramount (then Viacom). He joined the company later in 2003 as a freelance employee and rose through the ranks, earning his first content leadership role in 2008 as general manager of MTV2, before becoming president of VH1 in 2015 and adding MTV to his purview in 2016.

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Originally published: July 25, 2025 at 02:2x BST.

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Classic Rugrats Comic Strip for July 24, 2025 | Nickelodeon

Classic Rugrats Comic Strip for July 24, 2025 | Nickelodeon

Stream the classic Rugrats series on Paramount+! Try it FREE at ParamountPlus.com!

Rugrats, provided to Creators Syndicate by Nickelodeon, based off the popular animated television series has been created for children and family's to laugh and enjoy together.

Follow these comics and their take on real episodes of the show and their own spin on hilarious adventures.

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