Costner’s documentary comes as fans mourn the impending conclusion to Yellowstone, a show that has already spawned two prequels, 1883 and 1923, as well as an upcoming sequel.

“I gave this thing five seasons,” Costner said of controversially departing Taylor Sheridan’s drama series midway through season five. “I was really happy to do it. And I don’t need drama. So, let’s just take that drama away, let’s take the guessing [away].”

Fans will have to wait until November to find out how Costner’s beloved character will depart the series.

Before the Yellowstone franchise expands further, there’s plenty of award-winning drama to keep you engrossed on Paramount+. Also, from Sheridan’s arsenal of top-shelf drama is Special Ops: Lioness starring Nicole Kidman. The Gilded Age sees Emmy-nominated actors Carrie Coon and Christine Baranski trading barbs over tea, the sweeping saga Fellow Traveller’s showcases a secret love between two men and Frasier is back with some familiar faces and fun.

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Yellowstone One-Fifty

Apart from the award-winning Yellowstone, Kevin Costner’s passion for America’s frontier country has been showcased in films such Dances with Wolves and Horizon: An American Saga. Now, in four episodes, Costner retraces the steps of American geologist Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, whose 1871 expedition resulted in the creation of Yellowstone, the world’s first national park.

“This was a time in America when all people cared about was what they could extract from the land, what they could get out of it,” Costner explained in the premiere episode. “But these pioneers, they came up with an entirely new idea — a new way of finding value in the land. I want to see what they saw. I want to see what changed them.”

Cast: Kevin Costner | Duration: 1 hour

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Special Ops: Lioness

Nicole Kidman leapt at the opportunity to become part of one of Taylor Sheridan’s worlds. “I loved [Yellowstone]. Loved it, watched it, ate it up but [I] was a huge fan of Taylor’s film work in terms of Sicario, Hell or High Water and so it was really exciting when he said, ‘I really want to do this with you as a producer.’ And then he said, ‘I can write you something that will be a supporting role... but you’ll be pivotal.” In this high-stakes espionage drama inspired by a real-life CIA program, Kidman plays a high-ranking official overseeing a mission that sees a rookie infiltrate a terrorist organisation. Production on the second season is already underway, with Kidman, Zoe Saldana and Morgan Freeman all reprising their roles. While Kidman has relished playing a CIA bigwig, the flame-haired Aussie believed she wears her heart on her sleeve too much to be any good at spy work in real life. “I’d be pretty crap at it,” she laughed.

Cast: Nicole Kidman, Zoe Saldana, Morgan Freeman | Duration: 1 season

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Evil

A mix of the X Files and the Da Vinci Code, this thrilling series sees sceptical psychologist Kristen, trainee priest David and blue-collar contractor Ben (Katja Herbers, Mike Colter and Aasif Mandvi) joining forces to investigate paranormal activities such as demonic possession to see whether supernatural forces or scientific fact is responsible. Look out for Aussie actor Patrick Brammall (Colin from Accounts, Offspring) who has a recurring role as Kristen’s husband. The fourth and final season of Evil received a 100 per cent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with one critic saying it went out “not with a whimper but a chilling cackle.”

Cast: Patrick Brammall, Christine Lahti | Duration: 4 seasons

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The Ghost Whisperer

There was a period in the 1990s and early 2000s where it was rare to pick up a magazine or switch on the TV without seeing Jennifer Love Hewitt’s face. These days, the actor’s face is still getting attention but for very different reasons. The star was forced to deny plastic surgery when fans reacted to an Instagram post saying she looked “unrecognisable” from her heyday on Party of Five and Ghost Whisperer. Part Touched by an Angel and part Charmed, Ghost Whisperer saw Love Hewitt play a clairvoyant who helped spirits attend to unfinished business so they could “cross over into the light”.

Cast: Jennifer Love Hewitt | Duration: 5 seasons

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Frasier

For 40 years (on and off) and on four different sitcoms, Kelsey Grammer has played the snobbish Dr Frasier Crane. After the multi-award-winning Frasier wrapped production in 2004, Grammer had a tilt at Marvel super herodom in the X Men franchise, played Bart’s nemesis in The Simpsons and even did a stint on the Real Housewives, before returning to the familiar Frasier in a reboot that sees the psychiatrist trying to reconnect with his now adult son. Returning for a second season, the actor’s real-life daughter, Greer Grammer, is joining the party only she will be playing the child of Frasier’s old pal and colleague Roz (Peri Gilpin) who is also making a more permanent return to the fold.

Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Peri Gilpin | Duration: 2 seasons

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The Gilded Age

Christine Baranski and Carrie Coon are both nominated for Emmy Awards for their performances as feuding high society neighbours in 1800s New York. Created by Julian Fellows, the man behind Downton Abbey, it explores the tension between the blue-blooded Agnes (Baranski) and the newly moneyed Bertha (Coon). Since her break-out role on the 1990s sitcom Cybil, Baranski has carved out a niche playing strong, glamourous women in everything from The Good Wife to the Mamma Mia! musicals. Recently, Baranski joked to Vogue that the pinnacle of her career would be to make a third Mamma Mia! film -- only with a twist. Instead of working from a script, Baranski envisaged the producer “put us all up on a beautiful Greek island so we can all drink wine, reminisce on all of our experiences making the Mamma Mia! movies, and sing those fabulous ABBA songs. It would be like a filmed dinner banquet!”

Cast: Cynthia Nixon, Christine Baranski | Duration: 2 seasons

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Fellow Travellers

You know him best as the swarthy Lord Anthony Bridgerton but here Jonathon Bailey instead plays a bookish political staffer who gets swept into a romance with a confident and closeted politician (Matt Bomer). The poignant and passionate miniseries follows the ups and downs of their decades-long affair from the 1950s to the 1980s, offering broader insights into the social challenges faced by the gay community during that period. Both Bomer and Bailey are nominated for Emmys their performances as is scriptwriter Ron Nyswaner. “In the early 90s, you needed a straight superstar like Tom Hanks [in Philadelphia, also written by Nyswaner] to bring a queer story and commission it,” Bailey said. “Cut to thirty years later, and it’s the story itself that is the commissionable thing.”

Cast: Matt Bomer, Jonathon Bailey | Duration: 1 season

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The Surreal Life

A rapper and actor with a history of addiction, Chet Hanks struggled to grow up in the enormous shadow of his famous father, Forrest Gump star Tom Hanks. Explaining his decision to do this reality series, which sees a bunch of D grade celebrities sharing a house in Colombia for two weeks, Hanks said: “I feel like the media has really twisted their representation of me. Especially in the early days, I didn’t really have a platform for my voice to be heard. So, I just always wanted the opportunity to be able to express myself.” He’s joined by former Real Housewife Kim Zolciak, singer Macy Gray and figure skater Johnny Weir.

Cast: Macy Gray, Kim Zolciak, Chet Hanks | Duration: 1 season

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer

For seven seasons, Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and her band of misfit classmates battled the dramas of high school by day and the forces of evil by night in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But Charisma Carpenter’s 2021 revelations about series creator Joss Whedon revealed that the cast of young actors were navigating much darker forces behind the scenes than they ever did on screen. Carpenter, who played the snobby Cordelia in both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel, accused Whedon of pitting actors against one another and playing favourites to create a toxic workplace environment. Her remarks were supported by many of her co-stars including Gellar who has since said she hopes Whedon’s actions don’t damage the show’s legacy. For her part, Gellar has said in a recent YouTube interview that she was wrongly labelled a diva because of her strong work ethic.

Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, David Boreanaz, Alyson Hannigan | Duration: 7 seasons

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The X Files

There was also tension on the set of The X Files on occasion with its star Gillian Anderson telling the Guardian in 2015 that there were “definitely periods” where she and co-star David Duchovny hated each other. “Hate is too strong a word. We didn’t talk for long periods of time. It was intense, and we were both pains in the a*** for the other at various times.” And yet, she remains good friends with the Californication star and Duchovny was the first person on The X Files set she told she was pregnant. Often when an actress gets pregnant in a major TV drama (and it can’t be written into the script) she will spend a season in inexplicably large jumpers, holding bags over her mid-section or standing behind things. In the case of The X Files, things got a little more creative, and Anderson’s character Dana Scully was instead abducted by aliens for several episodes. That was just one of the many bizarre plot twists that kept viewers on the edge of their seats for nine years and another two when it was later rebooted.

Cast: Gillian Andreson, David Duchovny | Duration: 11 seasons

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A Bloody Lucky Day

A hapless taxi driver finds himself chauffeuring a serial killer in the 10-part nailbiter, A Bloody Lucky Day. Faced with mounting debt, the down-on-his-luck Oh Taek (Lee Sung-min) agrees to drive Geum Hyeok-soo (Yoo Yeon-Seok) halfway across the country for a substantial fare only to realise he’s on a journey to hell. Like the 2004 action/thriller Collateral, starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx and available on Paramount+, this gripping 10-part series becomes an edge-of-your-seat game of cat and mouse between a desperate driver and his murderous passenger.

Cast: Yoo Yeon-Seok, Lee Sung-min | Duration: 10 episodes

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Bargain

In the dystopian thriller Bargain, men are lured to a seedy hotel with the guise of cheap sex only to find themselves being displayed like meat in a butcher shop for organ traffickers. Based on a 2015 short film of the same name, critics have likened this series to the runaway hit Squid Game, which similarly puts viewers through their paces with its ever-escalating tension and violence.

Cast: Jeon Jong-seo, Chang Ryul, Jin Seon-kyu | Duration: 6 episodes

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Pyramid Game

Last, but certainly not least, is the shocking Pyramid Game, now streaming on Paramount+, which makes the antics of Mean Girls look positively pedestrian by comparison. The action takes place at an elite school where a popularity poll known as the pyramid game determines the class pecking order. Every month students cast their votes to anoint a queen bee and determine who will become the (literal) punching bag. This one will leave you gobsmacked.

Cast: Sung Soo Ji, Baek Ha Rin, Myung Ja Eun | Duration: 10 episodes

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Top Gear Australia

You’ve heard of trainwreck TV, well in Top Gear Australia you occasionally get car crash TV (only here it’s always a good thing rather than something to make you cringe). The series, which is based on the popular UK format, sees reality TV veterans Beau Ryan and Jonathon LaPaglia -- along with Blair Joscelyne -- jump into the driver’s seat to test drive a variety of vehicles and talk about all things motoring. Fans of the show will attest that its success ultimately relies on the chemistry and banter of its hosts. After all, it was the un-PC antics of Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond which made the show a hit in the first place and likewise made its reboot (following Clarkson and co’s controversial exit) a flop. Thankfully, Ryan, LaPaglia and Joscelyne have the passion and the penchant for a bit of naughtiness, to make this Aussie version a winner.

Cast: Jonathan LaPaglia, Beau Ryan, Blair Joscelyne | Duration: 8 episodes

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Five Bedrooms

After meeting at a singles table at a wedding, straight-shooting Heather (Doris Younane), tightly wound Liz (Kat Stewart), anxious Harry (Roy Joseph), people pleaser Ainsley (Katie Robertson) and laid-back Ben (Stephen Peacocke), drunkenly agree to buy a house together. Over the course of four seasons of Five Bedrooms, this unlikely group of housemates navigate life, love and loss together. It’s a quintessentially Australian series that has the same heart and humour as TV classics Offspring and Packed to the Rafters.

Cast: Kat Stewart, Roy Joseph, Katie Robertson, Stephen Peacocke, Doris Younane | Duration: 4 seasons

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SkyMed

In SkyMed the beautiful people saving lives in the skies over the Canadian province of Manitoba will get pulses racing. RFDS meets Grey’s Anatomy in this medical drama following the lives and loves of the nurses and pilots working for the Canadian air ambulance service.

Cast: Natasha Calis, Morgan Holmstrom, Praneet Akilla | Duration: 2 seasons

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Fake

While viewers have fallen in love with them as Offspring’s Nina Proudman and SeaChange’s Diver Dan, Asher Keddie and David Wenham’s latest TV romance Fake (streaming July 4) is more the stuff of nightmares than fairytales. Based on Stephanie Wood’s bestseller, Fake about being wooed by an online conman, Keddie says it took an actor as skilled and charismatic as Wenham to make his lying lothario character so utterly believable. The pair first worked together 20 years ago on stage in a production of Cyrano de Bergerac. “I was fairly insecure at that time, I think I was still trying to find who I was as a performer and probably didn’t have quite the relaxation that I have now,” she reflects. “We just connected on a much deeper level this time around as grown-up people and actors.”

Cast: Asher Keddie, David Wenham | Duration: 8 episodes

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Mayor of Kingstown

For someone who only started screenwriting when he hit 40, Sons of Anarchy star Taylor Sheridan has wasted no time clocking up a succession of hits. Whether he’s bringing us the generational saga of the Dutton family in the Yellowstone universe or the modern day McLusky family’s fight to bring justice to a lawless place in Mayor of Kingstown, Sheridan’s stories are simple, but the emotions are big. Mayor of Kingstown is a gripping examination of racism, corruption and inequality starring Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner as former felon Mike McLusky.

Cast: Jeremy Renner, Dianne Wiest, Hugh Dillon | Duration: 3 seasons

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Yellowjackets

Spearheaded by a 1990s dream team of Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis and Melanie Lynskey, this gripping drama will suck you in with its killer soundtrack and unique blend of supernatural chills and dark humour. The series follows a group of girls who, after becoming stranded in the wilderness, spiral into becoming ritualistic cannibals. Ricci, Lewis and Lynskey play older versions of the girls who are trying to move on from their bloodthirsty past and bury dark secrets. Now in its second season, the girls of Yellowjackets would eat the tribe of killer boys in Lord of the Flies for breakfast. Literally.

Cast: Juliette Lewis, Christina Ricci, Melanie Lynskey | Duration: 2 seasons

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1883

A prequel to the much beloved Yellowstone, this sweeping saga stars real life spouses (and country singing super stars) Faith Hill and Tim McGraw as Margaret and James Dutton – the great grandparents of Kevin Costner’s Yellowstone character. It follows the impoverished couple’s journey across the Great Plains via wagon in search of a better life for their family in Montana. You can also stream the sequel 1923 on Paramount+.

Cast: Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Sam Elliott, Isabel May | Duration: 10 episodes

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Milli Vanilli

Those who lived through the 1980s will no doubt remember Robert Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan – aka Milli Vanilli’s Rob and Fab. With a succession of catchy hits and eye-catching dance moves, the hirsute duo’s first album went platinum six times, netting them a Grammy and millions of swooning fans around the world. That all came crashing down when it was revealed they had been lip synching. This fascinating documentary streaming on Paramount+ offers an empathetic perspective of the scandal and the toll that their rise (and fall) took on their lives. Featuring rare archival footage and exclusive interviews with Morvan and Pilatus, this documentary is an insightful expose on the machinations of the music industry and the dangers of fame.

Cast: Robert Pilatus, Fabrice Morvan | Duration: 1h 46m

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Finestkind

Oscar-winner Tommy Lee Jones and Wednesday’s Jenna Ortega star in this complex crime drama set against the backdrop of commercial fishing. Here, two brothers (Ben Foster and Toby Wallace) who have been raised in very different worlds foolishly strike a deal with a violent gang. That desperate move up-ends the brothers’ lives, testing all those around them in the process.

Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Jenna Ortega, Ben Foster, Toby Wallace | Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes

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NCIS: Sydney

The global smash hit franchise about a team of special naval agents who investigate crime has arrived down under with an action-packed spin-off filmed on the stunning Sydney Harbour. Featuring Todd Lasance, Mavournee Hazel and William McInnes as a new team of Australian investigators who are roped in to help their American counterparts (led by Olivia Swann) when a Naval officer washes up dead from radiation poisoning, the series follows the tried-and-true NCIS formula that fans know and love. In addition to this new take on the popular premise, Paramount+ also has every episode of every season of the original NCIS as well as spin-offs such as NCIS: New Orleans, NCIS: Los Angeles, and NCIS: Hawaii.

Cast: Olivia Swann, Todd Lasance, Sean Sagar, Tuuli Narkle, William McInnes | Duration: 2 seasons

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Last King of the Cross

Inspired by Sydney nightclub owner John Ibrahim’s memoir Last King of the Cross this series (like Underbelly before it) feels very much as though it has been ripped from the headlines. Rife with colourful characters and action-packed drama, it charts the ascent of the Ibrahim brothers (Lincoln Younes and Claude Jabbar). This first season features Golden Globe winning actor, Tim Roth (Pulp Fiction), as a ruthless crime boss Ezra Shipman. A second season is currently in production, this time with Lost star Naveen Andrews joining the fray.

Cast: Lincoln Younes, Claude Jabbar, Tim Roth, Naveen Andrews | Duration: 10 episodes

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Elsbeth

Meanwhile The Good Wife universe keeps expanding at the same rate as Yellowstone with this latest spin-off, Elsbeth, featuring the brilliantly quirky attorney, Elsbeth Tascioni (Carrie Preston). Unlike The Good Wife and The Good Fight, this latest series is set inside a police station rather than a courtroom and positions Elsbeth as akin to a modern-day Miss Marple. Each episode features a new murder and a stellar roll call of killers who include Modern Family’s Jesse Tyler Ferguson as the egotistical creator of a reality dating show, 30 Rock star Jane Krakowski as a real estate agent who will do anything for a sale and Gina Gershon (who people might remember from her role in the infamous 1995 box office bomb Showgirls) as a territorial plastic surgeon.

Cast: Carrie Preston, Carra Patterson, Wendell Pierce | Duration: 1 season

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The Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers

In the millennials’ answer to Candid Camera, childhood buddies Jack Steele, Matt “Falcon” Ford, Liam Moore and Dom Littrich – aka The Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers — dare each other to do ridiculous things in front of complete strangers with hilarious (and occasionally controversial) results. You may have read the recent headlines about a prank that went wrong at a Sydney event, but more often than not the antics of these professional jokers is met with good humour from those on the receiving end. You will be left in stitches by the reactions as the group pretend to be anything from a yoga instructor to a belligerent wedding guest.

Cast: Jack Steele, Matt “Falcon” Ford, Liam Moore, Dom Littrich | Duration: 8 episodes

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Ghosts

For those who prefer their comedy with a supernatural twist – a la Ghostbusters – then the sitcom Ghosts will send a shiver of hilarity down the spine. It follows an unusual house-sharing arrangement between a motley crew of ghosts and a married couple. Both the original UK series and the American adaptation are available to stream on Paramount+.

Cast: Rose McIver, Brandon Scott Jones, Utkarsh Ambudkar | Duration: 3 seasons

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South Park

For 27 years, fans of this irreverent cartoon series have been laughing at the antics of Cartman, Stan and Eric, swooning over the Chef’s salty songs and watching poor Kenny die in all sorts of new and wacky ways. Set in the fictional town of South Park in Colorado, the series follows the four young friends as they skewer anything from politics to religion. While creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone (who famously dressed as Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Lopez when they attended the 1999 Oscars while high on acid) insist that South Park is a show about “kids being kids” this is definitely one for adults only.

Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kimberly Brooks | Duration: 26 seasons

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Rubble and Crew

Anyone with young children or grandchildren will be familiar with Ryder and his furry crew of rescue dogs known as PAW Patrol. This spin-off series follows Rubble – the youngest (and cutest) of the pups – and his family of equally enthusiastic English bulldogs as they work on a variety of construction jobs. Much like PAW Patrol, this heartwarming series features a cast of cute and cuddly characters and offers lessons in overcoming obstacles through teamwork and perseverance.

Cast: Leslie Adam, Alessandro Pugiotto, Luxton Handspiker | Duration: 26 episodes

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Geordie Shore

A lot has changed since we first met the hard-partying, boisterous perma-tanned gang of Geordie Shore way back in 2011. The 24th season of the popular British reality TV series, which dropped in January, saw many of the core cast embarking on some exciting new journeys. Charlotte Crosby (who viewers might remember from her stint on I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! in 2020 and as Space Fairy in last year’s Masked Singer) is now a mum, Holly Hagan is pregnant, and James Tindale is in love. They may be older but they’re definitely no wiser so expect lots of their signature bawdy banter.

Cast: Charlotte Crosby, Holly Hagan, James Tindale | Duration: 24 seasons

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Jersey Shore: Family Vacation

In the scruffy resort town of Seaside Heights, we meet a group of holiday-makers with a fondness for booze-fuelled hook-ups (and punch-ups), tanning beds and making absurd comments. For six addictive seasons Jersey Shore, available to stream on Paramount+, and its assorted spin-off shows, set the gold standard for guilty pleasure TV, turning Paul DeVecchio, Jennifer Farley and Nicole Polizzi – better known to fans as Pauly D, JWoww and Snooki – into pop culture icons. Paramount+ has every episode of Jersey Shore and the recent revival Jersey Shore: Family Vacation, available to stream.

Cast: Pauly D, Nicole Polizzi, Mike Sorrentino, Jenni Farley, Vinny Guadagnino, Deena Cortese, Angelina Pivarnick Sammi Giancola | Duration: 7 seasons

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Celebrity Ex on the Beach

If you like your reality shows with more of a local flavour – and a few love rats thrown in for good measure — then check out Celebrity Ex on the Beach where you will find former Married At First Sight brides Tamara Joy and Jessika Power as well as Bachelor villain Jake Ellis – aka Jake the Snake – getting hot and heavy with other reality veterans. The Aussie trio join stars from shows such as Love Island UK and The Only Way is Essex to seek romance on holiday. There’s just one hitch – their exes have also been invited to tag along!

Cast: Tamara Joy, Jessika Power, Jake Ellis | Duration: 3 seasons

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Best sci-fi TV shows on Paramount+

The Legend of Korra

Featuring the voices of Aubrey Plaza (White Lotus), Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men) and Robin Williams’ daughter, Zelda, The Legend of Korra is an animated sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender. It’s set in a universe where people can telekinetically bend one of the four elements –water, fire, air and earth – with their minds. With only Korra powerful enough to manipulate all four elements it falls to her to keep the world in balance despite political and spiritual unrest. And, in news that will have Trekkies beaming, Paramount+ is the home to the full galaxy (and beyond) of adventures.

Cast: Aubrey Plaza, Kiernan Shipka, Zelda Williams | Duration: 2 seasons

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Halo

Inspired by the hugely popular video game franchise, this action adventure series follows a 26th century war between United Nations Space Command and an alien race determined to eradicate all humanity. Under the leadership of a genetically engineered super soldier known as John-117 (Pablo Schreiber), a team of tenacious operatives battle for survival on their quest to find a higher plain of existence (and a tactical victory). Much like the critically acclaimed Last of Us, Halo takes some creative liberties with the storylines that fans of the game will know and love.

Cast: Pable Schreiber, Natascha McElhone | Duration: 2 seasons

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Star Trek Universe

Whether you are a fan of the original skivvy-clad heroes of the 1960s or followed the adventures of Jean Luc Picard and his crew three decades later, the stellar library of Star Trek shows will be guaranteed to make any Trekkie beam. And, in an added bonus, why not go back to the future and enjoy the blockbuster prequel films, with Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Zoe Saldana portraying the younger versions of the iconic 1960s characters Captain Kirk, Spock and Nyota Uhura. Check all the Star Trek movies and series available on Paramount+.

Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Zoe Saldana

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Best movies on Paramount+

Tar

Although they couldn’t be more different in terms of tone and subject matter, both the Oscar nominated Tar starring Cate Blanchett and the new special South Park: The End of the Obesity examine issues that are ripped from the headlines. In the case of Tar, it follows a celebrated entertainment figure who uses their power and their fame to bully and abuse those who work under them. From Harvey Weinstein to Kevin Spacey, we have unfortunately seen this scenario play out a lot in recent years. What sets Tar apart –and raised eyebrows in some quarters – was the fact the predator was a woman rather than a man. Blanchett plays the formidably frightening Lydia Tar, an orchestra conductor whose career and mental health unravel when outed as an abuser. The Aussie actress won the AACTA, the Critic’s Choice, BAFTA and the Golden Globe for her performance.

Cast: Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss, Noemie Merlant | Duration: 2h 83m

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Ferrari

Directed by Academy Award nominee Michael Mann and starring Adam Driver, Penelope Cruz and Shailene Woodley, Ferrari follows Enzo Ferrari as he gears up for the 1957 Mille Miglia while navigating some of the biggest personal and professional crises of his life. More than just a film about cars, this star-studded movie is an inspiring story of triumph against adversity.

Cast: Adam Driver, Penelope Cruz, Shailene Woodley | Duration: 2h 10m

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Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves

Hugh Grant was initially hesitant to star in a film based on a nerdy boardgame until the script won him over with its riotous blend of humour and adventure. Likening the project to Monty Python and ThePrincess Bride, the 90s rom com hero continues to explore his new penchant for darker roles, playing conman Forge alongside Chris Pine’s slippery thief Edgin and Bridgerton’s Rege-Jean Page as an age-defying knight.

Cast: Hugh Grant, Chris Pine, Rege-Jean Page | Duration: 2h 14m

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Mean Girls

The recent musical reboot of this 2004 teen drama proved a pale imitation but likewise served as a reminder to revisit the original clique of North Shore High School. There we find Cady (Lindsay Lohan) attempting to navigate a schoolyard where beautiful bully Regina George (Rachel McAdams) and her minions rule supreme. Written by Tina Fey, the film blends razor-sharp dialogue and classic romance into a package that viewers young and old will enjoy.

Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams | Duration: 1h 37m

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