April 2026 brings with it a slew of Paramount TV shows that blend originals along with CBS’s reliable pipeline. With enough content to fill springtime, the platform will host a series of ongoing originals while bringing cable shows to streaming.
This piece will cover the Paramount+ exclusives along with CBS shows for you to map your day-to-day calendar for the month of April. Starting with Paramount+, we have exciting docuseries and fiction that will fulfill your appetite.
Ongoing Paramount+ Originals
The NCAA Tournament docuseries Made For March will capture behind-the-scenes basketball footage by giving you exclusive locker-room access for the Kansas Jayhawks and Michigan Wolverines. The true-crime hit My Killer Father: The Green Hollow Murders will premiere at the end of April by digging into the ongoing mystery of horrific allegations made by Lucy Studey against her late father, Donald Dean Studey.
You Don’t Know Where I’m From, Dawg will be a comprehensive look inside the life of American soccer legend Clint Dempsey. The arc captures his dramatic rise through exclusive interviews by examining the legend’s career.
Paramount+ gives us The Last Cowboy Season 6, bringing an end to Taylor Sheridan’s show. Carl Weber’s The Family Business: New Orleans will bring new soap opera intensity to Creole’s underworld dealings with new chapters that blend drama and turf war.
The expansion of Tyler Perry’s empire never ends, with The Oval S6, Ruthless S5, Zatima S4, and House of Payne releasing in batches across April 2026 for solid binge-worthy seasons. The Oval will crank up White House conspiracy thrills with assassination plots and in-house betrayals. Ruthless is set to unleash The Ravages’ cult power grabs with s*x, violence and drama in true Tyler Perry fashion.
Zatima continues deeper into Sistas spin-off zone, diving into Zac and Fatima’s romance in the midst of scandals. The slow-burning tension is what fans crave, and Perry knows how to deliver. House of Payne’s timelessness drops classic family sitcom episodes that leverage Tyler Perry’s comedic side.
CBS Shows Streaming on Paramount+
A still from FBI | Credit: CBS
CBS primetime shows will flow into Paramount+’s April catalogue by releasing its network shows a day after cable release. Tracker S2 will deliver the treasure-hunt thrills every week.
Big Brother will fuel midweek drama as more houseguests are evicted, giving you live feeds of the process along with recaps. The Price is Right at Night specials always light up primetime weekends in American households, bringing their signature high-energy bidding for families to scream along to. The host, Drew Carey, does a great job of amping the stakes with celebs and million-dollar showcases.
Let’s Make a Deal promises to keep the laughs rolling with Wayne Brady’s trades, where contestants swap briefcases for zonks or zonks for cash piles. Spectacle-filled, the show is paired with daytime soaps The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful that will dump episodes every Monday for viewers to get their L.A. glamour binge.
You’ll have Matlock Thursdays with Kathy Bates dissecting scams, NCIS Tuesdays that will chase D.C. gun-running rings, and FBI with its holy trinity of mothership. Wednesdays, International Thursdays, and Most Wanted Fridays. This FBI trilogy is the powerhouse police procedural lineup in CBS’s arsenal, relentlessly serving crime to your screens. Across three interconnected series that stream the following day on Paramount+, you are plunged into domestic terror plots that feel urgent and tense.
Safe to say, you’ll have your week packed on Paramount+.
Full Weekly Breakdown
A still from Matlock | Credit: CBS
Here is the release schedule for CBS and Paramount+ shows for the month of April, along with the dates for you to mark on your calendar. With more library batches like Tyler Perry’s content and BET/VH1 reality shows dropping, there is less focus on original premieres and more on ongoing programs.
Week 1 (Apr 1-7)
Paramount+ Originals & Key Drops
Apr 1: All The Queen’s Men (S1–4), Average Joe (S1), Bigger (S1–2), Black Ink Crew Chicago (S1–7), Carl Weber’s The Black Hamptons (S1–2), College Hill: Celebrity Edition (S1–3), Diarra From Detroit (S1), Love & Hip Hop (S1–10), Love & Hip Hop Hollywood (S1–6), Single Ladies (S1–3), T.I. and Tiny: The Family Hustle (S2–6), The Soul Man (S1–5), Tyler Perry’s Bruh (S1–4).
Apr 4: Made for March Ep101.
Apr 5: Made for March Ep102/103.
Apr 7: Tyler Perry batches (Ruthless S1-5, Zatima S2/S4 Pt1, Divorced Sistas S1 Pt1).
CBS Shows (Next-Day/Live)
Apr 1: Matlock (Mon), NCIS (Tue), Tracker (Thu), The Equalizer (Fri).
Week: Price is Right at Night specials.
Week 2 (Apr 8-14)
Paramount+ Originals & Key Drops
Apr 6: Paw Patrol special
Apr 8-12: Masters live coverage.
Apr 14: You Don’t Know Where I’m From, Dawg’s full series.
Apr 15: First Wives Club (S3), Lil Kev (S1), The Loud House: European Adventure (new special), The Michael Blackson Show (S1), The Ms. Pat Show (S1–5), Tyler Perry’s The Oval (S5–7), American Gangster: Trap Queens (S3–4), Carl Weber’s The Family Business (S4–6), Haus of Vicious (S1–2), Sacrifice (S1)
CBS Shows (Next-Day/Live)
Apr 8: FBI trilogy (Wed/Thu/Fri), Big Brother/reality midweek.
Week: Let’s Make a Deal primetime; UFC Fight Night (Apr 11).
Week 3 (Apr 15-21)
Paramount+ Originals & Key Drops
Apr 18: Made for March Ep104.
Apr 22: DORA: Magic Mermaid Adventures (new special)
CBS Shows (Next-Day/Live)
Apr 15: NCIS, Tracker (ongoing CBS procedurals streaming next day on Paramount+)
Week: Game shows weekends; soccer/football live blocks.
Week 4 (Apr 22-30)
Paramount+ Originals & Key Drops
Apr 23: Matlock S2 finale.
Apr 28: My Killer Father: The Green Hollow Murders full drop.
Apr 29: Reality premieres The Last Cowboy S6, Carl Weber’s The Family Business: New Orleans S1, American Gangster S1, Caught Up S1, House on Fire S1, Legacy S1.
CBS Shows (Next-Day/Live)
Apr 22: Matlock S2 finale; NCIS, Tracker ongoing.
Apr 29: Full primetime grid + soaps; late-night dailies; UFC (Apr 25).
By now, you’ll have a clear idea of what you’d want to watch in the month of April. Whether it’s originals, reality shows or classic CBS ones, Paramount+ will cover you every single day.
Is My Killer Father: The Green Hollow Murders a full-season drop?
Yes, the true-crime docuseries arrives complete on April 28.
Are CBS shows like Tracker available live on Paramount+?
All CBS shows will stream on Paramount+ the day after they air.
What game shows fill April weekends?
The Price is Right at Night specials and Let’s Make a Deal primetime deliver prizes and laughs.
Which sports events dominate April?
Masters, UFC, NCAA
Are there soccer matches on CBS/Paramount+?
Weekly UEFA/football blocks throughout April.
What Paramount+ show are you most excited to watch? Let us know in the comments.
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