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REVIEW
Paramount+ on Samsung TV is the streaming app for the people who want Star Trek and the NFL.
ViacomCBS's streaming bet — Paramount Originals, the CBS catalogue, AFC Conference NFL games, and a Showtime tier — wrapped in a Tizen app that's competent at what it does.
BY THE APP COMRADE DESK · MAY 8, 2026 · 4 MIN READ
Paramount+
VIACOMCBS STREAMING
OUR SCORE
7.4
SAMSUNG TV
★ —
PRICE
Free
Paramount+ is the streaming service for viewers with specific content tastes. Where Netflix targets generalist audiences with broad-appeal Originals and Disney+ targets families, Paramount+ has been built around niches the parent company already owned — Star Trek, the CBS network catalogue, the Yellowstone-universe ranch dramas, and (in the US) the NFL games ViacomCBS has carriage rights to. The sum of those niches is meaningful but it’s not Netflix-meaningful.
For the audience the service was designed for, the value is real. Star Trek fans get more Star Trek on Paramount+ than they ever got on cable. NFL viewers in AFC markets get a Sunday-afternoon experience that’s competitive with cable’s. The CBS day-after-air feature solves the real problem of “I want to watch network TV without cable” for households that still prefer broadcast-style content.
The honest review acknowledges that for everyone outside those specific tastes, Paramount+ is the second or third subscription rather than the first. The Samsung Tizen app does its job — competently, without distinction — and the deeper question is whether the catalogue match-up is worth the monthly cost. For most readers, that’s a personal-content-preference question rather than a product-quality question. The product is fine. The fit, like all streaming subscriptions in 2026, depends on what you actually watch.
Paramount+ is the streaming service for everyone who didn't sign up for streaming services.
FEATURES
Paramount+ on Samsung Tizen TVs is the smart-TV client for ViacomCBS's flagship streaming service. The catalogue includes Paramount Originals (Star Trek: Discovery, Picard, Strange New Worlds, Lower Decks, Section 31; Yellowstone-adjacent content; the SpongeBob franchise; Halo), the back catalogue from Paramount Pictures (a substantial library of films), CBS's network shows day-after-air (Survivor, NCIS, FBI), and live sports — most notably AFC NFL games on Sundays.
Subscription tiers (US): Paramount+ Essential ($7.99/month — most content, ad-supported), Paramount+ with Showtime ($12.99/month — includes Showtime catalogue, mostly ad-free with some live-content limits). The 2024 Paramount+/Showtime merger consolidated what had been a separate Showtime app into the main Paramount+ tier. International tiers vary; Paramount+ in the UK has different sports and CBS-content arrangements.
Tizen-specific features: Bixby voice search, Samsung TV Plus integration (Paramount+ content surfaces in Samsung's free-channel grid), 4K HDR on supported content for the higher tier, and standard Samsung-remote directional navigation.
The 2025 Skydance acquisition closing reset the corporate ownership of Paramount but the consumer product has continued operationally without major user-visible changes.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
Original content is the strongest argument for the service. The Star Trek library (multiple ongoing series, the back catalogue of Star Trek: The Next Generation through Voyager) is the deepest sci-fi catalogue on any streaming service. The Yellowstone-adjacent properties (1883, 1923, the Mayor of Kingstown spin-off ecosystem) have been substantial successes. Halo Season 3 in 2025 delivered better than the earlier seasons. The original-content output rate is genuinely impressive for a non-Netflix-tier service.
CBS's network-TV day-after delivery is the under-discussed feature. For viewers who want NCIS, Blue Bloods, FBI, or Survivor without paying for cable, Paramount+ is the cleanest path. The Tizen app surfaces these in a "CBS" category that simplifies the discovery.
AFC NFL Sundays during the regular season are a meaningful pull for sports viewers. Paramount+'s NFL coverage is comparable to peer services in production quality, and the integration with Samsung TV's Game Bar (showing live scores from other games) on supported Samsung hardware is a thoughtful smart-TV touch.
ROOM TO IMPROVE
The catalogue mix is uneven. Paramount+ has very strong Originals and CBS shows; the rest of the library — older Paramount films, third-party licensing — is thinner than Netflix or Disney+ at the same price tier. Users who don't specifically want Star Trek, Yellowstone-universe, NFL, or CBS shows will find the value proposition harder to justify.
The 2024 Showtime merger has been bumpy. Some Showtime original series have appeared and disappeared from Paramount+ unpredictably during the merger transition; live-Showtime channels are not in the with-Showtime tier in all regions; the unified-app experience has occasional gaps where users find content references to titles that aren't currently available.
The Tizen app's interface design is dated. The home-screen content rows are denser than they need to be at TV viewing distance, the autoplay-trailer behaviour is loud by default, and the parental-controls are functional but not as well-integrated as Disney+'s or Netflix's.
CONCLUSION
Subscribe to Paramount+ if you specifically want one or more of: Star Trek (the deepest catalogue), the Yellowstone-universe shows, current CBS network television, or AFC NFL Sundays. Skip if your streaming-service budget is full and you don't have a specific pull. The Samsung Tizen app is competent but not a reason to choose Paramount+ over the same service on Roku or Apple TV. Best Samsung-TV streaming service for the niches it covers in 2026.