There are loads of shows on Paramount Plus I've been meaning to catch up on — Landman, MobLand and Lioness come to mind — and so the streaming service's new Black Friday deal comes at a perfect time to fill my holiday viewing schedule.
You can save up to $10 on your first two months of a Paramount Plus subscription right now. That means the cost is just $2.99 per month for 60 days of straight viewing — I reckon with some committed watching I could make a pretty big dent in my back-catalog in that time! After that, you roll into a standard-price subscription.
*UK deals only apply if you sign up for an annual plan, with the savings affecting your first three months of nine.
There are a few big differences between Paramount Plus Essential and Premium. Perhaps most notably, the former has commercials, whereas the latter is ad free.
Premium also lets you download shows to watch offline, stream in a 4K quality and watch content from the Showtime library, none of which are supported by Essential. Given that they cost the same in the sales, I'd of course recommend signing up for Premium, and perhaps downgrading to Essential if you want to keep access to the library but without the high fee.
Should you subscribe to Paramount Plus?
If, like me, you've been waiting for Black Friday deals to catch up on the Paramount Plus library, then it's an easy sign-up. The price won't be this cheap until next Black Friday, so it's the perfect time to subscribe.
If you're looking at more general Black Friday streaming deals, though, it's a harder proposition, because in some ways the Paramount Plus discount is worse than other brands, but in one way it's better.
Other streaming services are offering you far longer-lasting discounts than two months. The Disney Plus and Hulu bundle, and deals on Starz and HBO, all last a whole year, while Apple TV Plus' discount continues for 6 months of a subscription. So you're not saving as much money with Paramount.
But at the same time, you're not spending as much either, as you're not committed to a whole year of streaming. So if you don't think you need to subscribe for that long, it might be a great way to see some shows without breaking the bank.
- HBO Max on Hulu |
$12.99$2.99 per month for a year - Starz on Hulu | $2.99 per month for a year
We're rounding up all the Black Friday 4K 120Hz TV deals and Black Friday gaming monitor deals to watch all that lovely content on as well.
