Here Are All the TV Shows Coming to Paramout+ This Week, Including ‘Elsbeth’

Paramount+ is rolling out a varied slate this month, blending a brand-new limited drama with a pair of broadcast hits and one of daytime’s longest-running institutions. Below you’ll find concise rundowns covering story focus, principal cast, and the key creatives steering each project so you can jump straight to what interests you.

Dates in each entry reflect when the title arrives this month. For context, listings include plot essentials, lead actors and roles, and the creators, showrunners, writers, and directors shaping the episodes—without discussion of release formats or where else they may appear.

‘Red Alert’ (2025)

Arriving on Tuesday, 10/7, ‘Red Alert’ is a four-part limited drama that traces first-person accounts surrounding the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks in Israel, intercutting the perspectives of civilians, first responders, and investigators as events unfold. The series was created and directed by Lior Chefetz and produced by Keshet Media Group alongside producer Lawrence Bender, with principal cast including Rotem Sela, Israel Atias, Miki Leon, Hisham Sulliman, and Chen Amsalem.

Episodes follow parallel storylines across border communities and command centers, using a docudrama approach to dramatize verified timelines and communications. The production was developed as a single-season narrative; Chefetz leads the directing team across all installments, while the writing staff—headed by Chefetz with additional episode writers—structures each hour around distinct vantage points that ultimately converge.

‘The Young and the Restless’ (1973–)

Arriving Wednesday, 10/8, ‘The Young and the Restless’ continues its ongoing saga set in Genoa City, where family dynasties and corporate showdowns intertwine with personal relationships. Created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, the daytime serial features an ensemble led by Eric Braeden as Victor Newman, Melody Thomas Scott as Nikki Newman, Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott, Sharon Case as Sharon Newman, Joshua Morrow as Nicholas Newman, Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers, Bryton James as Devon Hamilton-Winters, and Christel Khalil as Lily Winters.

Current head writer and executive producer Josh Griffith oversees long-term story arcs, with a directing team that has included Sally McDonald, Owen Renfroe, Casey Childs, Conal O’Brien, and others shaping the show’s multi-camera look. The series centers on power plays at Newman Enterprises and Jabot, multigenerational romances and rivalries, and legal and medical crises that ripple through connected families and their allies.

‘Matlock’ (2024–)

Premiering on Sunday, 10/12, ‘Matlock’ reimagines the classic courtroom brand with Kathy Bates as Madeline “Maddie” Matlock, a seasoned attorney who joins an elite New York law firm and deploys careful observation, low-key interrogation, and methodical strategy to crack complex cases. Developed for television by Jennie Snyder Urman from the Dean Hargrove creation, the series stars Bates alongside Skye P. Marshall (Olympia), Jason Ritter (Julian), David Del Rio (Billy), and Leah Lewis (Sarah).

Urman serves as creator and executive producer with additional executive producers including Kathy Bates, Kat Coiro, Joanna Klein, Eric Christian Olsen, and others. The pilot was directed by Kat Coiro, establishing a case-of-the-week structure threaded with firm politics and serialized mysteries tied to Maddie’s past; subsequent episodes credit writers’ room leads under Urman and a rotating slate of episodic directors.

‘Elsbeth’ (2024–)

Also arriving on Sunday, 10/12, ‘Elsbeth’ follows brilliant, unconventional attorney Elsbeth Tascioni as she consults with the NYPD on investigations that unfold in inverted-mystery fashion, revealing the culprit early while focusing on how evidence, motive, and legal insight close the net. Created by Robert King and Michelle King as a spinoff within the world of ‘The Good Wife’ and ‘The Good Fight,’ the series stars Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni with Wendell Pierce as Captain C. W. Wagner and Carra Patterson as Officer Kaya Blanke.

Showrunner and executive producer Jonathan Tolins leads the series with executive producers Robert King, Michelle King, Liz Glotzer, Carrie Preston, and others. Episodes are produced by Nemorino Productions, King Size Productions, and CBS Studios, with a single-camera format and a strong guest-star roster portraying weekly suspects, judges, attorneys, and high-profile New Yorkers whose missteps become Elsbeth’s step-by-step puzzles.

What are you most excited to watch this month—drop your picks in the comments!