Paramount Plus Just Dropped Its Must-Watch Lineup for September 22–28, 2025: New Shows and Movies You Can’t Miss
Paramount Plus packs the week of September 22–28, 2025 with Bodyguard of Lies, Dan Krauss’s hard-hitting documentary premiering September 23 that probes the dark truths of America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan, and the return of Survivor Season 49.
Paramount Plus is rolling out a heavy doc and a comfort-food batch of unscripted staples this week. Here is what is hitting the service September 22-28, and why you might care.
'Bodyguard of Lies' gets real about the Afghanistan war
Dropping Tuesday, September 23, Dan Krauss directs the documentary 'Bodyguard of Lies', which digs into America's 20-year war in Afghanistan and the uncomfortable ways the public was misled along the way. Expect a receipts-forward approach: insider testimonies, confidential documents, previously unseen footage, and private audio recordings. The film lays out how failed policies and strategies didn't just miss the mark — they wrecked lives on a massive scale and ran up a tab in the trillions. Doesn't sound like light viewing, but it does sound essential.
'Survivor' Season 49 is back in the sandpit
Premiering Wednesday, September 24, the new season sticks to the core formula: 16 players split into tribes, dropped somewhere remote, and told to make it work on limited supplies for 39 days. They grind through physical challenges that dangle food and creature comforts, and, more importantly, immunity. Lose the safety necklace, go to tribal council, and watch the votes decide who gets snuffed. If you like the game at its most stripped-down and social, this is your weekly fix.
Also landing this week
'The Amazing Race' Season 38 starts its globe-trotting gauntlet of mental and physical challenges on Thursday. On Sunday, news junkies get fresh seasons of both '60 Minutes' (Season 58), which ranges from hard news to politics to lifestyle pieces, and '48 Hours' (Season 38), the long-running true-crime series that has a legit track record of helping exonerate the wrongfully imprisoned and pushing cold cases back into the light. That last part is not nothing.
This week's drop dates
- Tuesday, September 23, 2025 — Bodyguard of Lies (Documentary premiere)
- Wednesday, September 24, 2025 — Survivor (Season 49)
- Thursday, September 25, 2025 — The Amazing Race (Season 38)
- Sunday, September 28, 2025 — 60 Minutes (Season 58)
- Sunday, September 28, 2025 — 48 Hours (Season 38)