Paramount Network Reviews

by XThreeShoes

ParamountNetwork won’t go into landscape mode on my iPad until a show is playing. Shows that I’ve been watching don’t come up on the home page when I open ParamountNetwork . I have to search them every time. If I’m not on season 1, it still opens on season 1 and I have to go in and manually change it to the season I’m on. Both of the shows that I’ve tried to watch only have the odd numbered episodes for each season, but if I watch the episode 3 (for example), at the end of the episode I’ll get a pop up that says “next episode starts in 30 seconds” and it’ll go to episode 4. But if I don’t finish episode 4 before closing ParamountNetwork , I have to go back into episode 3, fast forward to the end of the episode, and then click “next episode” to get back to episode 4. It’s ridiculous. Also, if I pause the show, sometimes the play button won’t go off the screen, and the timing bar sticks to the same spot. It’s incredibly annoying.

This is the worst streaming app I’ve ever used.

by Wncdoc

ParamountNetwork is an absolute garbage fire. I only tolerate it to feed my addiction to Yellowstone, but the appeal dwindles with every use of this nightmare app. Every other streaming app connects easily to my Chromecast, but not this one, and if I try to select “Nearby device” instead, ParamountNetwork crashes entirely. Even when the casting does work, why on God’s green earth does my ability to cast disappear when the commercials come on? It never ever knows where I’ve left off watching. I can never get it to reconnect to my TV after idling for a period of time, leaving me without control of what’s playing on my TV - I usually have to just give up and simply turn my TV off entirely for the night. For God’s sake, Paramount, if you can afford Kevin Costner, you can afford halfway decent IT. Get your stuff together.

by Jayrab13

I got really excited for ParamountNetwork because it has a few shows I used to watch all the time and this was an opportunity for me to binge whilst quarantined... but let me sum up my thoughts with one word: GARBAGE. I initially downloaded this for Firestick 4K TV. It plays an episodes for 4 minutes, then starts to lag, then crashes and freezes up my BRAND NEW Firestick. I uninstalled and reinstalled thinking this may fix it. Incorrect. All my other streaming apps are running flawlessly without a single problem. I thought it would improve if I downloaded on my iPhone, same problems.

Other issues: (1) after an episode crashes, ParamountNetwork constantly thinks I don’t have my provider log in. (2) if I was lucky enough to get 10 minutes in before it crashed, it makes you start the episode over when you go back in and plays ads (3) holy ads. So. Many. Ads. For example: Ink Masters. You start off with 4 ads for about 2 minutes, it plays a quick recap of the previous episodes, then goes to another sets of 4 ads before even really getting into the episode.

So frustrating. I really was looking forward to ParamountNetwork streaming, but ParamountNetwork is just trash. It should be taken out to the back of the barn and shot, hire new developers, implement Agile, and get a good product on the market.

by Thebigearedbandit

I only wanted ParamountNetwork to watch Ink Master. First of all if you chromecast BEFORE making a selection ParamountNetwork will just stop working, it’ll go into a sort of screenshot mode where anything you click is unresponsive. Second of all the ads for ParamountNetwork don’t make sense, they’re nonstop and anytime you make a little adjustment they make you watch ads. Third and worst of all is there are missing episodes??? Somehow if you click on certain seasons of Ink Master they’re missing episodes and there’s no way to access them. If you go to paramount network on a laptop they’re there but they’re not on the mobile app. Incredibly frustrating app, clearly needs a lot of work. Very disappointed and tired of trying to make it work.

EDIT #1
LOL I just read through the reviews and had to change my rating from 2 stars to 1 Star. A handful of people have had the same issue I’m having except they wrote their review TWO YEARS AGO. So if it’s still hasn’t been fixed it never will. What a pathetic development team. I don’t even want them to respond with their fake “eMail oUr trOubLeshOot tEam fOr heLp”. I don’t want to hear it. Absolutely pathetic. Don’t waste your time trying to navigate ParamountNetwork.

by AuroraJilly

I have used multiple streaming services and this is by far the worst. One you have to watch 2 minutes of ads at each commercial break when you have already paid for the service. Two ParamountNetwork stops randomly stops working. I have been trying to watch one episode for more than a day now and I lost count how many times it quit after ten. Sometimes it will be fine for a few episodes and then sometimes it quits every 30 to 60 seconds. It is extremely frustrating! This has happened with multiple different episodes. Three when it quits and you log back in it will not be at the same place in the episode or it will go back to the beginning. When you try to get back to the place you were it will either keep resetting to the beginning or quits again. Overall extremely frustrating and a horrible app.

by Jsymo

For the number of awesome programs that are on this network, ParamountNetwork to watch them is pathetic. Ink Master, Bar Rescue, Marriage Rescue.... reality shows that are examples of the level of care and detail that goes into their entertainment. Meanwhile the developers didn’t think it’s necessary to put a single ounce of effort into doing their job. For a streaming service to have difficulty actually streaming.... shame. The commercials are understandable, gotta make money, repeating the same four commercials every ten minutes is a different story. The glitching, the freezing, the randomly shutting down, the repeating commercials immediately after a commercial break, plus the issue of each time you pause or try to go back you either get kicked back to the beginning of the episode or the entire app shuts down. I’m trying to understand who thinks this is adequate enough to put this on the market and give it to people and call this pathetic excuse a streaming service. Go back to school or put pride in your work. Something that’s just not this. I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed.

by Hybrid79

I never write reviews for apps even if they aren’t the best... but ParamountNetwork on my iPad is terrible! It constantly glitches and needs to be shut off and restarted constantly. If you try to fast forward to get to the next episode it usually freezes on the load up and then I have to exit. Or I go back to the episode list screen and it just freezes so I have to choose a previous episode and then go back to the one I want to watch. And if I do that I have rotate my iPad all over again to get it to go back to full screen or it will just stay sideways. Oh and if I shut down ParamountNetwork and reopen it and select my show it automatically starts playing an episode but it’s usually on the wrong season and episode completely. It’s just an annoying inconvenience and not the end of the world but it does lack smoothness and gets annoying. And happens frequently. Also I hate the commercials. If I have to watch them on ParamountNetwork too why even watch on ParamountNetwork rather than tv? Overall ParamountNetwork could use some updates and fix these annoying glitches!!!!!

by Angry! 😡

This is the worst app I have ever used- if you don’t close ParamountNetwork after you start watching a show and you just lock your screen with ParamountNetwork still open it will restart the show from the beginning when you unlock your screen, every single time! If you’re casting ParamountNetwork to your tv and you start casting in the middle of an episode- it starts the show from the beginning once it’s been transferred from your phone to the tv. The ads come in 4, which isn’t a big deal for me, but sometimes even after watching all 4 it will make you go back and watch another 4 ads. It doesn’t move it the next episode after you’re done with an episode, it will literally just keep playing the same episode over and over again until you manually change it which isn’t a huge deal more just an “FYI” type thing. I hope ParamountNetwork developers put an update out soon to fix issues like these because it’s full of them! Paramount is too big of a company to be having these kinds of issues with their app.

by Dfbdaetyyuimnxs

All I wanted to do was watch some tv shows. Firstly, they already ask you to pay and then have the longest commercial breaks known to the world. If I’m paying (which I’m not anymore) then at least cut down on the commercials a bit. Also, ParamountNetwork cuts out and freezes more times than not. Then you have to back out of ParamountNetwork , then go back in, and you can’t even resume your show from where you left off, it makes you start from the beginning and watch all of their stupid commercials again. Also, if you turn in closed captioning, it won’t stay on for the next episode. You have to turn it in again every new episode. ParamountNetwork is just the worst. Whatever is on paramount I’m sure you can find somewhere else on the internet. Please, go there instead and save yourself from the frustration that inevitably comes with interacting with ParamountNetwork.

by Kerbstr

I have got to say, hands down, this is the worst and most infuriating app for watching cable networking. I can’t get through a whole episode of anything without the ad breaks causing the playback to freeze which requires a restart of ParamountNetwork . I’ll be in the middle of trying to watch something and it will randomly log me out of my tv provider and make me sign in again. Then once I do, I have to start the episode over. You can try fast forwarding to where you were, but you’ll have to watch 2 minutes of ads again, only for ParamountNetwork to freeze like always.
Do you want to cast through AirPlay? Good luck. I’ve tried on 4 different devices and no sooner than the show starts playing, airplay cuts off and the playback freezes on the device. “Well what about plunging your device in through hdmi on the tv?” NOPE. As soon as you plug in the video cable to the lightning port, paramount blocks the transmission. So no casting to a TV. ParamountNetwork is the biggest joke I have ever experienced.

by KweenKnight

I downloaded ParamountNetwork because on the website, the option to make the screen full-sized is unclickable. Upon downloading ParamountNetwork , I cannot watch anything, because my service provider is not listed. I had no problem finding and logging in to my cable provider on the website, it's just ParamountNetwork that doesn't give me the option to log in. I see from previous reviews that other people have had the same problem and had to reach out to customer support via email. There is no reason that I should have to send an email and wait for a response to resolve an issue that has previously been brought to your attention! The one star review will remain until you put in the work to fix your app so that users don't have to jump through hoops just to use the service.

In response to the developer responses advising me to email customer support instead of them fixing their app, I’m here to inform you that I did email customer support on February 8th and am STILL waiting on a response!

by Rells22

I never write reviews, but ParamountNetwork is so bad that it warrants one. First, it makes no sense that there are two separate Paramount apps. Paramount+ isn’t any better since it ruined the end of the Chiefs/Bills game last week with the constant freezing.

I downloaded this one so I could watch Season 4 of Yellowstone since it’s not available on Peacock. Literally couldn’t make it through the first episode! The ads are ridiculously long and halfway through the show it just kept buffering during the ads and would restart after a couple minutes. I’d fast forward to where I left off and the same thing keeps happening.

No idea how a company could put out a garbage product like this and the people responsible for it could still have a job.

by Matty Ice6928

I think ParamountNetwork is very easy to use, and it’s very intuitive to get something streaming. I honestly love how clean it is, but I have two beefs that honestly prevent me from using it more.

1. My biggest annoyance is the fact that every time I watch something (unless I log out and log back in) it will tell me the content is unavailable at that moment. Aka I have to log in and out every single time I use ParamountNetwork . Drives me crazy.

2. I stream this on to my chrome cast almost every time I use ParamountNetwork . When I get the episode of whatever I’m playing on my phone up and running, it requires me to watch all 4 ads BEFORE I can put it on my chromecast. The button to cast is just not on my phone while the initial ads are playing. The problem this creates is that once the ads are complete and I click ‘cast’ - the ads start over. So by the time I am watching the actual show I’ve watched between 6-8 ads.

I never leave reviews, but if these two things were fixed I would easy make it a 5/5 rating. I don’t have any of these problems when I use any other app that will cast to my TV/chromecast. Please fix this -

by DHyder10

ParamountNetwork used to be amazing, but they’ve recently started playing the same 4 or so ads that promote music artists. These are the worst songs ever. There’s a rapper who repeats the phrase “I’m spendin’” literally approx. 30 times. There’s one with a “Grammy nominated” artist who talks about wanting sex on her birthday but she’s just screwed instead. The one they debuted today takes the cake, though. You don’t even get to hear the artist’s songs because they make it sound like you’re changing the station on an analog radio and it cycles through, what I would presume is, their whole album, letting you listen in two second spurts. Paramount’s marketing team has no clue who they’re target audience is, and it’s clear because of their ads. I mean, these are objectively awful ads to anyone, but they don’t even attempt to engage their viewership. I’m just excited that I only have two more episodes of Ink Master so I can delete ParamountNetwork.

by AllisonPK

Downloaded ParamountNetwork because my boyfriend and I like to a lot of the shows from this network. We’re currently trying to watch our way through Ink Master from start to finish. Within the first couple seasons, an episode was missing the ENTIRE critique portion and went straight to elimination after a commercial, and in season 4, the sixth episode is missing in its entirety. In general, there are buffering issues, and times where the connection seems nonexistent. Other streaming apps don’t have this issue so we know unique to this one. Paramount needs to get itself together with this one. If we’re having these issues with one show, I am already anticipating the others having the same and/or more.

***Update*** I also don’t need to see the same exact Juul commercial FOUR times in a row in a SINGLE commercial break.

UPDATE #2: I’m just going to keep updating this review as we progress through each season of the shows we watch. Episodes are ALSO misnumbered. For example, episode 1 was labeled as episode 2 and the subsequent episodes are now one off. It’s not the end of the world but it just highlights the disfunction of ParamountNetwork.

by Thebiggorgonzola

I had a problem signing in. I received an email from Paramount Network notifying me the issue documented below had been resolved. The new app seems to have more episodes of what I watch with a cleaner appearance, now that I can use it I think it’s a worth while update. I am only giving it 3 stars because even though there is more episodes to choose from none of the episodes have any order. There could be season 1 episode 3 next to season 4 episode 16 and so on. This can get confusing. App publishers have to learn apps and the internet are now a real way to watch Tv and adjust apps for ease of use and simplicity. At least thats the way it should be. Seasons and Episodes have numbers for a reason. Paramount has good customer service. I’m sure this will be fixed one day. It just seems an update and name change or rebranding was the perfect opportunity.

The resolved Apple TV sign in issue mentioned above....

I have a subscription through my provider. My provider insist it’s supposed to work as it has in the past. I used to watch this channel and enjoy app access. Now I cannot sign into ParamountNetwork on Apple TV without a subscription error message displaying. This is a new problem that did not happen before the “rebranding” if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.

by Lorkybrd

I love the lack of commercials. I downloaded this to watch Yellowstone and am finding it’s skipping through scenes randomly. I have been using cc and am not sure if that’s the issue. It seems out of sync after the video skips forward. I would love to see a 10+ or - sec fast forward or rewind, but not sure if that works with a platform that has commercials or not.

Other than that, hats off of and cheers to whomever decided on the very brief commercial pauses! They are much more effective when they are like this! Mobile devices are much safer too-they aren’t thrown at the wall or out of the window as much.

The volume on the commercials is a bit loud...better than an epi pen, and much more readily available for a quick adrenaline surge 🤣

by Peporras2

Like another reviewer, I downloaded ParamountNetwork to watch Yellowstone. Awesome show. ParamountNetwork needs some work though. They’ve fixed the show order sequence. I didn’t have a problem there but when I tried to recast the transmission onto my Apple TV it wouldn’t or couldn’t find it. Had to watch the whole show on a mini-tablet. Not the most comfortable viewing experience and it took away from the beauty of the scenery in the show. It also is constantly circling and it does require you to sign in with your cable provider... what’s the point of that? I want to unplug not have to stay connected or have to up my plan to watch this show....defeats the purpose. Must be a licensing thing. Yellowstone is a great drama set in Wyoming (but filmed in Utah). Beautiful vistas, terrific actors, lots of lawless killing though, but that’s the way of the West they want to present.

by MrFuqyadayup

I really love the accessibility to the shows that Paramount offers on ParamountNetwork however I often run into streaming issues. I can usually start an episode and make it to the first commercial break when suddenly it’ll stop and notify me the the program is currently unavailable (I found that I can close ParamountNetwork and resume playing once it has been reopened however that gets old really fast). I can only hope that there will be an update sometime in the near future that allows a more consistent stream.

by Somecomputer

I like that I can stream lots of Paramount shows on my Apple TV or iPad. They maintain most of their current shows including past seasons which is cool if you want to binge.
My biggest issue is the glitches that I encounter pretty regularly. Videos will just randomly stop playing and a message will display that the video is not available. Sometimes I can watch entire seasons without this glitch and others it happens on EVERY episode. It can play for 5 minutes or an hour then suddenly the video just cuts out! If I try to replay it usually only works for a minute or 2 (if at all) and then does the same thing. So frustrating!!!!
I keep updating ParamountNetwork and hoping but it still happens. I really hope they can fix this bug soon!

by Cram1221

ParamountNetwork is the worst streaming app of all the networks. It goes into auto play and you can’t select a video when in landscape. You also can to choose the which way you want to view in landscape. My case only allows for one angle viewing sideways and that means I would have to watch upside down. It also does not work on Apple TV or fire tv. Constantly glitching. I downloaded only to watch ink master and it’s making me hate the show with how many issues I have to deal with all because paramount doesn’t allow any on demand streaming through fios. It also plays the same commercials on repeat over the breaks (like the exact same commercial 5 times in a row every commercial break). Please fix your app.

by -ACW-

I have signed in with my credentials and it skips all over the show I am watching cutting out 2-5 mins from random scenes around the time of commercials. This is not acceptable and a glitch in ParamountNetwork needs to be addressed. Show being watched in particular is Yellowstone. There is a good 12 mins of the show from the best I can tell that you are not able to watch due to ParamountNetwork jumping forward and showing scenes twice in random places. When I sign in with my provider there should be less or no commercials involved especially when I’m “rewinding” or going back in the same episode I’m watching to try and see what has been missed due to ParamountNetwork having a glitch. Can elaborate more if you need the help. I Have the fastest internet connection available and this freezing is not acceptable.

by Ciccotelli17

Not sure how else to say it, ParamountNetwork is garbage on almost all accounts. Every where I’ve downloaded it. iPhone, Smart Tv, and Firestick. It’s Terrible (and that’s being generous). It can’t even cast properly to google Chromecast. Oh and if you want to pick up on an episode you’ve paused later on? Forget it. Not only does it not save where you left off, it forces you to watch two ads just to get the episode back up, and then depending where you left off in the episode, you might be watching 4-6 more ads just to get back to your spot. I’ve had 0 positive experiences so far with ParamountNetwork across 3 different platforms, if it wasn’t for Bar Rescue ParamountNetwork would be so so SO deleted.

by Pvazz824

I downloaded ParamountNetwork to watch Yellowstone. The show is very good which leads me to watch 3 and 4 episodes back to back but when the episode finishes it doesn’t continue on to the next one. It ends up repeating the episode I just watched. When I try to select the next episode it either freezes and doesn’t go anywhere, or I get a black screen with audio only. I’m using Chromecast and I have to get up and unplug it from the back of the TV so it’ll reset itself. I cast shows to the TV all the time and don’t have this problem with other apps.

Another issue is that the closed caption continues throughout the commercials so when the show comes back the CC is not in sync.

The audio during commercials is very loud.

by Rdstill

During a show, there are no options to jump forward or jump back. I would prefer to have an option where I could jump forward or jump back 10 seconds. Currently the only way to go forward or back is by dragging the progress bar with my finger which is difficult.
Also, when I want to turn the picture from portrait to landscape mode, it will only landscape one direction, not both.
The subtitles ( when CC is on) disappear too fast; sometimes it has moved on to the next line of dialogue before the character has finished what he’s saying. That needs to be looked in to.

by Phoenix0454

I installed this to watch Bar Rescue. I’m able to watch the shows. I have an issue where the same episode I’ve already watched keeps trying to play though. Frankly I’m getting sick of that episode. Also they need to set it so that you can play episodes in order by season. A few times I was watching an episode in season one and after that episode is done it’s playing a random episode from season 2 or 3. I binge watch a lot of shows and like to play them from the beginning to end. Please fix these issues so that we can enjoy our shows better.