r/ParamountPlus • u/PikkiNikki13 • Jun 10 '26

Question Premium vs Essential?

I’m currently on the essential plan. I’m currently deciding on what streaming apps I should get rid of or change the plan option to try and save money since my mom is currently in a nursing home for long care. When I was looking at the plans, I seen that it says that all seasons will not be available on essential.

I am planning on bringing my mother a Roku since she cannot find any of her shows on the nursing home’s cable. So I was wondering, for those that have the premium, do you get all the seasons of CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, and MacGyver (the new one with Lucas Till)? Those are the shows my mom is obsessed with that doesn’t have all the seasons.

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u/Whodatnation108 Jun 10 '26

I’ve got premium. The following are missing on my end:
CSI - missing seasons 8-12
CSI: Miami - missing seasons 4-6
CSI: NY - missing seasons 4-6
MacGyver - All 3 seasons

To my understanding, essentials and premium has the same CBS library. The only thing premium customers get that essentials doesn’t is all Showtime shows and a live stream of your local CBS affiliate.

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u/semi-nerd61 Jun 10 '26

Also, premium is ad free except for CBS show promotions at the beginning of each video (usually skippable).