Paramount Network launches on Freesat

Freesat, the UK’s leading subscription free satellite platform, has today announced the addition of Paramount Network to its line-up of entertainment channels.

On channel number 132, viewers will have access to the best of premium US scripted drama, high quality comedy and movies featuring top Hollywood stars. Offering timeless TV moments and non-stop action, Paramount Network is the home of big characters and big stories.

Highlights across April and May include top quality US dramas such as political thriller, Designated Survivor starring Kiefer Sutherland and Suits, the iconic legal drama set in a cut-throat US law firm. From Marvel, there’s Agent Carter, as well as the adventures of DC hero Arrow. There’s also comedy with hit US hidden camera show, Impractical Jokers, as four real-life friends challenge each other to prank unsuspecting members of the public; while fans of Dunder Miflin can reacquaint themselves with the spoof US fly-on-the-wall documentary, The Office US from the very beginning.

The channel also houses a unique selection of movie-themed weekends, featuring particular genres or directors, such as a High School Movies Weekend (Easy A, Mean Girls, The Breakfast Club), a Musicals Weekend, (Les Miserables, Burlesque, The King & I) and a Baz Luhrmann Weekend, (Strictly Ballroom, Moulin Rouge, Australia).