Accused was literally dropped mid series, with episodes still remaining in the current series, that was being added weekly. Until it suddenly wasn't, and all of the series was removed.
Quantum Leap season two was announced as coming to Paramount Plus later in February. Until it wasn't, and the existing series was yanked off at the same time.
There are shows that they removed which were initially added less than two months ago, where the trailers are STILL UP on their YouTube channel, advertising the shows.
https://youtu.be/znFsvnss4T0
Trailer published 15th December. Show added at same time.
Trailer still up. Show removed from service after about six weeks, total.
https://youtu.be/lxErMisNKBw
Added end November. A 'Paramount Plus Original'. Gone already, so now impossible to watch.
https://youtu.be/3k0-7Lhvj1Y
Same as above, added end November as an 'original', now gone already and impossible to watch anywhere.
This is a far cry from 'line up subject to change'. This is literally advertising 'subscribe to Paramount Plus, we have all these shows, in fact why not buy an annual subscription to save money?', quickly followed by 'we've worked out a loophole to save money in our accounting, sorry but we've removed all those shows we sold you on earlier, would you like to watch Geordie Shore instead?'
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Some platforms are actually still showing adverts for the shows that are no longer available. It very much looks like the order to remove them came from 'on high', leaving the UK team scrabbling around having to continually apologise and sort the advertising out 'in the field' on the fly:
https://x.com/shamingjezebel/status/1754565777032724744