You signed up for "Star Trek" and now you're getting a dozen "NCIS" spin-offs, plus a "Frasier" reboot that nobody asked for. Paramount+ is a classic case of throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks, without much thought for content efficiency or a coherent brand identity.

It's a mix of CBS network shows, old Paramount movies, some Showtime originals, and a heavy dose of reboots and spin-offs. The original cost $800,000 to make.

The remake cost $60 million. The point— The content often feels recycled, rehashed, or aimed at a demographic that barely remembers the original.

You try to find something genuinely new and compelling, but you're wading through a sea of familiar faces in unfamiliar, often uninspired, settings. The service launched with a reported 30,000 titles, but a significant portion of that is dated network programming.

This isn't efficiency; it's bloat. The content quality is wildly inconsistent, swinging from critically acclaimed "Yellowstone" prequels to forgettable B-movies from the 90s.

The value proposition becomes a gamble: will this new show be a hit, or another obscure reboot no one cares about? Even the streaming technology can be finicky; you're trying to stream a live sporting event, and it buffers every two minutes.

It makes any claims of efficient content delivery ring hollow. "Yellowstone" alone drew in 12.1 million viewers for its Season 5 premiere, a rare unscripted hit in a sea of mediocrity.