The Paramount Network was originally conceived as a cable network collaboration between The Nashville Network and Westinghouse Broadcasting. Its focus was on programming that would appeal to the country-music-loving viewers of TNN and other residents of the South. The rural-South focus was shifted in 1999 when the network was purchased by Viacom.
The Paramount Network continued to focus on programs aimed at rural male viewers. Regular programming includes professional wrestling and mixed martial arts contests, syndicated sitcom reruns and original series.
Original Paramount Network series include the drama Yellowstone and the docuseries Waco.
