Paramount+ show in up next is asking for subscription even though the Paramount+ app is logged in and working

This is more of an answer than a question since the only other question I could find about this is not allowing replies.

In short, the symptom is: You’re seeing the next episode of a Paramount+ show you’re watching in Up Next, but clicking that episode takes you to a subscription page instead of playing the show. You are however, already subscribed to Paramount+ and you could otherwise go straight to the logged-in and working Paramount+ app and watch the show without being blocked by that “subscribe” page.

And here’s the deal:

Up Next is trying to play the show in the Paramount+ Apple TV *Channel* instead of the app. That’s a totally different subscription than if you’ve subscribed directly through the Paramount+ app, hence the “Subscribe” prompt from the channel.

Apparently this is a known bug and Apple is working on it.

Here’s the workaround for now:

Long-press the episode in Up Next and on the subsequent screen, scroll down into the “How to Watch” options. In there, scroll to the right past the Paramount+ *channel* and select the Paramount+ app instead.

This should keep things working until your Apple TV box powers down again and reverts to the buggy behavior.

Yeah, it’s a fairly minor nuisance, but here’s hoping it gets fixed soon.