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Lioness, also marketed as Special Ops: Lioness, is an American spy thriller television series created by Taylor Sheridan that premiered on July 23, 2023, on Paramount+. The second season premiered on October 27, 2024.

A spy thriller that follows the leader of a CIA team that enlists female operatives, who are known as Lionesses, to go undercover in the war on terror.

The 2019 merger of CBS and Viacom led to the creation of the Paramount+ brand, launched in 2021; in September 2020, in the unveiling of the initial plans for the Paramount+ programming slate, Lioness was announced as one of the service's new productions with Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan serving as the creator of the series and would serve as executive producer via his Bosque Ranch Productions banner alongside Yellowstone co-producer & global entertainment company 101 Studios.

The series was renewed for a second season in May 2024, and a third season on August 15, 2025. In the latter month, after MTV Entertainment Studios' parent company Paramount Global's merger with Skydance Media as Paramount Skydance, Paramount Television Studios assumed the third season production of when the latter studio absorbed MTV Entertainment Studios into Paramount Television Studios.