On 14 September 2009, CBS Studios International (now Paramount Global Content Distribution) struck a joint venture deal with Chellomedia (now AMC Networks International) to launch six CBS-branded channels in the UK during 2009.

The timeshift version of CBS Action ceased broadcasting on Freeview on 31 January 2018, and was removed from the EPG on 23 April 2018.

It returned on 7 January 2020 on DVB-T2 devices as CBS Justice +1 on channel 69, but closed again on 22 June 2020 to make room for COM7 following the closure of COM8.

[4] The channel launched across Africa on satellite pay-TV DStv on 21 November 2019, replacing the African feed of Crime & Investigation.

On 18 June 2022, CBS Justice announced its closure on all platforms in the UK,[7] with its slot on a number of satellite and cable platforms to be taken by Legend,[8][9] on 30 June 2022, following the decision by AMC to drop the CBS branding from their channels owned in a joint-venture with Paramount Global.