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The top streaming TV shows on Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, and others this week
The top streaming TV shows on Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, and others this week
Travis ClarkAug 13, 2020, 21:01 IST
"The Boys" season 2Amazon Prime Video
Every week, Parrot Analytics provides Business Insider with a list of the nine most in-demand original TV shows on streaming services in the US.
Netflix's "The Umbrella Academy" topped "Stranger Things" as the biggest show in the US by a long shot, and Amazon's "The Boys" surged in demand ahead of the debut of season two.
There's a new streaming champion.
Netflix's "The Umbrella Academy" surged in demand this week after the premiere of its second season on July 31, topping "Stranger Things" for the No. 1 spot.
Every week, Parrot Analytics provides Business Insider with a list of the nine most in-demand TV shows on streaming services in the US.
The data is based on "demand expressions," Parrot Analytics' globally standardized TV-demand measurement unit. Audience demand reflects the desire, engagement, and viewership weighted by importance. The list is ranked by how much more in demand the top series are than the average TV show in the US.
Amazon's "The Boys" returned to the list this week of the season two debut next month.
Below are this week's nine most popular original shows on Netflix and other streaming services:
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9. "Doom Patrol" (HBO Max/DC Universe)
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8. "Harley Quinn" (DC Universe)
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7. "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" (Disney Plus)
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6. "The Boys" (Amazon Prime Video)
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5. "The Witcher" (Netflix)
Times more in demand than average show: 37.5
Description: "Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score (Season 1): 67%
What critics said: "The batshit energy driving a slew of increasingly odd choices makes for a pretty entertaining spectacle." — Indiewire (Season 1)
Season 1 premiered on Netflix on December 20. See more insights for "The Witcher."
4. "Titans" (DC Universe)
Times more in demand than average show: 37.9
Description: "'Titans' follows young heroes from across the DC Universe as they come of age and find belonging in a gritty take on the classic Teen Titans franchise. Dick Grayson and Rachel Roth, a special young girl possessed by a strange darkness, get embroiled in a conspiracy that could bring Hell on Earth. Joining them along the way are the hot-headed Starfire and lovable Beast Boy. Together they become a surrogate family and team of heroes."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score (Season 2): 81%
What critics said: "The show's simply carrying too much baggage at the start and is reaching for a conclusion too long after the ostensible end of season 1 to deliver much in the way of a fulfilling resolution or a promising new beginning." — ScreenRant(Season 2)
Season 2 premiered on DC Universe on September 6. See more insights for "Titans."
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3. "The Mandalorian" (Disney Plus)
Times more in demand than average show: 44.9
Description: "After the fall of the Empire, a lone gunfighter makes his way through the lawless galaxy."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score (Season 1): 93%
What critics said: "This is a polished production that shows off every cent of its feature film budget on every frame of its run time. This isn't a 'made-for-TV Star Wars,' it's a Star Wars that happens to be on TV, or streaming, as it were." — San Francisco Chronicle (Season 1)
Description: "When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score (Season 3): 89%
What critics said: "What these ideas come down to, in the show's thrillingly propulsive and self-consciously familiar conclusion, is the nature of a country that fully believes it's the greatest in the world while also being well aware of its own capacity for destruction." — The Atlantic (Season 3)