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The top 5 TV shows on Netflix and other streaming services this week

5. "Big Mouth" (Netflix)

The top 5 TV shows on Netflix and other streaming services this week

4. "Marvel's Daredevil" (Netflix)

4. "Marvel

Average demand expressions: 32,506,091

Description: "Blinded as a young boy, Matt Murdock fights injustice by day as a lawyer and by night as the Super Hero Daredevil in Hell's Kitchen, New York City."

Rotten Tomatoes critic score (Season 3): 93%

What critics said: "What's clear is that [showrunner Erik] Oleson and his staff course-correct after an over-crowded second season, returning the focus to the people who live in this story." — Allison Shoemaker, RogerEbert.com

Season 3 premiered on Netflix October 19.

3. "Narcos: Mexico" (Netflix)

3. "Narcos: Mexico" (Netflix)

Average demand expressions: 34,281,302

Netflix description: "Witness the birth of the Mexican drug war in the 1980s as a gritty new 'Narcos' saga chronicles the true story of the Guadalajara cartel's ascent."

Rotten Tomatoes critic score (Season 1): 86%

What critics said: "It thrives when diving into the logistical ways the cartel system was constructed-through violence, manipulation, bribery, and canny scheming and double-crosses and the DEA's resultant attempts to navigate an intrinsically-crooked environment." — Nick Schager, The Daily Beast

Season 1 premiered on Netflix November 16.

2. "Stranger Things" (Netflix)

2. "Stranger Things" (Netflix)

Average demand expressions: 36,214,163

Description: "When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments."

Rotten Tomatoes critic score (Season 2): 94%

What critics said: "A show that was primarily influenced by the Stephens (King and Spielberg) is layering that nostalgia cake with a frosting of James Cameron. Fans are going to eat it up." — Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com

Seasons 1 and 2 are now streaming on Netflix; season 3 drops in 2019.

1. "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" (Netflix)

1. "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" (Netflix)

Average demand expressions: 40,462,980

Description: "Magic and mischief collide as half-human, half-witch Sabrina navigates between two worlds: mortal teen life and her family's legacy, the Church of Night."

Rotten Tomatoes critic score (Season 1): 90%

What critics said: "Chilling Adventures ends up being a surprisingly complex interrogation of power, aware both of the necessity of women claiming it and of the consequences that usually follow when that power is used for revenge." — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic

Season 1 premiered on Netflix October 26.

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