The top 7 shows on Netflix and other streaming services this week

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"The Act"

• Every week, Parrot Analytics provides Business Insider the most in-demand original TV shows on streaming services.
• This week sees the addition of Hulu's "The Act" and CBS All Access' "The Twilight Zone."
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Hulu's new true-crime original series, "The Act," and CBS All Access' "Twilight Zone" reboot with Jordan Peele have audiences buzzing this week.

Netflix's "The Umbrella Academy" is still going strong, too, after the streaming giant renewed the hit superhero series for a second season this week.

Every week, Parrot Analytics provides Business Insider with a list of the seven most "in-demand" TV shows on streaming services. The data is based on "demand expressions," the globally standardized TV demand measurement unit from Parrot Analytics. Audience demand reflects the desire, engagement, and viewership weighted by importance, so a stream or download is a higher expression of demand than a "like" or comment on social media.

Below are this week's seven most popular original shows on Netflix and other streaming services: