Hot Sheet: Wednesday dominates demand charts

HBO's The White Lotus saw a rise in Canadian demand for its season two finale, ranking it at No. 2 on the overall TV demand chart for the week of Dec. 5 to 11.

Happy Friday to Netflix’s Wednesday, which saw a boost in Canadian demand, launching it to the top of the digital originals and overall TV demand charts.

The hit comedy horror series (pictured), starring Jenna Ortega, Gwendoline Christie, and Canadian actor Percy Hynes White, was 31 times more in demand in Canada than the average series for the week of Dec. 5 to 11, according to Parrot Analytics. That number is higher than the previous week’s demand average of 24.81. Wednesday landed at No. 1 on the digital originals and overall TV demand charts for the week.

HBO’s The White Lotus also saw a rise in Canadian demand for its season two finale. The comedy-drama anthology series that counts Canadian actor Adam DiMarco among its season two stars went from a demand average of 25.34 the previous week to 28.43 for the week, ranking at No. 2 on the overall TV demand chart.

Meanwhile, HBO’s Game of Thrones maintained its No. 3 spot on the overall TV chart for the week with 26.59 – a higher number than the previous week’s 25.79.

HBO Max’s Sesame Street climbed to the top five of the overall TV chart for the week at No. 4 with a demand average of 25.81. It previously ranked at No. 9 with 21.64. NBC’s Saturday Night Live sat at No. 5 on the overall TV chart with 25.55 – a higher figure than the previous week’s 21.8.

The remaining series on the digital originals chart are: Netflix’s Stranger Things at No. 2 with 24.5 – a decrease from the previous week’s 26.47; Disney+’s Andor at No. 3 with a declining average of 21.38, followed by The Mandalorian at No. 4 with 18.95; and Netflix’s The Witcher at No. 5 with 17.94 – a slight increase from the previous week’s 17.03.

See the chart from Parrot Analytics below for the top 10 digital originals and overall TV series demand in Canada.

Top 10 Digital Originals: Canada

1. Wednesday (Netflix): 31
2. Stranger Things (Netflix): 24.5
3. Andor (Disney+): 21.38
4. The Mandalorian (Disney+): 18.95
5. The Witcher (Netflix): 17.94
6. The Handmaid’s Tale (Crave): 17.15
7. Warrior Nun (Netflix): 17.1
8. The Boys (Prime Video): 16.57
9. Ted Lasso (Apple TV+): 16.16
10. The Peripheral (Prime Video): 16.05

Top 10 Overall TV Shows: Canada

1. Wednesday: 31
2. The White Lotus: 28.43
3. Game of Thrones: 26.59
4. Sesame Street: 25.81
5. Saturday Night Live: 25.55
6. Stranger Things: 24.5
7. Better Call Saul: 22.98
8. PAW Patrol: 21.92
9. Andor: 21.38
10. My Hero Academia: 21.28

Parrot Analytics calculates its Top 10 lists using Demand Expressions, which are shown by using a metric that demonstrates how much more in-demand the top series are than the average TV show (linear, pay TV, SVOD and AVOD) in Canada. For example, a difference of 1x represents the market average and 10x means a series is 10 times more in demand than the average TV show in this market.

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