Hot Sheet: Yellowstone cracks overall TV demand top five

Paramount+'s Tulsa King climbed to No. 6 on the digital originals chart for the week of Jan. 2 to 8.

Paramount Network’s Yellowstone lassoed a spot in the top five of the overall TV demand chart following its mid-season finale.

Created by Taylor Sheridan and John Linson, the series (pictured) came in at No. 4 on the overall TV demand chart for the week of Jan. 2 to 8, according to Parrot Analytics. The western drama was 23.6 times more in demand than the average series in Canada. The series last appeared on the overall TV chart in November 2022, ranking at No. 9.

Remaining at the top of the overall TV demand chart was HBO’s Game of Thrones with a demand average of 30.29. AMC’s The Walking Dead climbed the chart from No. 8 to No. 2 with a demand average of 27.22.

Meanwhile, Paramount+’s Tulsa King, starring Sylvester Stallone, Andrea Savage, and Martin Starr, moved up on the digital originals chart for the week, going from No. 10 to No. 6. The crime drama, which was renewed for a second season in November shortly after its premiere, saw a Canadian demand average of 17.81 – an increase from the previous week’s 16.12.

Netflix’s Stranger Things fell one spot to No. 3 on the overall TV chart and remained at No. 1 on the digital originals chart with 26.65, an increase from the previous week’s 25.55. HBO Max’s Sesame Street landed at No. 5 on the overall TV chart with 21.68 – a decrease from the previous week’s 23.62.

The series that dominated the digital originals chart include Disney+’s The Mandalorian at No. 2 with a steady average of 20.62, followed by Netflix’s Wednesday at No. 3 with 20.26, which is a decrease from the previous week’s 24.76; Disney+’s Andor at No. 4 with an average of 19.01; and Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso at No. 5 with 18.22.

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. Stranger Things (Netflix): 26.65
2. The Mandalorian (Disney+): 20.62
3. Wednesday (Netflix): 20.26
4. Andor (Disney+): 19.01
5. Ted Lasso (Apple TV+): 18.22
6. Tulsa King (Paramount+): 17.81
7. Warrior Nun (Netflix): 17.46
8. The Handmaid’s Tale (Crave): 16.81
9. The Witcher (Netflix): 16.56
10. 1899 (Netflix): 16.07

Top 10 Overall TV Shows: Canada

1. Game of Thrones: 30.29
2. The Walking Dead: 27.22
3. Stranger Things: 26.65
4. Yellowstone: 23.6
5. Sesame Street: 21.68
6. Saturday Night Live: 21.62
7. Rick and Morty: 21.51
8. The White Lotus: 21.34
9. My Hero Academia: 21.13
10. The Mandalorian: 20.62

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.

Image courtesy of Paramount Network