Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy saw a large jump in demand in Canada during the second week of August for its final season.
The comic book-based superhero dramedy, which films in Toronto, Hamilton and Burlington, Ont., was 33.9 times more in demand than the average TV series in Canada during the week of Aug. 5 to Aug. 11, according to Parrot Analytics. It debuted at No. 3 on the digital originals chart. The fourth and final season of the show premiered on Aug. 8.
Prime Video series Batman: Caped Crusader debuted on the digital originals list at No. 7, while Reacher and HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver made re-appearances on their respective charts.
HBO’s House of the Dragon, available in Canada through Crave, and Prime Video’s The Boys retained their dominance of Canadian demand for the week.
Top 10 Digital Originals: Canada
1. The Boys (Prime Video): 43.6
2. Hazbin Hotel (Prime Video): 43.1
3. The Umbrella Academy (Netflix): 33.9
4. Love Island U.S. (Peacock): 26.5
5. The Bear (Hulu): 25.1
6. The Acolyte (Disney+): 24.6
7. Batman: Caped Crusader (Prime Video): 24.2
8. Letterkenny (Crave): 24.2
9. Reacher (Prime Video): 24.2
10. Cobra Kai (Netflix): 23.7
Top 10 Overall TV Originals: Canada
1. House of the Dragon: 80.3
2. Game of Thrones: 54.8
3. Saturday Night Live: 44.2
4. The Boys: 43.6
5. Hazbin Hotel: 43.1
6. My Hero Academia: 39.8
7. The Daily Show: 39.2
8. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: 35
9. Sesame Street: 34.7
10. The Umbrella Academy: 33.9
Editor’s note: Due to a data processing issue with Parrot Analytics, the weekly Hot Sheet is being published with back-dated numbers for an indefinite period.
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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