HBO’s The Last of Us (pictured) saw a significant increase in demand in mid-April as the series continues its second season.

The show, available in Canada through Crave, jumped to a demand average of 61.4 during the week of April 14 to 20, according to Parrot Analytics, landing it at No. 2 on the overall TV demand chart. The previous week the series recorded a demand average of 44. The Last of Us‘ second season is based on the video game The Last of Us: Part II and takes place in a post-apocalyptic world that has been overtaken by a fungus-based pandemic.

The first season was filmed throughout Alberta with the second primarily filmed in B.C. with some filming in Alberta. The latter season premiered its first episode on April 13.

The White Lotus, another HBO series that airs on Crave in Canada, remained No. 1 on the overall TV chart with a demand average of 67.5. The anthology aired its season three finale on April 6.

Netflix’s Black Mirror was mid-April’s demand leader on the digital original chart. The science-fiction anthology had a demand average of 49.6. Its seventh season premiered on April 10 with each episode extrapolating potential futures caused by advancements in technology.

DIsney+’s Daredevil: Born Again was the No. 2 most in-demand digital original. The Marvel action drama saw a slight rise in its demand average to 43.5 from 42.5 the week prior following the Marvel series’ season finale release on April 15.

Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale followed Daredevil: Born Again with a demand average of 38. The dystopian drama, based on Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel of the same name, premiered its sixth and final season on April 8. It airs on Crave, Prime Video and illico+ in Canada.

Apple TV+’s Jon Hamm-starring Your Friends and Neighbours made its debut at No. 4 on the digital originals chart in mid-April. The series had a demand average of 31.2 and follows a hedge fund manager who loses his job and resorts to burglary to maintain his family’s lifestyle. It premiered on April 10.

Top 10 Digital Originals: Canada

1. Black Mirror (Netflix): 49.6
2. Daredevil: Born Again (Disney+): 43.5
3. The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu): 38
4. Your Friends and Neighbors (Apple TV+): 31.2
5. Invincible (Prime Video): 30.5
6. Reacher (Prime Video): 29.8
7. Hazbin Hotel (Prime Video): 29.5
8. Severance (Apple TV+): 29.3
9. The Wheel of Time (Prime Video): 28.6
10. Andor (Disney+): 26.6

Top 10 Overall TV Originals: Canada

1. The White Lotus: 67.5
2. The Last of Us: 61.4
3. Saturday Night Live: 55.7
4. Black Mirror: 49.6
5. Daredevil: Born Again: 43.5
6. The Daily Show: 43.5
7. Sesame Street: 38.5
8. My Hero Academia: 38.4
9. The Handmaid’s Tale: 38
10. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: 34.4

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. Demand is defined as the total audience demand being expressed for a title within a market. Audience demand reflects the desire, engagement and viewership, weighted by importance; thus, a stream or download is a higher expression of demand than a “like” or comment.

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