"Daredevil" remains in demand with audiences after Netflix canceled the Marvel series last 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.
This week's most in-demand shows also include newcomer "The Last Kingdom," a British series acquired by Netflix that has become a global hit, and "Narcos: Mexico," which claimed the top spot from "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" after debuting on the list last week .
Below are this week's seven most popular shows on Netflix and other streaming services:
7. "13 Reasons Why" (Netflix)
Netflix
Average demand expressions: 21,127,210
Description: "Why did Hannah Baker take her own life? Her classmates all have secrets ... and the truth is about to come out."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score (Season 2): 27%
What critics said: "It teeters over the exploitative line that it was always in danger of crossing, and then decides that it's not that big of a deal." — Joshua Rivera, Rolling Stone
Season 2 premiered on Netflix May 18. It's been renewed for a third season.
6. "The Handmaid's Tale" (Hulu)
Hulu
Average demand expressions: 22,591,348
"A woman forced into sexual servitude struggles to survive in a terrifying, totalitarian society."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score (Season 2): 91%
What critics said: "The most compelling scenes in the new season are the ones that explore how exactly Gilead took over America, and that draw on contemporary events and figures with eerie relevance." — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic
Season 2 premiered on Hulu in April.
5. "The Last Kingdom" (Netflix)
Netflix
Average demand expressions: 23,299,719
"As AlfredtheGreat defends hiskingdom fromNorse invaders, Uhtred — born a Saxon but raised by Vikings — seeks to claim his ancestral birthright."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score (Season 2): 83%
What critics said (Season 3): "Earthy family drama abounds and it's the soapy elements that make it feel like home." — James Donaghy, The Guardian
Season 3 premiered on Netflix November 19.
4. "Marvel's Daredevil" (Netflix)
Netflix
Average demand expressions: 26,209,732
"Blinded as a young boy, Matt Murdock fights injustice by day as a lawyer and by night as the Super Hero Daredevil in Hell's Kitchen, New York City."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score (Season 3): 94%
What critics said: "Season three is a back-to-basics approach and it's one that'll thrills fans who fell in love with the rough-and-tumble, grounded spirit of the first season." — Wenlei Ma, news.com.au
Season 3 premiered on Netflix October 19. The show was canceled last week.
3. "Stranger Things" (Netflix)
Netflix
Average demand expressions: 33,040,813
"When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score (Season 2): 94%
What critics said: "[Stranger Things] continues to be a show with an unmistakable style, a deft hand with mood and setting and especially music, and very clever cinematography." — Linda Holmes, NPR
Seasons 1 and 2 are now streaming on Netflix; season 3 drops in 2019.
2. "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" (Netflix)
Netflix
Average demand expressions: 35,541,998
: "Magic and mischief collide as half-human, half-witch Sabrina navigates between two worlds: mortal teen life and her family's legacy, the Church of Night."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score (Season 1): 90%
What critics said: "Kiernan Shipka ... is a perfect Sabrina, both canny and uncanny, simultaneously wise beyond her years and touchingly innocent." — Suzi Feay, Financial Times
Season 1 premiered on Netflix October 26.
1. "Narcos: Mexico" (Netflix)
Netflix
Average demand expressions: 36,068,014
Netflix description: "Witness the birth of the Mexican drug war in the 1980s as a gritty new 'Narcos' saga chronicles the true story of the Guadalajara cartel's ascent."
Rotten Tomatoes critic score (Season 1): 84%
What critics said : "Showrunner Eric Newman has gotten very good at dramatizing the ever-expanding saga of the drug war for television, and the result here are 10 tense, detail-oriented episodes that don't lack for action and drama." — Liz Shannon Miller, Indiewire
Season 1 premiered on Netflix November 16.
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