What everyone’s watching: Most streamed TV this week is a broad umbrella

What’s everybody been watching on TV this week?

We’ve got the data from streaming aggregator ReelGood, which generates viewing figures pulled from a bunch of streaming sites in the U.S. and UK, and reveals the most watched TV shows, so you can get a feel for what people are into this week.

This week, it’s a broad range, with the return of The Umbrella Academy and Only Murders in the Building, Westworld, and the arrival of Loot. But of course, it’ll take more than a few crimes to fully kick Obi-Wan Kenobi and Stranger Things off the most-watched list.

Here are the top 10 most streamed TV shows of the week and what Mashable’s critics thought of them. Just because something is popular doesn’t make it awesome

1. The Old Man

Based on Thomas Perry’s thriller novel of the same name, Jeff Bridges leads this one as Dan Chase, an ex-CIA agent whose live off-grid is interrupted by an assassin. To find them, the FBI’s assistant director for counterintelligence Harold Harper (John Lithgow) calls Chase back into the job, working with rising FBI star Angela Adams (Alia Shawkat) and CIA special agent Raymond Waters (E.J. Bonilla). But special ops agent Julian Carson (Gbenga Akinnagbe) is also pursuing Chase. Amy Brenneman also stars as Zoe McDonald, who Chase rents a room from while on the case. — Shannon Connellan, UK Editor

How to watch: The Old Man is now streaming on Hulu.

2. The Boys

Eric Kripke’s gory superhero series has punched its way back onto our screens with a third season, following Billy (Karl Urban) and Hughie (Jack Quaid) as they go up against Homelander (Antony Starr) again after the events of Season 2. Expect gratuitous violence aplenty, from Season 1 all the way to the brand new Season 3. — Sam Haysom, Deputy UK Editor

What we thought: In some ways, Season 2 is The Boys we came to know in 2019. It’s still relentlessly dark and oppressively bleak in its portrayal of the world. It’s also still gory as hell, and perhaps even moreso this time. But if you’re here, you already know what to expect and are prepared for graphic scenes of explosive dismemberment and compound fractures. — Adam Rosenberg, Senior Entertainment Reporter and Editor

How to watch: The Boys is now streaming on Prime Video.

3. Obi-Wan Kenobi

Disney+’s latest Star Wars foray, Obi-Wan Kenobi, which follows the titular hero (played by Ewan McGregor) on a quest to save Princess Leia (Vivien Lyra Blair) from the clutches of Inquisitor Reva (Moses Ingram) 10 years after the events of Episode III. It became the most-watched Disney+ original after its opening weekend. The people simply can’t get enough Star Wars. — S.H.

How to watch: Obi-Wan Kenobi is now streaming on Disney+.

4. The Summer I Turned Pretty

From showrunner Jenny Han, author of the To All the Boys series, comes The Summer I Turned Pretty, a coming-of-age drama across generations about first love, female friendship, complicated relationships between mothers and their kids, and of course, a love triangle. Staring stars Lola Tung, Jackie Chung, Rachel Blanchard, Christopher Briney, Gavin Casalegno, Sean Kaufman, Alfredo Narciso, Minnie Mills, Colin Ferguson, and Tom Everett Scott. — S.C.

How to watch: The Summer I Turned Pretty is now streaming on Prime Video.

5. The Umbrella Academy

After a long wait, Netflix’s hit superhero dramedy The Umbrella Academy is back for Season 3 of the Hargreeves family saga. But this time, they don’t actually really exist — the Sparrow Academy rules here. — S.C.

What we thought: Since this is now The Umbrella Academy’s third installment, the “we only have x amount of time to stop the apocalypse” formula risks feeling a little overdone. Lucky for us, Season 3 avoids that pitfall (for the most part), keeping the Hargreeves’ adventures feeling fresh with powerful new character developments and a fun set of villains to face off against. — Belen Edwards, Entertainment Reporter

How to watch: The Umbrella Academy is now streaming on Netflix.

6. Westworld

Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan’s dystopian sci-fi Westworld is back for Season 4, picking up seven years after the events of Season 3. Evan Rachel Wood, Thandiwe Newton, Tessa Thompson, Jeffrey Wright, Aaron Paul, Angela Sarafyan, and Ed Harris are all here. — S.C.

How to watch: Westworld is now streaming on HBO Max and NOW TV.

7. Only Murders in the Building

Well, things didn’t work out quite like they thought for our three podcasting heroes at the end of Season 1 of Only Murders in the Building, and Season 2 plunges them into a whole new mystery at the Arconia. Martin Short, Steve Martin, and Selena Gomez are back, with Cara Delevingne and Amy Schumer joining this time around. — S.C.

What we thought: Only Murders in the Building is up to something in its second season, that much is clear. It’s messier and more scattered than before. — B.E.

How to watch: Only Murders in the Building is now streaming on Hulu and Disney+.

8. Stranger Things

The most streamed (and wildly unsurprising so) show of the week is the Duffer brothers’ Stranger Things, which recently returned for the first volume of Season 4. Our core characters are all a lot more grown up this time around, but Hawkins is still just as scary and monster-riddled as ever (and the soundtrack is, as always, banging). — S.H.

What we thought: You’ve waited a long time to go back to Hawkins — three years to be exact (or a whole pandemic, a few collapsing democracies, a Capitol insurrection, an ongoing war, etc, etc, etc). Certainly, Stranger Things Season 4 Volume 1 rewards that patience by welcoming you back with an over-abundance of what we’ve always loved about this cult hit since 2016. — Jess Joho, Staff Writer

How to watch: Stranger Things is now streaming on Netflix.

9. Dark Winds

Based on the Leaphorn and Chee book series by Tony Hillerman, Dark Winds is a noir set on a remote outpost of the Navajo Nation near Monument Valley. It’s 1971, and Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) of the Tribal Police finds himself digging into the past with a series of crimes with his new deputy, Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon). — S.C.

How to watch: Dark Winds is now streaming on AMC+.

10. Loot

Maya Rudolph leads this Apple TV+ comedy as billionaire Molly Novak, who enjoys her gigayacht but maybe not betrayal by her husband of 20 years. When she realises she has a charity foundation run by Sofia Salinas (Michaela Jaé Rodriguez), she starts on a fresh new journey with her assistant Nicholas (Joel Kim Booster), accountant Arthur (Nat Faxon) and cousin Howard (Ron Funches). — S.C.

How to watch: Loot is now streaming on Apple TV+.

* Asterisks indicate the writeup is adapted from another Mashable article.