April 9-15: Crave Programming Overview

Crave continues to deliver weekly alerts highlighting new and noteworthy programming and scheduling changes for the week ahead. Crave streaming, by the numbers*:

• Last week (March 30-April 5), Crave streaming platforms had their most-viewed week in Crave history in terms of streams and hours viewed
• ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD is the #1 most-streamed movie in Crave History based on its first seven days of streaming
• ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND has become the most-streamed music documentary in Crave history since debuting last Friday, and takes the #4 spot amongst all docs with three days of streaming data

  As announced earlier today, Crave is now available on all Roku^® streaming devices in Canada. Roku users now have access to all Crave programming directly from their Roku streaming player or Roku TV™. The Crave and TIFF Stay-at-Home cinema initiative continues this week. Tonight, Viggo Mortensen takes over the @CraveCanada Instagram page for a virtual Q&A with TIFF Artistic Director and Co-Head Cameron Bailey, before screening the 2016 comedy/drama CAPTAIN FANTASTIC on Crave, for which he received an Academy Award^® nomination for Best Actor. On Friday, April 10, viewers can tune-in for a virtual screening of the award-winning classic CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, with guest to be announced in the coming days, and on Sunday, April 12 director Amma Asante joins Cameron to discuss her 2013 period drama BELLE. Crave continues to have Canadians covered, delivering the best movies, TV series, and original hits all in one place. Here are the Top 10 programs being watched on Crave for the week of April 1-7:

1. WESTWORLD
2. ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD
3. LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER
4. RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE
5. HOMELAND
6. SEINFELD
7. GAME OF THRONES
8. STAR TREK: PICARD
9. CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
10. THE BIG BANG THEORY

What to watch for the week of April 9-15 *All Programming Subject to Change

• GOOD BOYS, the comedy about three sixth grade boys who ditch school and embark on an epic journey while carrying accidentally stolen drugs, being hunted by teenage girls, and trying to make their way home in time for a long-awaited party drops on Crave April 10. Other films coming to Crave this week include A DOGS JOURNEY (April 10), THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN (April 10), and GOOD GIRLS GET HIGH (April 10).

 

• HBO’s romantic comedy thriller RUN, starring Emmy^®-winner Merrit Wever (GODLESS, NURSE JACKIE) and Domhnall Gleeson (STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, EX MACHINA), premiere’s Sunday, April 12 at 10:30 p.m. ET. Co-created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Vicky Jones, the series tells the story of Ruby Richardson (Wever), who walks away from her ordinary life in the suburbs to revisit her past with her college boyfriend, Billy Johnson (Gleeson), with whom she made a pact 17 years prior that if either one of them texted the word “RUN” and the other replied the same, they would drop everything and meet in Grand Central Station and travel across America together.

 

• The comedy series INSECURE follows the friendship of two black women as they deal with their own real-life flaws while attempting to navigate different worlds and cope with an endless series of uncomfortable everyday experiences. Season 4 premieres Sunday, April 12 at 10 p.m. ET and stars Issa Rae, Yvonne Orji, Lisa Joyce, Natasha Rothwell, Amanda Seales, and Y’lan Noel.

 

• All-new episodes this week include BROCKMIRE (Thursday, April 9); RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE (Friday, April 10 at 9:30 p.m. ET); ATLANTA’S MISSING AND MURDERED: THE LOST CHILDREN (April 12 at 8 p.m. ET); HOMELAND (Sunday, April 12 at 9 p.m. ET); WESTWORLD, (Sunday, April 12 at 9 p.m. ET); BLACK MONDAY (Sunday, April 12 at 10 p.m. ET); THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA (Monday, April 13 at 9 p.m. ET); and MY BRILLIANT FRIEND: THE STORY OF A NEW NAME (Monday, April 13 at 10 p.m. ET).

 

• The Crave Original Series DARK SIDE OF THE RING continues Season 2 on Tuesday, April 14 at 10 p.m. ET. Episode 5 investigates the mysterious story of Jimmy Snuka, whose girlfriend Nancy Argentino died in their motel room in 1983, and revealing her family’s 30-year struggle for justice.

 

• The environmental documentary SEA OF LIFE drops on Crave April 13. Inspired by Rob Stewart’s 2012 film Revolution, young filmmaker Julia Barnes embarks on a journey around the world to help save the ecosystems that life on earth depend on for survival, as the climate crisis brings the world’s oceans closer to mass extinction.

 

• Sci-fi thriller GRAVITY, about two astronauts (Sandra Bullock, in her Oscar-nominated role, and George Clooney) who work together to survive after an accident leaves them stranded in space, drops on Starz April 13.

  Scheduling Changes: HBO’s six-part limited series THE THIRD DAY, will now debut this fall. The show was originally scheduled to debut Monday, May 11. Complete listings for the week of April 9-15 *All Programming Subject to Change HBO STRIKE BACK, Season 7, Episode 9 (April 10 at 10 p.m. ET) REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER, Season 18, Episode 10 (live at 10 p.m. ET, on demand the following morning) ATLANTA’S MISSING AND MURDERED: THE LOST CHILDREN, Season 1, Episode 2 (April 12 at 8 p.m. ET) WESTWORLD, Season 3, Episode 5 (April 12 at 9 p.m. ET) INSECURE, Season 4, Episode 1 *Season Premiere (April 12 at 10 p.m. ET) RUN, Season 1, Episode 1 *Series Premiere*(April 12 at 10:30 p.m. ET) LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER, Season 7, Episode 8 (live at 11 p.m. ET, on demand the following morning) THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA, Season 1, Episode 5 (April 13 at 9 p.m. ET) MY BRILLIANT FRIEND, Season 2, Episode 5 (April 13 at 10 p.m. ET) Movies A DOGS JOURNEY (April 10) THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN (April 10) GOOD BOYS (April 10) GOOD GIRLS GET HIGH (April 10) CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (April 10) BELLE (April 12) SHOWTIME DESUS & MERO, Season 2, Episode 15 (April 9 at 11 p.m. ET) VICE, Season 1, Episode 3 (April 12 at 8 p.m. ET) HOMELAND, Season 8, Episode 10 (April 12 at 9 p.m. ET) BLACK MONDAY, Season 2, Episode 6 (April 12 at 10 p.m. ET) STARZ ASTRO BOY (April 10) HOP (April 10) GRAVITY (April 11) Other TRANSPLANT, Season 1, Episode 7 (April 9) BROCKMIRE, Season 4, Episode 4 (April 9) FLOUR POWER: TWISTS ON THE CLASSICS (April 10) THE DETOUR, Season 4 (April 10) RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE, Season 12, Episode 7 (April 10 at 9:30 p.m. ET) SEA OF LIFE (April 13) THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, Season 33, Episodes 148-151 (April 14) BACK TO TITANIC (April 14) CARDINAL, Season 4, Episode 2 (April 14) THE VOICE, Season 18, Episode 9 (April 14) THE DARK SIDE OF THE RING, Season 2, Episode 5 (April 14 at 10 p.m. ET) *Source: Adobe Analytics