‘The Four Seasons’ Dethroned In Netflix’s Top 10 List By A New Show

InnovationGaming‘The Four Seasons’ Dethroned In Netflix’s Top 10 List By A New ShowByPaul Tassi,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow AuthorJun 03, 2026, 11:44am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.The Four SeasonsNetflixThe Four Seasons season 2 has had a great run on Netflix since its release on May 28, when it debuted at #1 in the service’s top 10 list. It has stayed on top for nearly a week, but now, it’s been dethroned by something new.That would be the new True Crime documentary series Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted. I thought Instadocs may have to do with some sort of Instagram-based crime, but that’s not what it is. Rather, Instadocs is a new experiment from Netflix that creates very short looks at recent crime cases and stories.In this case, that has produced a 30-minute episode on Alex Murdaugh, who just had his double murder conviction overturned as recently as May 13, not even a month ago. Netflix previously covered the Murdaugh murders in a True Crime series spanning two full seasons, one focused on the murders, the other on the trial. Now, this Instadoc comes along for a trial development. Here, that’s the verdict being overturned due to jury interference, where a new trial may take place within a year.The idea here is that this will be a frequently running series that tracks high-profile developments like this, obviously in short form, and meant to be watched quickly and casually, the way you might listen to one-off crime podcasts. The show will “move at the speed of each real-life story and arrive at the height of the conversation.” Hopefully, they get all the facts right. Given that these lists are done by watch time, it is impressive that a show that is merely one episode and 30 minutes long right now is #11. We’ll see how long t...