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

Netflix’s new short-form True Crime experiment, Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, has displaced The Four Seasons from Netflix’s Top 10 list, highlighting the platform’s ability to drive watch-time with brief, topical programming. The Instadoc episode is 30 minutes long and focuses on the recent legal development in the Alex Murdaugh case (his murder conviction was overturned on May 13). The Four Seasons season 2 debuted May 28 and held #1 for nearly a week; The Boroughs (debut May 21) remains at #4. While the piece is entertainment-focused rather than financial, the strong audience response to a single short episode underscores Netflix’s content strategy value in driving engagement and potentially supporting subscriber retention and revenue metrics — a modestly constructive signal for NFLX.OQ, though no direct financial data or guidance was reported.