True crime remains top TV documentary genre as orders fall

True crime remains TV's most-ordered documentary genre, Ampere Analysis principal analyst Rahul Patel told Seriesly Berlin. Global commissions, meaning orders for new series, fell from about 2,500 per half-year in 2022 to under 2,000 in H1 2026, Ampere reported via Deadline. Crime still held 15-19% of documentary commissions since 2022.