Why it will be crime time (all the time) on Australian screens next year

The Sydney Morning Herald · Louise Rugendyke · 2026-11-04 18:30 UTC

If you could pick a trend coming to local TV screens next year, it’s easily summed up with one word.

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If you could pick a trend coming to local TV screens next year, it’s easily summed up with one word: crime. Country crime, city crime, true crime, funny crime, crime adapted from a podcast and crime ripped from the headlines.

Everything from the first scripted drama about Erin Patterson and the infamous mushroom murders, to small-town crimes and a clutch of true-crime documentaries examining the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio in 2001 to Sydney’s Hilton Hotel bombing in 1978.

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