Conor Brophy: The success of Making A Murderer vindicates Netflix’s data-obsessed approach

The question is not 'have you seen it?' but 'how long did it take you to watch?'

Steven Avery as a young child Picture: Netflix

There’s been an awakening. Have you felt it?

No, forget Star Wars. We’re talking a force of a very different kind here. True crime is back in a big way, as demonstrated by Netflix’s unlikely festive hit documentary series Making A Murderer.

At a time of year when the dominant theme is regret over recent excess, at least there’s one kind of binge that requires no January detox. Many Netflix viewers gorged on ...