AMC has been doing this too. They found their viewers liked horror, so they created the walking dead. They found that their saturday night viewers liked westers, so they made Hell on Wheels.
It can tell you what to make in broad strokes but it won't make quality TV.
I think the worst example of this was Netflix's Marco Polo. It very clearly stitched together several genres, presumably based on netflix viewer data.
That isn't all that different than what broadcast executives do. Look at ratings and make similar shows.
It can tell you what to make in broad strokes but it won't make quality TV.
I think the worst example of this was Netflix's Marco Polo. It very clearly stitched together several genres, presumably based on netflix viewer data.
That isn't all that different than what broadcast executives do. Look at ratings and make similar shows.