[erikbe]

It's highly questionable that you can produce _great_ shows based on data.

You can't just go to a producer and tell them, make something about Japan, because it's trending, and use these two actors because they're the most popular at the moment. Creatives don't work based on directives.

[thanatropism]

Which is why the best shows Netflix has tend to be full fledged pitches that they acquired. Compare "Great News" to "The Kominsky Method" or that utterly-unwatchable-beyond-the-second-episode Australian dystopian political show with the Polish dystopian political show "1983".