The ‘Off Campus’ Effect: Streamers Smitten With Scripted Romance Over Dating Shows, Research Shows

Streaming platforms are smitten with romance – predominantly the scripted kind. New research from Ampere Analysis shows that 83% of first-run romance commissions in the first half of 2026 were scripted. Of those, 40% were adapted from books, which has been the case since 2025 (since 2023 the number of book adaptations has increased by […]

By K.J. Yossman