Ampere Analysis

“Over the past year, the volume of first-run book adaptations has shot up by a hefty 73% to 19, according to Ampere”

“book adaptations have accounted for more than 40% of scripted romance commissions since the first half of last year”

“Amazon and Netflix are leading the trend, accounting for half of the overall romance shows”

“83% of first-run romance commissions in the first half of 2026 were scripted.”

“Of those, 40% were adapted from books”

“since 2023 the number of book adaptations has increased by 73%”

“The first quarter of 2026 showed 49% of respondents were enjoying romance, the same number as in the first quarter of 2020.”

“interest in comedy as well as action and adventure fell by 9%”

“while crime and thriller dropped by 5%.”

“Of those, 40% were adapted from books, which has been the case since 2025”

“scripted dramas have made up 83 percent of first-run romance TV commissions.”

“Since early 2025, 40 percent of those series orders have been literary adaptations.”

“over the past three years, first-run romance-novel adaptations have jumped 73 percent.”

“each accounting for 50 percent of these series orders.”

“75 percent of the commissioned productions based in the U.S.”