I am just hoping to hear one day the "real" story of how "House of Cards" came into place. Somehow my gut tells me that using this as the poster child of big da

I am just hoping to hear one day the "real" story of how "House of Cards" came into place. Somehow my gut tells me that using this as the poster child of big data is only a half-truth. I for one believe that it is just a lucky guess, e.g. not really surprising that some quality stories do work with a paying audience. Something along the lines of Boston Legal would have probably worked just well for the professional, 30 plus, male, metro area audience. Unless we now see a consistent strike of at least 5-10 original series of original programming that become hit series the whole bid data thing is based on lucky guessing (original programming - not some recycled material - after all House of Cards was already a success in the UK and next in line, Arrested Development, is having already a hardcore fan basis). Btw, is anyone having some numbers how "House of Cards" is performing in comparison to original HBO programming?