No genius recommendations anywhere for movies, only on Apple TV for shows

Hello
I'm having trouble working out if Genius is working properly or I have done something wrong.
AppleTV model MD199FD/A, software 6.2 (6698.99.50.31)
I have Genius turned on in iTunes 11.2.2 on my Mac. I get Genius recommendations there, on the Apple TV and on my iPad (iOS 7.1.1) for music that I have purchased. So far so good. The music purchases were done on the Mac. All three devices use the same Apple ID.
Where things get confusing is with my TV show purchase which was done on the Apple TV. I get TV show recommendations only on the Apple TV. Shouldn't I see those on the other devices?
Furthermore for movies I have only been doing rentals and only on the Apple TV. For movies I get no recommendations on any device. Surely Genius is not just looking purchases?
This doesn't make sense to me, shouldn't I be seeing the same recommendations everywhere?
Thanks for any suggestions.

I'd still really love to figure this one out. Even just in iTunes itself I just have recommendations for music. I should at the very least have show recommendations as I have purchases. For movies, I should also, assuming rentals count towards that. Any ideas?

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