A literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the pot) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A potboiler or pot-boiler is a novel, play, opera, film, or other creative work of dubious literary or artistic merit, whose main purpose was to pay for the creator's daily expenses—thus the imagery of "boil the pot", which means "to provide one's livelihood." Wikipedia

work of dubious artistic merit, whose purpose was to pay for the creator's daily expenses Wikidata