Once upon a time TV was the despised younger sibling of feature films. The place where nothing was ever quite as good as in features. The medium that lagged so far behind feature films in terms of technique, moolah, and customer satisfaction that most TV executives didn’t even bother to try to make their material “good.”
More and more, though, it’s looking like those days are gone, possibly forever. Now the feature film biz is all about imitating the small screen. Congrats, little sister/brother, you’re in!
by Jeff Peterson
t’s never been quite so tempting — or quite so easy — to become a permanent couch potato as it is today.