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article, television critic John J. O'Connor wrote that "few artifacts of popular culture invite more condescension than the made-for-television movie". Network-made television movies in the United States have tended to be inexpensively-produced and perceived to be of low quality. Stylistically, these
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High-calibre limited programming which would have been formerly scheduled solely as a two-hour film or miniseries also has been re-adapted to the newer "limited series" format over a period of weeks (rather than the consecutive days usually defined by a miniseries) where a conclusion is assured; an
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films often resemble single episodes of dramatic television series. Often, television films are made to "cash in" on the interest centering on stories currently prominent in the news, as the films based on the "Long Island Lolita" scandal involving
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Occasionally, a long-running television series is used as the basis for television movies that air during the show's run (as opposed to the above-mentioned "reunion specials"). Typically, such movies employ a filmed
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for a proposed show, it will usually broadcast it as a television movie to recoup some of the costs even if the network chooses to not order the show to series. Often a successful series may spawn a television movie
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in 2001. In some instances, television movies of the period had more explicit content included in the versions prepared to be exhibited theatrically in Europe. Examples of this include
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network showing of a television premiere of a major theatrical film release, the other networks soon copied the format, with each of the networks having several
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episodes containing a number of episodes of the characters of individual series interacting with characters across different shows (as has been done with the
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Part of the reason for the lower budgets comes from the lack of revenue streams from them; whereas a theatrical film can make money from ticket sales,
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television movies, "broadcast networks aren't investing in made-for-TV movies anymore". The slack has been taken up by cable networks such as
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and less desirable time periods. This meant much smaller advertising revenues and license fees compared with network-supplied programming.
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In 1996, 264 made-for-TV movies were made by five of the six largest American television networks at the time (CBS, NBC, Fox, ABC, and
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Nonetheless, notable exceptions exist of high production quality and well-known casts and crews that even earned awards, such as
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footage. However, the less expensive digital 24p video format has made some quality improvements on the television movie market.
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produced several television films in the 1970s and 1980s before realizing that the proceeds from his first theatrical film,
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Many television networks were against film programming, fearing that it would loosen the network's arrangements with
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made for initial release on home video formats. In certain cases, such films may also be referred to and shown as a
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Conversely, beginning in the 1950s episodes of American television series would be placed together and released as
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Occasionally, television movies are used as sequels to successful theatrical films. For example, only the
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also has several made-for-TV movie sequels set within the same fictional continuity. The 2003 remake of
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in the run up and aftermath of a nuclear war. The two are often compared on aspects such as realism.
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storylines). The movies tend to rely on smaller casts, one such exception being those produced for
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in three different decades (the 1950s, the 1970s and the 1990s) became a huge success, and was
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having a strong run in theaters. These types of films may be, and more commonly are, released
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for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series".
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in the lead roles) and a limited range of scene settings and camera setups. Even Spielberg's
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Main Title: Big Pictures on the Small Screen: Made-for-TV Movies and Anthology Dramas
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was also briefly released to theatres after its success on television, and was even
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and is considered to be distinct from the show's regular run of one-hour episodes.
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Many television movies released in the 1970s were a source of controversy, such as
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Television movies traditionally were often broadcast by the major networks during
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product. The first of these made-for-TV movies is generally acknowledged to be
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Made-for-TV movie musicals have also become popular. One prime example is the
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These features originally filled a 90-minute programming time slot (including
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that later continued as a weekly television program. Another example is the
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of the same name that originally aired on ABC, and used the same actress (
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premiered to an audience of over 60 million people on September 17, 1978.
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The movies typically employ smaller crews, and rarely feature expensive
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Another popular and critically acclaimed television movie was 1971's
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List of television films produced for American Broadcasting Company
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coinciding with the network-scheduled times for the insertion of
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to stay home and watch what was promoted as the equivalent of a
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The ABC Movie of the Week: Big Movies for the Small Screen
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in order to attract a large television audience and boost
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of independent television films had to settle for fewer
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managers to make independent deals with advertisers and
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that is produced and originally distributed by or to a
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Kissell, Rick; Schneider, Michael (August 18, 2007).
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have all been released as made-for-TV movies despite
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The second film to be considered a television movie,
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even if the television series is videotaped using a
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