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A movie is intended to be watched as a single episode of 1.5-3 hours. TV shows are at least a few episodes long, generally an hour or less per episode but usual
by ZeroFries 8y ago
A movie is intended to be watched as a single episode of 1.5-3 hours. TV shows are at least a few episodes long, generally an hour or less per episode but usually much longer in total. Seems a better differentiation than distribution method. Ask someone if they can guess if what you watched was a movie vs a TV show based on your description. Tell some people "I watched it via the internet", and some people "I binge watched 5 episodes" and see who gets the correct answer more often.
- dagw 8y agoNot everything on TV is and episodic show. There is an Emmy for Television Movie so there is as least some recognition out there that there is a difference between movies made for TV and movies made for Cinema. (Although this year the best Television Movie award did go to an episode of a TV show, so I'll admit it is rather muddled).
- ambulancechaser 8y agoSpielberg is arguing that movies distributed on streaming platforms are seen on TVs and should be eligible for emmys just like made for TV movies are.
- dpark 8y agoNo, he’s arguing that they should be ineligible for the Oscars. He’s campaigning to block them from the Oscars, not to open them up for inclusion in the Emmys. The Emmy reference is merely a rhetorical device he’s employing.