That's pretty interesting. TV used to be the home for schlock and quality story telling was mostly done by movies. These days, if you want to tell a substantial story with depth, you do it on television. Movies are to television as short stores are to novels.
Yeah, it’s flipped. Part of that is more control when working for TV, part of it is the ability to tell a story in more than 120m. Let’s you explore much deeper things or have way more character development.
And also lower budget - due to "cheap" actors, even the most high-budget TV shows don't come close to a single Hollywood blockbuster which makes them a significantly less risky investment. Hence you see more innovation and tryouts - similar to indie/AA gaming market vs. AAA gaming blockbusters.
That's pretty interesting. TV used to be the home for schlock and quality story telling was mostly done by movies. These days, if you want to tell a substantial story with depth, you do it on television. Movies are to television as short stores are to novels.