TV movies
Broadcast feature films
TV movies are films made specifically for television broadcast rather than theatrical release.
They typically have lower budgets and shorter production schedules than theatrical films.
The format flourished from the 1970s through the 1990s, producing everything from prestige dramas to sensationalized true-crime stories: a Lifetime TV movie about a stalker ex-husband.
Also called made-for-TV movies or television films.
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