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    Television film - Wikipedia

    • A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie, telefilm, telemovie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for initial showing in movie theaters, and direct-to-video films made for initial release on home video form… See more

    Origins and history

    Precursors of "television movies" include Talk Faster, Mister, which aired on WABD (now WNYW) in New York City … See more

    Examples

    ABC's Battlestar Galactica: Saga of a Star World premiered to an audience of over 60 million people on September 17, 1978.
    The most-watched television movie of all time was ABC's The Day After, which premiered … See more

    Production and quality

    In a 1991 New York Times 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 … See more

    Movie-length episodes of television shows

    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 … See more

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