Traditionally, there is somewhat of a difference in how a television show is made, shot, written, edited, plotted that can be different from a movie.
But there are lots of movies that were made for television, or serialized, that are virtually identical to what gets released in theaters. And in these cases, I think it is weird to define what something is by the medium it is watched on. It's almost a complete irrelevance.
Scenes from a Marriage is a movie
World on a Wire is a movie
Lonesome Dove is a movie
Salem's Lot is a movie
Killdozer is a (very bad) movie
Calling these television, while maybe technically correct, also ignores what a movie actually is. What it looks and sounds and feels like. Which to me is considerably more important than whether or not it was also made to be broadcast on television
But there are lots of movies that were made for television, or serialized, that are virtually identical to what gets released in theaters. And in these cases, I think it is weird to define what something is by the medium it is watched on. It's almost a complete irrelevance.
Scenes from a Marriage is a movie
World on a Wire is a movie
Lonesome Dove is a movie
Salem's Lot is a movie
Killdozer is a (very bad) movie
Calling these television, while maybe technically correct, also ignores what a movie actually is. What it looks and sounds and feels like. Which to me is considerably more important than whether or not it was also made to be broadcast on television