Before streaming, the made-for-television movie was a major form of home entertainment. Unlike direct-to-video films, TV movies were events all on their own without red carpets and splashy premieres. These were movies that viewers had to catch as they aired; if you missed them or forgot to record them, you would have to wait patiently for the network to play it again. Commercials for these movies would air between shows — often starring our favorite TV actors — and viewers would have to make a plan to watch them. Or maybe they wouldn’t hear about the films at all, instead stumbling upon them while flipping through channels or scanning the TV guide. Any night of the week one could find several TV movies telling the kind of intimate, adult stories that have become increasingly rare on the bi

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