After reality TV took over the airwaves, it was hard to imagine that television would ever make a comeback. I certainly wasn't a believer. It only seemed to me that things would get worse. But like Robert Downey Jr. And Ben Affleck TV has made a momentous comeback in just a few short years.
Yes, the reality shows keep coming, but they are becoming easier to avoid with increasing number of quality programming that's available. Television is now where you can find solid writing and multiple shows worthy of binge-watching. Television is where multi-layered plots and diverse characters can co-exist with great storytelling and roles that traditional "movie stars" want to play.
Now the role's are reversed and it's film I worry about. Film, most of all. That's where it all began...
But if there's one thing Hollywood loves more than anything, it's a good comeback. I hope Hollywood films can stage their own, but that would mean taking risks on financing movies about real people and not comic book characters with super-human powers and franchise appeal. The writers are still writing and the stories exist, but it's television and cable networks that are snatching up the good stuff and giving writers the opportunities and acclaim that once only came with a "Written by" credit on the big screen.
(c) Copyright 2014 by K.Liedle/@cococaffeine
For more on this topic from the perspective of screenwriters, check out this link from today's Los Angeles Times: https://twitter.com/kennethturan/status/513784987225952256
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