re: All these new fantastic series VS all of Hollywood's latest "movies"

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The production value, the writing, the character development, and mostly the acting are far superior ....

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When you have guys like Steven Buscemi and James Woods - upper tier character actors with virtually no television experience - coming in to headline a series? That should tell you all you need to know about the quality of acting.

Again, shows like The Wire (mainly unknown guys with television or blended backgrounds), The Sopranos (LOTS of gangster film actors) and The Shield (core cast was mainly unknown/television, but was able to attract Oscar caliber actors like Forrest Whitaker and Glenn Close in later seasons - plus their directing was top notch), among others, marked a paradigm shift in what a television series could be - i.e. a filmed novel - although all three of those shows were still strongly rooted in the episodic format - the threaded storylines really drove the series.