This is often known as the «Soap Opera Effect», because back in the day, television soap operas had low budgets and used low budget video cameras instead of the full fledged film cameras their better - funded television counterparts were using. (howtogeek.com)
The cast of POMPEII is littered with television's shining stars, with the principle cast being better known for their television counterparts. (thehollywoodnews.com)
Charlie Kaufman's screenplay hits the right notes in its adaptation of Chuck Barris's indescribably bizarre autobiography, understanding that the life of an anti-television television show maker is timed perfectly for the film medium that finds itself at a crossroads where, increasingly, the pictures are approaching their television counterparts in self - reflexivity. (filmfreakcentral.net)