Television

Like much of what can be considered traditional media consumption, the notion of “television” is in the eye of the beholder.

Seinfeld streamed on a mobile device will always be television. Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee streamed to a television will never be television; it will always be an online or streamed show.

The Mandalorian is television that often feels cinematic. Toy Story 4 is a movie. Forky Asks a Question is a series of streamed shorts.

The Morning Show might be television, but to find out, that means you need to activate your subscription to Apple TV+. Schitt’s Creek is television. Ozark is television. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel tries so hard to be television that it’s almost a streaming series, but it’s television. The Handmaid’s Tale is television, but it’s also a book, and now two books, and it might have been better as a single book.