Twenty years ago, movies were indisputably the height of entertainment. Movie stars were the most famous and celebrated people imaginable, film was respected as an artistic medium, and Hollywood was in its financial and critical heyday. However, as time has gone on, the silver screen has had to share more and more creative space with a lesser-known, lesser-respected medium: television. Indeed, as more and more households got TVs and cable access, the quality of television programming went up, eventually establishing equilibrium with its more established brother, film.