"Take today’s Emmy nominations, which, though there were, as always,
a few surprises and snubs, generally rewarded the prestige dramas—House of
Cards, American Horror Story, Game of Thrones, Mad
Men, Breaking Bad, Homeland—that most people regard as
the best stuff on TV. Compare that to any year’s
Oscar nominations, which encompass multiple filmmaking styles and span the
studio and indie world and still rarely scratch the surface of what critics and serious moviegoers consider the best of the
year. Or just consider the wild range of movies on view in a critics’ poll of the best 2013 movies so far, from
Before Midnight to Upstream Color to Spring Breakers
(and that’s just the top three—and we’re still months away from Oscar season)."
David Haglund in Slate argues that movies are superior to television.
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