There are some decent TV movies, ranging from "Duel" and "Brian's Song" to many of the TV movies that appear here in the U.S. on channels like HBO and TNT. The ones shown on Lifetime get a lot of criticism for their formulaic plots, and they're the types most people often imagine when they hear the phrase "TV Movie."

I actually remember the night in the early 1970s when "Duel" was first shown on "The ABC Movie of the Week."