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‘Bridget Jones’ Director Michael Morris on the Emmy Longform Conundrum: What’s The Difference Between a Film and a TV Movie?
'Bridget Jones' director Michael Morris on the Emmy longform debate: What's the difference between a film and a TV movie?
Michael Morris agrees with you: Yes, it’s kind of unusual that “ Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,” which he directed, is an Emmy contender in the outstanding television movie category. But around the same time, cablers pulled back on TV movies (broadcast had already abandoned the field), allowing all sorts of things to grab noms — including films that could have gone to theaters, but wound up on streaming. In 2023, it was the satiric comedy “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,” and in 2022, an animated film won for the first time, “Chip ’n Dale: Rescue Rangers.” This year, the category’s frontrunners includes quite a mix: Netflix’s “Rebel Ridge,” Apple TV+’s “The Gorge,” Disney+’s “Out of My Mind” and Hulu’s “The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat” in addition to “Bridget Jones.”
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