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A television film ( also known as a TV film ; television movie ; TV movie ; telefilm ; telemovie ; made - for - television film ; direct - to - TV film ; movie of the week ( MOTW or MOW ); feature - length drama ; single drama and original movie ) is a feature - length motion picture that is produced for , and originally distributed by or to , a television network , in contrast to theatrical films , which are made explicitly for initial showing in movie theaters . Bonnie Bedelia ( born Bonnie Bedelia Culkin , March 25 , 1948 ) is an American actress . She began her career in theatre and during 1960s starred in the ___MASK38___ daytime soap opera , " Love of Life " ( 1961  67 ), before making her movie debut in " The Gypsy Moths " ( 1969 ). A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content , whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay television providers . Until the mid - 1980s , television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small number of broadcast networks . Many early television networks ( such as the ___MASK5___ , ___MASK79___ or CBC ) evolved from earlier radio networks . Love of Life is an American soap opera which aired on ___MASK38___ from September 24 , 1951 , to February 1 , 1980 . It was created by Roy Winsor , whose previous creation " Search for Tomorrow " had premiered three weeks before " Love of Life ", and who would go on to create " The Secret Storm " two and a half years later . Her Costly Affair is a 1996 television film directed by John Patterson . The film was initially to be released as Consensual Relations , until lead actress Bonnie Bedelia had it changed . Filming took place in Southern California .