自从电视在美国普及后,该国的电影业受到沉重打击。过去三十年里,电影院观众人次锐减。为了对付电视的竞争,几家主要的电影制片公司拒不提供新的或能卖座的故事片给电视台,偶尔有旧的出色的故事片让电视台放映,则电视台要付高价。同时电影公司为了竞争,还拍摄所谓超级影片,改进电影院的光、音效果和服务设施。电视台为了与电影竞争,自己 Since the popularity of television in the United States, the country’s film industry has been hit hard. Over the past three decades, the cinema audience dropped sharply. To counter television competition, several major movie studios refuse to offer new or blockbuster feature films to television, and occasionally television shows have been sold out of good old feature films to pay high prices. Meanwhile, in order to compete, movie companies also shoot so-called super-movies to improve the cinema’s light, sound effects and service facilities. TV station in order to compete with the movie itself