As Alan Sepinwall notes, big-time movie actors like James Woods, Ray Liotta, and the aforementioned Alec Baldwin are being lured to series television in droves by the prospect of doing work that doesn't completely suck:

"I don't know if you've seen a bunch of movies lately," says Liotta, "but some of the movies out there -- I don't really think it's a step down. If anything, TV has obviously gotten better and better, and movies have gotten more generalized."

"There seems not to be as much breadth to the imagination in the movies these days," says Woods of the corporate mentality at the movie studios. "They are very careful. Movies seem to be scared, whereas television seems to be like a teenager feeling his or her oats. You know, let's take this on and that."

I'm pretty sure Woods has taken on this, that, and the other in his day, but back to TV. If you don't like gay pirates or CGI funny-animals or SNL alumns who yell a lot, there's not much for you at the movies these days. Stay home and watch the tube, it's probably better for the environment anyway.