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I agree with this. But for so many reasons: TV shows are usually built differently.
They have options a movie hasn't - world building, character development.
They are "bitesized" by design: a convenient pre-made cut that I can decide to take a break on, or watch the next episode.
That said, I have seen so-called miniseries that were just a longer movie cut into bits, or vice versa.
But most importantly, all this depends very, very much on the quality of the show or the movie.
World building and character development add value exponentially. The only way I can commit to any long form media is if I feel like I'm going to have the chance to really immerse myself in the world and sympathise with the characters. If anything, my preference for a series over a movie stems from the anxiety of wasting 2 hours on something underdeveloped. It seems better to invest a movie's worth of time just setting up a premise that I can then truly enjoy over several more hours of story telling in a world that feels real and complex.