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Originally Posted by old_tv_nut
As far as 16mm, I think it was used for low budget westerns and such, but replaced by video fairly early, except for news footage. Video then replaced 16mm news when compact camcorders became available.
16mm copies were used for syndication for a long time, until distribution via tape became viable. Most stations could not handle 35mm film, which required fireproof facilities the same as theaters due to the use of nitrate film for 35mm. 16 mm was normally printed on acetate "safety" film.
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16mm stock survived in television production for quite some time. Kodak made a big deal about their new Primetime 640T 'teleproduction' film in the late 1990s. Everything I've heard about it was less than complementary however, and it didn't survive too long...
I also know for a fact that Sex and the City, Malcom in the Middle, Monk, and a handful of episodes of Will and Grace were shot on 16mm. That would all be early to mid 2000s.