Let me start this post off by getting this out of the way right now: I have no idea whether 'Date Night,' the new big-screen comedy from Tina Fey and Steve Carell coming out on Friday, is any good, or whether it'll make any money. From what I can see from the ads, it isn't looking promising, but good movies have been victimized by bad ads for as long as TV and movies have co-existed.

What has been the most remarkable about the promotion and marketing of this movie, though, has been this: Nothing, from the movie ads to the breathless previews on entertainment channels, to any of the print stories, are making a big deal that this movie is headlined two (gulp) television stars. And it's the career paths of both Fey and Carell that make this so refreshing.

If someone were to ask you with what you associate Fey and Carell most closely, you'd likely respond with a TV show: Carell and 'The Office,' Fey with '30 Rock' or 'SNL.' But, for a few of you, the first role that pops up in your head might be from a movie. Granted, with 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin,' Carell's tie to movie stardom is stronger than Fey's. But enough people saw 'Baby Mama' two years ago, or have watched a DVD of Fey's cult hit 'Mean Girls' might bring those flicks up when talking about Fey.

But what's been interesting about both of their careers is that there really was no grand "crossover" from TV to movies; they didn't "graduate" from what has always been thought of as the "lesser" to the "greater" medium. And no one is saying that either of them are having a disappointing "come down" from movies to TV, a description that has plagued actors more known for feature work, like Holly Hunter, Alec Baldwin, Sally Field and Glenn Close, no matter how challenging their small-screen work has been.

No, Fey and Carell are two stars who just go back and forth from movies to TV without making a big deal about it. Unlike other stars who have shot movies during their series hiatuses, both seem to be quite happy with their place on television. Carell has said a number of times that he has no intention of leaving 'The Office,' and Fey... well, she produces and writes her own Emmy-winning sitcom, so that seems to be a no-brainer.

So, something like 'Date Night' is just another project for the two of them. It's not being touted by publicists or the studio as some big-screen "coming out" party for either, because it isn't.

And, as the way we consume media evolves, the gap between TV stardom and movie stardom is going to disappear. People already watch most movies on ever-larger HD screens, anyway, and it seems like, except for blockbusters like 'Avatar,' the main way people experience movies is on television. And, since we're in a golden era of quality TV -- especially in the world of drama -- the sitgma of "doing TV" has already faded quite a bit.

Could there be a time when we see George Clooney or Leo DiCaprio coming back to TV and doing a series, with no one batting an eye? Or Julia Roberts putting in her best performance for an HBO flick? Yes, and that day is coming sooner than you think.