The governor of Ohio faces three questions about the company which invented the infomercial (and also made those '70s music compilation albums like 25 Polka Greats).
Author Leslie Jamison's new memoir of her years of alcoholism walks in the paths of drunken icons like Raymond Carver and John Cheever, describing the effects of intoxicants with gorgeous, exact care.
Unforgotten, a new series on PBS that comes from the UK,is a satisfying mystery about secrets. And while it has some things in common with American prestige television, it also stands alone.
Critic David Bianculli highlights two new TV dramas: an HBO film starring Al Pacino as Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, and an eight-part BBC America series about a sociopathic killer.