Kevin Trudeau has been banned in Boston, and everywhere else in the U.S. Trudeau has also agreed to pay $2 million to settle charges that he falsely claimed that a coral calcium product can cure ...

Infomercials are long TV commercials, usually lasting about half an hour. They are often hosted by celebrities and are designed to look like celebrity talk shows or light and entertaining news shows.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 11 (UPI) -- It doesn't slice, dice or build firm abdominals, but Jerry Springer's new infomercial will stir up talk - and money for a possible U.S. Senate bid in Ohio. The ...

Couch potatoes eager to improve their fitness level this New Year have yet another reason to eschew television. A new analysis of health-related infomercials by Brigham Young University researchers ...

The Screen Actors Guild's 2003 Commercials Contract, which has been extended to 2008, covers infomercials shot on film, although the guild also has a separate five-page agreement that deals with them ...

A portmanteau of “information” and “commercial,” the infomercial is either short-form (running one to several minutes) or long-form (usually half an hour). Despite different lengths, what these ads ...