The appeal of washboard abs and a miracle smile hasn't faded much during the recession. True, most retailers were hit hard during the slowdown, as American shoppers pulled purse strings tighter than ...

YONKERS, NY — Products sold on late-night television promise to solve problems like scrubbing baked-on crud from cookware, mopping up gallons of spilled milk, and falling off ladders when cleaning ...

Their products can slice and dice your vegetables, flatten your belly and clean your colon! But will you be able to find them if the much-maligned TV infomercial doesn't get right with the social ...

Infomercials aren't the seedy late-night TV sales pitches they once were. Thanks to a recipe that includes hope, celebrity and Internet access, American consumers have taken a liking to "As Seen on TV ...

At 5 a.m. on a hot July morning, more than 45 inventors from as far away as Texas and California descended on the Fairfield (N.J.) offices of AJ Khubani, the "Infomercial King" and chief executive of ...

Some products look good on television, but how do they do when we try them? March 12, 2010 — -- They look great on television. They say they will make your life easier. But how well do they work ...

You can admit it. We're among friends here. You've been up in the middle of the night. You've flipped on the TV and found yourself mesmerized by the monotone voices talking to you from inside the tube ...

Sure, they can be cheesy. But they can also make you rich. Does your product have what it takes to make it in the world of direct-response TV? Dec 17, 2010 Rodney Vincent's back pain device, the True ...

Asking your supporters to e-mail the federal judge overseeing a case against you is a good way to anger a judge— but that judge doesn’t have the power to just throw you in jail for it without a trial.

Infomercial impresario Kevin Trudeau has yet to pay a penny of his $37.6 million fine to the FTC for deceptive TV commercials pitching medical cures and get-rich-quick schemes. But that doesn’t mean ...

Infomercial pitchman Kevin Trudeau was spared 30 days in prison when a federal appeals court Thursday overturned a ruling in which a judge held him in criminal contempt of court. U.S. District Judge ...

Sen. John McCain is taking heat from a television infomercial star famous for hawking free government money, who is angry that the Arizona senator used him in a campaign ad without permission. Matthew ...