Station news directors said their local political races often make for more compelling television than the Washington sniper story.

Over all, the reality era is a return to some of the qualities that made early television so compelling.

The news also included a weather segment, traditionally not the most compelling television.

Granted, this is not everyone's idea of compelling television.

That may not sound like compelling television, but, as it happened, much of it was.

More than cost considerations, however, court shows are valued for their sheer efficiency as compelling television.

It's also possible, even likely, that today's sessions might not have made very compelling television.

Fraught with possible pitfalls, it turned out to be compelling television.

The new series is commendable in many ways, only not as compelling television.

Although earthquakes make compelling television, the Web is a better place to learn about them.