Critics routinely pummel TV for its mindless programming. But one person stands out as the voice of serious television. Bill Moyers is public television's reigning icon - the winner of more than 30 Emmies, and the host of landmark shows like "Free Speech for Sale" and "Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth." For all his success, Moyers tells Steve Paulson that he has to fight to get his shows on stations around the country. A lot of program directors consider his shows too serious...too intellectual. And they're bored by his use of talking heads. Moyers says they don't know what they're missing.

Cheese lovers in France are up in arms – they say French cheese has lost its pungent punch. In an article in a food magazine, the gourmands blame silly bureaucratic hygienic regulations and "lily-livered consumers" for the fading fragrance of cheese. They miss the days before the fridge when a hunk of cheese perfumed an entire house. Pat Michaelson, the owner of La Fromagerie, a cheese shop in London, explains the complaints to Jim Fleming.

Christopher Paul Curtis writes historical fiction, which is enjoyed by both children and adults. His first book The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963, is set during the Civil Rights struggle. His new novel Bud, Not Buddy is about a young black kid caught in the Great Depression. Bud is hungry and homeless, sleeping under trees in the winter. At one point he wakes up and runs half a mile to a bread line, only to find that it stretches out for blocks by the time he reaches the last man in line. Curtis talks to Judith Strasser.

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