I don’t usually spotlight television programming in my MSN DVD column, but you know what they say: It’s not TV, it’s HBO.

Well, they say that. I don’t. HBO is very much TV, but when the cable channel taps Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini to make a docudrama about the making of the landmark reality series “An American Family” — and, rather more pointedly, when there’s little else of interest to write about in a given week — I figure, what the hell.

So here’s this week’s column, spinning out a few thoughts about docudrama, complexity and television’s regrettable need for speed. Please to enjoy.