The weekly show covered current affairs affecting everyday Americans, and featured extended conversations with guests on issues of the day.

[2] The show was produced by Public Affairs Television, taped in the studios of New York City PBS affiliate station WNET, and distributed by American Public Television (APT)[3] with major funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Moyers & Company was distributed by APT for free to public television stations (PBS affiliates), who aired it either in prime time on Fridays or afternoon on weekends.

[8] Richard Huff of New York's Daily News gave the premiere a 3/5 rating and remarked, "Moyers’ genial way makes it easy to digest for those willing to invest a quietly paced hour.

"[5] Brian Lowry noted Moyers's unabashedly liberal perspective, but argued that "[e]ven if you reject every word he says, it's a valuable articulation of a certain point of view... without name-calling, raising voices or fabricating arguments.