Showtime Announces Dick Cheney Documentary

Showtime announced that it will air a Dick Cheney documentary it describes as a "measured, layered profile of the polarizing, controversial former vice president."

"The War Room" filmmaker R.J. Cutler's documentary, titled "The World According to Dick Cheney," will deeply analyze Cheney's career "from his days as Gerald Ford's 34-year-old chief-of-staff to his eight-year reign as the most powerful vice president this country has ever known," according to the cable TV network.

The network made the announcements Thursday during the Television Critics Association winter press tour.