Akin to photogenic, but pertaining to
television. It's a quality - tone of
voice, delivery, good looks, attractive
body language - that endears you to the viewer. You can be a wife-beater or a tax-cheat, a liar or someone with the
IQ of a small farm animal, but if you come across well on TV, none of that matters.
News readers,
spin doctors,
politicians, and
spokesmodels live and die by this.