What's working for me:

1. Jimmy Kimmel's contract extension. Fresh off a terrific NBA Finals, where he did a pregame version of “Live” (and scored a three-pointer with his Barack Obama interview), Kimmel was rewarded by getting to do his show until 2010. Hey, isn't that when Letterman's deal expires, too?

2. '60 Minutes Global.' No American news program covers the world better, and now it will be offering the '60' format to other countries to produce their own versions. (Andy Rooney sold separately.)

3. YouTube's Fred. I have no idea why this eighth-grade goofball with the helium voice makes me laugh (and laugh). But I'm not alone.

What's not:

1. Shows about the ultra-rich. Bad enough that TV is loaded with shows about the upper class, now we get CNBC's “Untold Wealth,” airing Thursday, all about the upper crust. Much of the hour is spent gawking at the palatial homes of multimillionaires. I realize it's hard to make working-class Americans look this glamorous, but I wish someone would at least try.

2. Post-Russert guessing games. Thank you, Tom Brokaw, for short-circuiting this creepy bit of speculation. I'm not even sure the favorites to take over “Meet the Press” in 2009 (Brokaw has signed up for the rest of the campaign) even care.

3. The first three minutes of “Fringe.” Fox's J.J. Abrams pilot, now being passed around the Web, features a gross-out opening scene (a virus runs amok on an airplane and, um, people's faces melt). This is going to be the new “Lost”?