What's working for me this week...

1. FCC appeals to Supreme Court. Thirty years after the George Carlin-Pacifica Radio case, the Supremes have a chance to reverse their horrible mistake: letting a government agency decide what's decent to listen to.

2. "A Colbert Christmas" on iTunes. The DVD of this satirical special is a no-brainer for someone's stocking. But the songs are also keepers: Feist's "Please Be Patient" (sung to "Angels We Have Heard on High"), Toby Keith's "War on Christmas" and the instant classic "There Are Much Worse Things To Believe In."

3. KSHB. The station that took home this year's Emmy for best newscast landed the scoop of sweeps so far with Russ Ptacek's icky exploration of bodies willed to science that somehow wound up as crash test dummies.

... AND WHAT'S NOT

1. "Arrested Development: The Movie." I'm with Zap2It's Dan Fienberg on this -- loved the show but ... whaaaat?

2. "Private Practice" lives but "Pushing Daisies" dies. ABC is giving the "Grey's Anatomy" spinoff a cushy spot on Thursdays after "Grey's" starting in January. Not since "Caroline in the City" has a terrible show been so lucky.

3. "Monty Python" reissues another DVD megaset three years after the last megaset. Loved the show but .... why?