What's working ... Jan. 12

1. Livestation.com. Want a totally different take on the Gaza situation than you get from the big American networks? Al Jazeera English is now streaming live 24/7 through a free media player downloadable from Livestation. So are BBC radio, France 24 and other allegedly untrustworthy sources.

2. "Blair House: The President's Guest House," airing 6 p.m. CT Saturday on C-SPAN, offers never-before-seen views of the enormous mansion that was in the news recently because it wasn't big enough for the Obamas and former Aussie PM John Howard.

3. Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa. That's the fabulous name of the baby delivered by 41-year-old Lilakoi Moon, though before she appeared on "Life on Mars" you knew her as TV's Lisa Bonet.

… AND WHAT'S NOT

1. "The Beast." Debuting tonight on A&E, it is neither artful nor entertaining.

2. DTV transition runs out of money. Looks like Feb. 17 won't be D-day for analog TVs with rabbit ears, after all.

3. Hating on Sanjay Gupta. The CNN doctor and would-be Surgeon General nominee is being ripped by the Democratic left for daring to take issue with Michael Moore's "Sicko." I'm sorry, but I thought the next S.G. will be asked to defend Barack Obama's health plan, not Moore's.