TV news is a lot like Britney Spears. It goes through a lot of makeovers but always sings the same song. Anderson Cooper has a believable honesty and Katie Couric spouts a bouncy persona, but they really just report the news. And by that I mean the “big news.” The stuff that’s making headlines from here to Kabul.

On either end of these traditional newscasts are the Fox-esque news stations that wear their political affiliations proudly and comedy shows that tell the day’s main stories with a wink and a smile. All have their place, after all I’m a member of the Colbert Nation myself, but Current TV does what no others do—they tell the stories that aren’t told anywhere else.

Some are serious (Islam in the NYPD or the Uninsured in America), some are purely for entertainment (The Rotten Tomatoes Movie Review or Lessons in Romantic Dining from Current Cuisine), but all fill in the obvious gaps everywhere else. And you can get it on your laptop or in your living room.

‘Tis a thing of beauty.