Big news that hasn't gotten much attention (at least in my household) is that Apple has begun offering as of last night's episode the crown jewel of Comedy Central's line-up, "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart." (Note: Link will launch iTunes if clicked). 
(They also are now offering "The Colbert Report," but that's not quite as big a deal).
The reason it's a big deal, beyond that it means fake news when I want it, is the way Apple is selling it. In addition to allowing the purchase of individual episodes of the show for $1.99 apiece, For $9.99, Apple will sell you the multi-pass, which is a subscription for the most recent episode, downloaded immediately, as well as the next 15 new episodes.
It's a brilliant model, perfectly suited to shows that will never get a satisfying DVD collection, since they do 160 episodes a year. Not to mention, at this price it works out to 62.5 cents per episode. It's a better deal than the cost of entire seasons of shows ("Desperate Housewives" works out to about $1.52 at a season discount), and it isn't competing directly against DVD sales. The higher-end (reasonably speaking) of the iTunes store for video just found a core product.
"Colbert" and "The Daily Show" are the only two shows currently offered under this model, but I wouldn't be even a little surprised if "Late Night With Conan O'Brien," for which highlights are already sold, switches over to this model iminently.
