Our guest is Ingrid Jacques. She is a columnist at USA Today.

She wrote a column recently about those late-night comedy shows. She argues that the reason Stephen Colbert got fired had everything to do with ratings and business issues. All of this points to larger problems with the whole genre of late-night comedy and those who produce the shows.

Links:

* Leno's right: Colbert got canned because Americans are tired of left's lectures, USA Today Opinion

* Late Night Ratings Revealed, TV Insider

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