The occasion for this pre-mortem is, of course, the firing of Stephen Colbert, who announced two weeks ago that Paramount Global, CBS’ parent company, is canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

A week after airing Jon Stewart's profanity-laden takedown of corporate media—complete with a full choir belting out “Go f*ck ...

The Daily Show still leads the Best Variety Talk Series race with a 70 percent chance of winning, but it's down 19 points ...