Stephen Colbert is Saying Goodbye and It's Sad

Here's something that doesn't add up. The number-one late-night show in America, the most-watched, the most-awarded, the one that just won its first Emmy got canceled. Not because people stopped watching. Not because the host wanted to leave. The show was pulling in two point seven million viewers a night, sitting at the top of the ratings pile for nine straight seasons, and CBS pulled the plug anyway. And the very moment Stephen Colbert said something about it on air — something that apparently made the wrong people uncomfortable — the decision was made within days. So what really happened? And why is one of the most beloved voices in late-night television packing up his desk at the Ed Sullivan Theater for the very last time?