Rumor has it that 60 Minutes - 2 may just up and go away:

CBS is mulling the possibile cancellation of the Wednesday edition of "60 Minutes," according to reports.

The show that brought so much negative attention to the network in the wake of Dan Rather's questionable report on President Bush's National Guard years has been suffering declining ratings since it debut three years ago, according to Broadcasting & Cable, an industry trade magazine.

Buzz from inside the network is that the mid-week edition of the venerable news show got a reprieve last spring only because of its exclusive report on the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers at the Abu Ghraib prison, the magazine reports.

Is this a direct result of the Memogate scandal?

At least one CBS insider called the report "a hyper inflated rumor" and said it would be unlikely that the network would cancel the show in reaction to fallout from the Rather story.

Although the cause may not stem directly from the fradulent memos, I'm sure the loss of credibility is definitely a factor. Couple that with a long slow decline in ratings and Dan Rather's imminent retirement and it is easy to see the logic in cancelling the show.