Comic cancellation

Rumor has it (via Fresh Hell and TV Barn) that Last Comic Standing has been cancelled, despite there being only one episode left - the episode where they'll announce the winner. According to their official Web site, the announcement of the winner will come during the Father of the Pride marathon. I'm not exactly sure I call that cancelled, though. It simply means that NBC doesn't want to waste an hour or half-hour of fluff around the announcement of the winner. Seriously, I remember discussing with someone that they should do this with American Idol. Why waste a half-hour (or an hour) of programming when everyone knows to tune in at the end to see who was eliminated? Why not put the announcement in the middle of another program that you hope to draw fans to? I think it's kind of a smart strategy. Weird that they would start that with the finale, but still kind of a smart move.