Just learned about this over on Slashdot. Apparently Viacom is threatening to pull its stations from DishNetwork. I had seen the black bars on a recording from Comedy Central last Friday, but didn't know what to make of it. At this point my reaction is pretty much WTF?
UPDATE: More information from Forbes. Apparently the dispute is some combination of rate increases and Viacom demanding that Dish carry a bunch of other networks in exchange for the right to broadcast CBS.
Personally I think they've got it backwards-- I don't care about CBS, but if The Daily Show goes away I'll be pissed.