TV News: ABC, CBS and Fox all neck and neck in demos — Entertainment lineups on ABC and CBS battled to a demo draw among the broadcasters on Monday, but Fox figures to challenge or perhaps take the lead when numbers for its World Series finale — in which the San Francisco Giants prevailed — come in later today.
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Tight ratings race on Monday
TV News: Foxtel to release pics at same time as homevid release — Paybox Foxtel has struck a deal to shorten the Aussie pay-per-view window so it coincides with the homevid release.
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Oz shortens pay-per-view window
TV News: Casting boosts success no matter the locale — You know something’s a smash when the Guinness Book of World Records gets involved.
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‘Dancing’ format waltzes to riches
TV News: Hands’-off approach works for topper Kent — Even though he once toiled as an agent under Michael Ovitz at CAA, Turner Broadcasting CEO Phil Kent says he now relishes being a Hollywood outsider.
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TBS topper on programming push
TV News: Much-discussed skein gets title, producer — Piers Morgan’s upcoming primetime CNN skein now has a title and an exec producer. “Piers Morgan Tonight” will be produced by Jonathan Wald, former exec producer of NBC’s “Today” and “Nightly News.” Wald was also previously senior veep of CNBC.
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CNN taps Wald for Morgan post
TV News: Charlie O’Donnell was voice of gameshow for 28 years — Longtime “Wheel of Fortune” announcer Charlie O’Donnell died Monday at his home in Sherman Oaks, Calif. He was 78.
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‘Wheel of Fortune’ announcer dies
TV News: Comedy Central event averages 2 million viewers — Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert managed to rally viewers to Comedy Central on Saturday afternoon.
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Stewart-Colbert rally draws sizable crowd
TV News: CTV will morph its Star! channel into the celebrity web — Canuck broadcaster CTV and Comcast Intl.
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E! Entertainment returns to Canada
TV News: Series premiere nabs 5.3 million viewers — AMC’s “The Walking Dead” drew 5.3 million for its premiere episode Sunday night, the most of any original series telecast on the network.
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‘Walking Dead’ kills for AMC
TV News: Saints-Steelers on NBC tops Halloween — NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” matchup between the New Orleans Saints and Pittsburgh Steelers easily topped Fox’s Game 4 of the World Series on Sunday, with the heavyweight sports combo and Halloween festivities contributing to low scores for regular series on ABC and CBS.
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Football tops World Series
