TV News: Net stops CBS winning streak in primetime — It may have lost its head-to-head showdown with football on Sunday, but the World Series still had enough pull to carry Fox to a demo victory for the week.

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World Series puts Fox on top
TV News: Net stops CBS winning streak in primetime — It may have lost its head-to-head showdown with football on Sunday, but the World Series still had enough pull to carry Fox to a demo victory for the week.

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World Series puts Fox on top
TV News: World Series down, still a winner; CBS slips — Halloween-themed comedies tend to see a bump in ratings, and ABC’s rising Wednesday laffer sked did just that in matching or setting season highs. Fox’s coverage of the World Series won the night but was down year to year, and seemed to have impacted CBS’ male-friendly lineup.

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ABC comedies scare up bigger auds
TV News: Network says cabler’s proposal for stations alone is ‘not acceptable’ — With the start of the World Series hours away, Cablevision made a move to end the standoff with Fox by offering to pay the fee it has sought for its Gotham stations for one year. Fox, however, said the offer was “not acceptable” and amounted to Cablevision trying to get a “discounted ‘package rate’ without buying the entire package.”

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Fox rejects Cablevision’s 1-year offer
TV News: Direct relationship between number of games and ratings — Fox isn’t rooting for either the San Francisco Giants or Texas Rangers, but the net is hoping each team wins at least two games to extend the World Series into November.

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Fox hoping for long World Series
TV News: ‘Sunday Night Football’ package dominates fall sked — The arrival of Fox’s ‘American Idol’ every January represents a gut punch to competing networks.

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NFL takes on the World Series