Ratings Box: What's Hot/What's Not (Mediaweek.com) Mediaweek.com - Fox, of course, was hoping for a seven game baseball series. But the sixth, and final, World Series match-up between the Yankees and the Phillies rose to a series-high 22.66 million viewers and a 7.3 rating/20 share among adults 18-49, leading Fox to an easy Wednesday victory. Here were the network averages for Nov. 4: TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest (Mediaweek.com) Mediaweek.com - While speculation looms on the future of Oprah, spin-off Dr. Phil has been cleared by CBS Television Distribution through the 2013-14 season in approximately 70 percent of the country despite significant audience erosion this season. Season to-date, Dr. Phil is down by 15 percent in household rating (3.3 to 2.8) as 25 percent among ...... Joe Jackson seeks allowance from son's estate (Reuters)
Target fights Wal-Mart with $10 offers on DVDs (Reuters) Reuters - Target is offering its top 10 pre-order DVD movie titles at $10 and free home delivery on the discounted DVDs in a bid to match Wal-Mart Stores price cuts ahead of the all-important holiday season. Court orders Beatles songs to be taken off website (Reuters) Reuters - London-based record label EMI has won an injunction against music website BlueBeat.com which it said was selling Beatles songs without its permission. Prime-Time Metered Market Wednesday Ratings: A Ratings Grand Slam for Fox (Mediaweek.com) Mediaweek.com - -Yesterday's Winners: Baseball World Series, Game 6 (Fox), Criminal Minds (CBS), CSI: NY (CBS) "Guitar Hero" brings higher revenue for Activision (Reuters) Reuters - Video game publisher Activision Blizzard Inc reported a quarterly profit that matched analysts' estimates and revenue that was higher than expected, led by sales of the company's latest "Guitar Hero" offering. No decision yet on Oprah Winfrey move to cable (Reuters)
Scripps lands deal for the Travel Channel (Reuters) Reuters - Scripps Networks Interactive Inc plans to buy a controlling stake in the Travel Channel under a deal with Cox Communications Inc that values the cable network at nearly $1 billion. You can save this news page by submitting it to your favorite sites:
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Reuters - Joe Jackson, the elderly father of late pop star Michael Jackson, on Friday filed a court petition seeking an allowance from the singer's estate, saying his son had supported him for many years.
Reuters - Oprah Winfrey has not yet made a decision on a possible move of her syndicated chat show -- one of the TV industry's biggest money makers -- to her new cable network OWN, her production company said on Thursday.
