Ratings Analysis: Though it was down a tenth from the third game, game 4 of the 'World Series' (2.29, -0.12) was five-hundredths higher than game 2 and led the Fox network to the top of the Saturday night pack. On the college football front, ABC's 'Penn St. v. OH St.' game (1.56) annihilated NBC's 'NC v. Notre Dame' telecast (0.48). CBS had a repeat of 'Magnum PI' (0.26), an encore of 'Blue Bloods' (0.25), and a stable edition of '48 Hours' (0.33). The CW remained invisible with 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' (0.05) and a Halloween-themed 'World's Funniest Animals' (0.07).
Finals Update: 'World Series Game 4' (+0.6), 'College Football: Penn St. v. OH St.' (+0.3), 'College Football: NC v. Notre Dame' (+0.1), and repeats of 'Magnum PI' (+0.1) and 'Blue Bloods' (+0.1) adjusted up.
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