
Fox Blames Everyone Hating the Red Sox for World Series Ratings Drop
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For most, watching the NFL on Thanksgiving is the same as eating turkey on the holiday - you can't go without it. This year, that might have changed. NFL ratings were down on Thanksgiving, according to Sports Illustrated's Peter King and Pro Football Talk.

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(NEW YORK POST) - Thanksgiving week is here, and many inside ESPN are giving special thanks for jobs they hope will last past the holidays. In the next few weeks, the Worldwide Leader is expected to undergo another round of massive layoffs - Sporting News cites 40-60 layoffs coming, with Sports Illustrated reporting the number will exceed 100 - and the next wave of who's-next worry has many scanning their options.

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For a second straight year, the World Series had more viewers than the NFL on Sunday night. Game 5 of the World Series between the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers drew a 12.8 overnight rating for Fox, beating NBC's 9.8 rating for a matchup between the Detroit Lions and the Pittsburgh Steelers on "Sunday…

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So NFL players have a right to kneel during the national anthem - true. But NFL fans have a right to buy or not buy tickets, and watch or not watch games. And it's the latter that's speaking loudly now. Soon enough, fans - not spoiled players - will win this political brouhaha. It's only a…