TV MONITOR: Last night's 10:00pm ET 60-minute edition
of FSN's "National Sports Report" led with the Mariners-
Yankees ALCS Game Two, followed by a report on steroid use
in MLB. The first non-MLB report, at 19:49 into the
broadcast, was the controversy surrounding 76ers G Allen
Iverson's new CD. "NSR" had 14:24 of total MLB coverage.
Last night's 11:00pm ET 60-minute edition of ESPN's
"SportsCenter" led with Mariners-Yankees, followed by a
scoring update on the Mets-Cardinals NLCS Game One. The
first non-MLB report, at 4:11, was Canadiens-Rangers.
"SportsCenter" had 24:55 of total MLB coverage. Last
night's 11:00pm ET 30-minute edition of CNN/SI's "Sports
Tonight" was pre-empted by analysis from last night's
presidential debate in NC (THE DAILY).
A COOL RECEPTION FOR HOCKEY IN CANADA: In Toronto,
William Houston reports that "Hockey Night in Canada"'s
first broadcast of the season, featuring Canadiens-Maple
Leafs, averaged 1.115 million viewers, down 20% from last
year (same teams, 1.433 million viewers). The second game
(Avalanche-Oilers) drew 607,000 viewers, down 18% from last
year's second game viewers of 742,000 (GLOBE & MAIL, 10/12).
NOTES: The WALL STREET JOURNAL's Rose & Deogun report
companies who have submitted bids for Times Mirror Magazines
are: Time Warner, N.Y. Times, American Media and Emap (WALL
STREET JOURNAL, 10/12)....In Pittsburgh, Bill Steigerwald
writes ESPN Magazine's cover story on Penguins RW Jaromir
Jagr "is perfectly fine," but wonders, "Do we really need
three huge photos of Jagr the Sexy Farm Lad with one strap
of his overalls dangling down and exposing his mighty
torso?" (Pittsburgh TRIBUNE-REVIEW, 10/12)....A French TV
crew was ejected from the Swisscom Challenge in Zurich
yesterday after organizers decided they had harassed Anna
Kournikova. The WTA took away the crew's credentials and
had them "thrown out of the tournament hotel." WTA
VP/Communications Chris DeMaria: "They didn't take no for an
answer. They staked her out in the hotel" (REUTERS, 10/12).
