This is what Cablevision currently has airing on FOX5 and MY9

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A carriage dispute between News Corp’s FOX and Cablevision had FOX pull several of its channels off Cablevision late last night, and now it appears that no deal will be in place any time tonight. That means that Cablevision customers in Philadelphia and New York will not see Game1 of the NLCS between the Giants and Philles. The blacked-out Fox channels are FOX 5 (WNYW) in New York and FOX 29 (WTXF) in Philadelphia. My9 (WWOR) is Fox's 2nd New York station (a MyNetworkTV affiliate licensed to Secaucus, NJ), also blacked out, but it doesn't affect the MLB or NFL coverage situation.. NFL games could also in danger of not airing on Sunday.

“It is shameful for News Corp. to use Major League Baseball and NFL games to hold viewers hostage in order to extract tens of millions from Cablevision customers,” said Charles Schueler, Cablevision’s executive vice president of communications. “ We have accepted the bipartisan calls from scores of political leaders to reach a fair agreement through binding arbitration, and demand that News Corp. also agree and immediately return its Fox programming to Cablevision customers.”

"As long as there is a serious effort on the part of Cablevision, we will be at the table," Fox spokesman Scott Grogin said earlier in the day. "We want to settle this as quickly as possible."

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FOX-Cablevision Dispute Means NLCS Game 1 Not Airing in Philly-NY
written by Rick Evans, October 16, 2010

FALSE! Headline writers need to know what to AIR means. It means over the air. If you have good antenna, an ATSC tuner in your HDTV you can watch the game in New York or Philly.

Stop being a water carrying lapdog for Cablevision

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Rick the Idiot
written by Truth Be Told, October 16, 2010

Rick, you moron, it says right in the article that it's Cablevision customers... I can see you work for News Corp. Over the air? Hilarious.

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FOX at FAULT
written by Furious at Fox, October 16, 2010

Fox is pathetic in this dispute, leaving their loyal viewers hostage. If i were MLB and the NFL, i'd be furious that Fox is using their product as the carrot to double their fees which we as cablevision customers would pay for.
Fox needs to be held accountable for this.....if this takes time to resolve, those that are affected should start boycotting Fox clients and other companies....

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Who Cares
written by Luk Atmydik, October 16, 2010

Anyone who pays for television is a sucker. The average moron is paying over one hundred dollars a month to watch mindless drivel and advertising. Turn it off and read a book. Let these greedy CEO's loose a little of their fat net worth.

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This is greed & B.S.
written by Rich, October 16, 2010

I cant believe I cant watch this baseball game tonight. They did this a few months ago with the oscars. Im fed up with cable. Im switching to satellite. As for he idiot with the antenna...What planet are you living on? Everyone has cable or satelitte. Only cheapos are still using antennas. If you think we are all going to run out and buy antennas, your nuts. And for the guy reading books instead of watching the world on tv, good luck to you!

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Correction
written by Robster2001, October 16, 2010

The blacked-out Fox channels are FOX 5 (WNYW) in New York and FOX 29 (WTXF) in Philadelphia.

My9 (WWOR) is Fox's 2nd New York station (a MyNetworkTV affiliate licensed to Secaucus, NJ), also blacked out, but it doesn't affect the MLB or NFL coverage situation.

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