Article: Fox 5: World Series champ, Ratings spike in key categories, but can WNYW-TV maintain fall momentum?(NEWS)

Byline: MATTHEW FLAMM

For a New York television station that airs the World Series every year, the Yankees-Phillies matchup provided nearly everything that hard-pressed ad sales executives could want: Six games, stellar ratings and lots of political ads.

But for Fox 5, the Series was only the latest in a string of home runs.

Boosted by record-high Fox primetime ratings and two new breakout hits in daytimeThe Wendy Williams Show and The Dr. Oz ShowWNYW-TV has become that rare thing in local television: a station registering double- and triple-digit ratings growth in almost every part of the day.

Formerly known for court shows and sitcom ...

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