One more ad, just to get people on their couches earlier for Fox's telecast of the Emmys. Murdoch paid a fortune to nab exclusive rights -- and that was before The Simpsons, when the only thing people cared about on the network was Married with Children. It'd be the equivalent of the CW grabbing the Oscars today.

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