October Date Event5NBC, having signed a contract with Discovery Networks, replaces their teen-oriented block TNBC with a programming strand called Discovery Kids on NBC (a spinoff of digital cable channel Discovery Kids).14 Nickelodeon debuts its weekly programming variety block U-Pick Live.17 Four television stations debut in Guam carrying programming from the Trinity Broadcasting Network: K28HS, K30HB, K32GB, and K36GJ. All four stations will become translators of NBC affiliate KUAM-TV in 2007.25 CBS News weatherman Mark McEwen leaves after 15 years.27 Game 7 of the World Series is broadcast on Fox. The Anaheim Angels win their first championship by defeating the San Francisco Giants.30 Warren Zevon is featured on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman as the only guest for the entire hour, performing several songs and talking about being diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. Longtime cast member Hunter Tylo's character, Dr. Taylor Hamilton Forrester, is killed in the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, which is seen worldwide. The NBA on ESPN returned for the first time since the 1983–84 season, featuring a doubleheader between the Washington Wizards and the Toronto Raptors, and the Los Angeles Lakers and the Portland Trail Blazers.
October Date Event5NBC, having signed a contract with Discovery Networks, replaces their teen-oriented block TNBC with a programming strand called Discovery Kids on NBC (a spinoff of digital cable channel Discovery Kids).14 Nickelodeon debuts its weekly programming variety block U-Pick Live.17 Four television stations debut in Guam carrying programming from the Trinity Broadcasting Network K28HS, K30HB, K32GB, and K36GJ. All four stations will become translators of NBC affiliate KUAM-TV in 2007.25 CBS News weatherman Mark McEwen leaves after 15 years.27 Game 7 of the World Series is broadcast on Fox. The Anaheim Angels win their first championship by defeating the San Francisco Giants.30 Warren Zevon is featured on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman as the only guest for the entire hour, performing several songs and talking about being diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. Longtime cast member Hunter Tylo's character, Dr. Taylor Hamilton Forrester, is killed in the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, which is seen worldwide. The NBA on ESPN returned for the first time since the :1983–84 season, featuring a doubleheader between the Washington Wizards and the Toronto Raptors, and the Los Angeles Lakers and the Portland Trail Blazers.