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There were two big winners of Sunday night's World Series. The Cubs, of course, who stayed alive with a 3-2 win over the Indians.

And Fox, which saw the series extended another game.

World Series ratings have been nothing short of amazing this year. But, still, it's startling that Fox's coverage of Game 5 drew 21.1 million viewers, easily beating NBC's Sunday Night Football, which drew 17.2 million.

Yes, we're talking a playoff game vs. a regular-season game. But the World Series has consistently lost to any and all NFL games.

One more game — or, possibly, two, depending on the outcome of Game 6 on Tuesday night — means several million more dollars in revenue for Fox.

The folks at Fox did not go into this World Series rooting for either team. However, they do want to extend the series as much as possible because it's good for their bottom line.

INDIANS CONTROVERSY • The contentious debate over Cleveland's team name and mascot has been reignited by this year's World Series.

Protests date back decades. The team logo, Chief Wahoo, has been deemed an offensive racial caricature. At the beginning of this season, team owner Paul Dolan announced that the Indians would downplay Chief Wahoo and make the block-letter C its primary logo.

If you've watched the posteason, that certainly appears to be … untruthful.

Fox put itself in the middle of the dispute by focusing cameras on Cleveland fans sporting war paint and feathers — sort of the Native American equivalent of blackface.

The University of Utah discourages that. Even Florida State — home of the tomahawk chop — is now discouraging such displays.

TV has long avoided pointing cameras at fans who run on the field during a game. If Fox was smart, it would avoid putting fans with painted faces and headdresses on TV, too.

FRANK CALIENDO? REALLY? • Utah was a great host for ESPN's "College GameDay" on Saturday morning. There was a big, enthusiastic turnout of Ute fans, and — watching on TV — there appeared to be plenty of energy.

It was good for the fans; it was good for ESPN; it was good for the university.

And then they got to the final segment of the three-hour show, when Desmond Howard, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and a celebrity guest make their picks for that day's game. It's topped off by the on-site game pick, when Corso dons the mascot head of the team he predicts will win.

And the celebrity guest picker at Utah on Saturday was ... impressionist Frank Caliendo, who has no tie to Utah. (According to The Trib's Kyle Goon, ex-Utes Eric Weddle and Steve Smith both had conflicts, and the choice of Caliendo was ESPN's.)

And it was … underwhelming. Yes, Caliendo did great impressions, but the bit was painfully unfunny. Oh, Corso, Herbstreit, Howard and host Rece Davis seemed to think it was hilarious, but — on TV — it seemed to draw little reaction from the crowd.

It just sort of laid there and died.

SIGNS, SIGNS, EVERYWHERE SIGNS • There were, of course, lots of signs being waved at "GameDay." And we were reminded that, even though some argue that BYU doesn't much matter to Ute fans anymore, that's not necessarily true.

A "BYU still sucks" sign was particularly prominent, and ESPN focused on another that read, "Only thing easier than W's schedule is a degree from BYU."

Scott D. Pierce covers television for The Salt Lake Tribune . Email him at spierce@sltrib.com; follow him on Twitter @ScottDPierce.