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HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 20, 2000 -- NBC is finally getting a break with the whole Summer Olympics thing. The peacock network is the most-watched network on TV this week, according to the Nielsen ratings. It’s the first time the network has managed to come out on top since June. Despite the fact that the network’s improved ranking has much to do with its Olympics coverage, ratings for the games, which are taking place this year in Sydney, Australia, has slipped 10 percent from the Barcelona, Spain, games in 1992 and 16.2 percent from the Seoul, South Korea, coverage in 1988.
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 18, 2000 -- The trouble is far from over for the cash-flow-negative Planet Hollywood restaurant franchise. The celebrity-themed food chain -- which filed for Chapter 11 in October 1999 -- is being sued by tennis champs Andre Agassi and Monica Seles, golfer Tiger Woods and retired Super Bowl champ Joe Montana for breach of contract, Reuters reports. The suit, which was filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Delaware, alleges that Planet Hollywood has continued to use their names, photographs and memorabilia in its promotion, despite the fact that the four athletes had notified the restaurant chain last month that they consider their 1996 endorsement contracts to be terminated. In the contracts, the sport figures were to receive shares of Planet Hollywood stock in exchange for their endorsements. But the four sports greats say that Planet Hol