Together the three are expected to share about 15 percent of the gross. The Fight Club performed well below NRG's forecasts a week ago. As part of a deal to build a new theme park in Hong Kong, the Walt Disney Co. is insisting upon a contract condition requiring the Hong Kong government to allow mainland Chinese visa-free access for up to three days, the Oriental Daily News reported Sunday. In return, Disney has reportedly promised to consider using the state-owned China Travel Service, which issues travel visas, as the sole agency for mainland tourists wanting to visit the Disney theme park. Rose Swats Gray's Questions Into The Stands TV viewers flooded NBC switchboards Sunday night to complain about Jim Gray's pregame interview with Pete Rose in which Gray attempted to persuade Rose to confess that he had bet on baseball games.
People are upset.
In what was widely portrayed as a victory for producer Steven Bochco over programming execs at ABC, the network announced on Friday that Bochco's NYPD Blue will return to the air in January at its regular 10 p.m. time slot on Tuesdays. Once and Again will continue to air in that slot until the football season ends in January, when it will move to 10 p.m. on Mondays. Actually, it's a pretty decent compromise. Both men took note of the fact that by delaying NYPD Blue until January, it will not have to repeat episodes and will in fact be airing new shows while the competition airs reruns in the spring. In a statement that seemed timed to follow his syndicated Saturday night television show and precede his Monday radio broadcast, Howard Stern said Sunday that he has split up with his wife, Alison, after 21 years.