Section A · Page 5 The University Daily Kansan Entertainment Tuesday, February 22, 2000 Fox cancels rebroadcast Fox cancels Millionaire accused of hitting ex-fiancee The Associated Press NEW YORK — Fox canceled the rebroadcast of its highly rated special Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire? after learning that the groom, Rick Rockwell, once was accused of hitting and threatening to kill an ex-girlfriend. "In light of that new information, the network feels that to rebroadcast the special would be inappropriate, and consequently we have removed it from our schedule," the network said in a statement Sunday. The cancellation was ordered by Fox Television Network chairman Sandy Grushow. The repeat was to air tonight, a week after Rockwell, a real estate investor and motivational speaker, chose a bride from a group of 50 women he had never met. The two-hour special drew a huge audience. Viewership grew from 10 million viewers in the program's first half hour to an enormous 22.8 million in the final half-hour. Rockwell, 42, and his new wife, emergency room nurse Darva Conger, 34, had been scheduled to return from their Caribbean cruise honeymoon Sunday night and were unavailable for comment. But Fox contacted Rockwell, and he con firmed a restraining order had been issued against him nine years ago, The New York Times reported yesterday. Rockwell denied the accusations, CBS News reported today. "Relationships have ups and downs but getting physical, for me, is not an option." Rockwell told CBS. On Saturday, the Web site TheSmokingGun.com posted court records filed against Rockwell by Debbie Goyne, who described herself as his former fiancee. She said she lived with Rockwell for more than 18 months. Goyne's 1991 petition accuses Rockwell of shoving and slapping her, twice entering her home without permission and vandalizing her car after she broke off their engagement. "Recently, he said he would find me and kill me," her court papers claimed. A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge issued a restraining order prohibiting Rockwell from coming within 100 yards of Goyne for six months. Goyne could not immediately be reached for comment. The documents listed Goyne's Redondo Beach address from nine years ago. But a phone listed to a D. Goyne in Redondo Beach was not in service today. Fox said it checked out Rockwell's financial records and determined he was worth at least $2 million. FRANKFURT, Germany — It's not easy bein' grun German company acquires Henson's famous Muppets The Associated Press Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy are becoming the latest American icons to go German, following in the footsteps of Chrissler Corp. and Random House. Munich-based media company EM.TV and Merchandising is buying the Jim Henson Co. for $680 million in cash and stock, giving it exclusive rights to such fuzzy critters as Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Bert and Ernie, and the scraggly green furball, Oscar the Grouch. "We are a strong believer in brands," said Florian Haffa, deputy chairman of EM.TV, yesterday. "With the Jim Henson Company, you don't get bigger internationally recognized brands than Kernit the Frog and Miss Piggy." The deal, in the works for several months, also seals ownership of some of the world's best loved children's shows including Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Jim Henson's Muppet Babies and Fraggle Rock, not to mention a string of Muppet films. Sesame Street, first broadcast in 1969, is seen in 140 countries. The buyout also will give EM.TV rights to more than 5,000 licensed Muppet products that have hit toy stores during the last 10 years. That includes the talking-and-laughing Tickle Me Elmo doll and more than 30 million Muppet books sold in 45 countries. EM.TV hasn't been the only German company to expand its market share overseas through corporate takeovers. Besides Daimler-Benz, which acquired Chrysler Corp. in 1998 to help penetrate the American market, German media giant Bertelsmann bought the No. 1 U.S. publisher Random House that same year. Jim Henson, creator and alter-ego of Kermit the Frog and scores of other Muppet characters, founded his self-named company in 1958, inventing the term "muppet" as a cross between the words marionette and puppet. Kermit was known for singing songs such as "Bein' Green." Jim Henson Co. had been run by Henson's son and daughter and chief operating officer Charles H. 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