THIS WEEK IN THE XENA NEWS....


TWXN #23


08/29/96








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[    ] 08-28-96


   THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (sole copyright holder). Wednesday.


Entertainment News. 561 words. "Five Questions with Lucy Lawless:


Xena Warrior And Empowerer" By Eileen Glanton


   COMMENTARY:  There were actually six questions, but only five


that were substantive. The five questions asked Lucy Lawless [LL]


were: 


   (1) "The show is doing extremely well and last month Ms.


magazine hailed your character as a feminist icon for the '90s.


What's driving all this success?" Answer: The show is at the


right place at the right time.


   (2) "Xena seems to attract a lot of young women, older men and


Internet junkies. What is your fan mail like?" Answer: Mostly


from women of all ages and persuasions. LL used to be


uncomfortable about being a role model; now she is honored by it.


   (3) "As the mother of an 8-year-old girl, who would you like


your daughter's role models to be?" Answer: Her mother [LL], just


as her mother was to LL.


   (4) "Xena and Hercules had a rather complicated relationship.


Where do you think things are headed?" Answer: "I don't think


they're a match made in heaven. It's like, can't live with him,


can't kill him - 'cause he's a demigod."


   (5) "May I ask how tall are you and how much you weigh?"


Answer: "I'm somewhere between 5'10" and 5'11". I have no idea


how much I weigh."











[   ] 08-29-96


   DAILY VARIETY. Thursday. 435 words. "Action hours on the


rebound" By Jenny Hontz


   COMMENTARY: Ties That Bind (#20), 2nd release, 08/12/96.


Ranked as the 1st action hour with a 5.3 rating. [HTLJ took 2nd


with a 5.1 and ST:DS9 took 3rd with a 4.3]. This was XWP's first


time as the number one action hour for 1996, and was the second


time in it's history. Perhaps Renaissance Pictures should


encourage the Republicans to have more conventions.








[   ] 08-29-96


   THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. 295 words. "Xena' leaps to top of hour


action heap" By Steve Brennan  


   COMMENTARY: 2nd release of Ties That Bind. XWP earned 1st


action hour spot with 5.1; HTLJ 2nd with 5.1; ST:DS9 3rd with


4.3; Baywatch 4th with 3.8; Renegade 5th with 3.0; Land's End 6th


with 2.9; and Baywatch Nights 7th with 2.8.








[   ] 08-29-96


   DAILY VARIETY. Thursday. 


   COMMENTARY: Production notices for MCA Television included the


production and casting credits for HTLJ and XWP.








A Xena but not our Xena:





[x050] 08-26-96


   ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES (Asheville, NC). Monday. Page B3. 242


words. "WCU ACADEMIC AWARDS"


   COMMENTARY:


   EXCERPT:


   CULLOWHEE - Eleven Buncombe County residents were honored with


academic awards and recognized for participation in research


exhibitions during the 1995-96 academic year at Western Carolina


University...


   ...COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AWARDS: Amy Elizabeth Jones, Fairview,


Xena Bristol Forsyth Scholarship....