THIS WEEK IN THE XENA NEWS....


TWXN #12


07/19/96








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[Tentative 329] 07-08-96


   ELECTRONIC MEDIA. Page 4. 494 words. "Xena: a Queen in May


Ratings" By Greg Spring.


   COMMENTARY: XWP was deemed the only "bona fide hit among


freshmen first-run offerings during May" in Nielsen Media


Research's Cassandra Ranking Report for May 1996. XWP earned a


4.3/7 and claimed the No. 16 spot overall in May.








[Tentative 330] 07-09-96


   PR NEWSWIRE. Tuesday. Entertainment, Television, and Culture.


448 words. "Paramount's Star Trek Deep Space Nine Begins


Production on its Fifth Season"


   COMMENTARY: In a press release for Star Trek" Deep Space


Nine's fifth season, it was announced that DS9 had beaten "the


season-to-date averages of other weekly first-run series


including, The Adventures of Hercules, Xena: Warrior Princess and


Baywatch."








[Tentative 324b] 07-11-96


   DAILY VARIETY. Thursday. 5867 words. "TV and Cable Production


Chart" 


   COMMENTARY: Production chart for LA area: HTLJ and XWP. Same


info as XMR324b








[Tentative 331a] 07-12-96


   THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. 322 words. "Ups Smith to Sr. VP" By


Steve Brennan 


   COMMENTARY: Announcement about the promotion of Arthur Smith


to the Senior VP for First-Run and Network Reality Programming


for MCA TV. XWP was mentioned in passing as an MCA first-run


production. Smith will not oversee XWP.








[Tentative 331b] 07-12-96


   DAILY VARIETY. Friday. Page 27. 160 words. "MCA TV Names Smith


Senior VP of Firstrun" By Jenny Hontz.


   COMMENTARY: New senior VP Arthur Smith at MCA will report to


Exec VP Ned Nalle at Universal Television. Also reporting under


Nalle, is Dan Filie, a senior VP of Universal Television, who


oversees HTLJ & XWP.











[Tentaitve 332] 07-12-96


   ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS. Friday. Page 7H. 863 words. "Does Baby


Boom Mean Arts' Doom?; The Arts" By Mike Dunham.


   COMMENTARY: In an article about the "Age and Arts


Participation With a Focus on the Baby Boom Cohort" research


report released in May by the National Endowment for the Arts,


Mr. Dunham stated, "In the piquant words of Xena, Warrior


Princess, 'You got that right, Plato.'"