THIS WEEK IN XENA NEWS.... TWXN 34 10/11/96 Brought to you by Xena: Media Review (XMR): http://www.teleport.com/~gater/IAXS/IAXS.html XMR is a periodic annotated world press review of reports regarding the internationally syndicated television show XENA: Warrior Princess (1995 - ) and the castmembers, Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor. For a free e-mail subscription send "subscribe XMR" to ktaborn@lightspeed.net. Excerpts from the following cites will appear in future issues of XMR. [ ] 10-10-96 NEWS TRIBUNE. Thursday. Page A18. 493 words. "Xena Star Lucy Lawless Hurt on 'Tonight Show'" By Stephanie Reader COMMENTARY: Fandom's very own Stephanie Reader broke the story of Lucy Lawless' injury on the set of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Normally I do not offer an excerpt in TWXN (I don't want to compete with myself!), however, because of the nature of the news, I am reprinting the complete excerpt. EXCERPT: ...Action star Lucy Lawless has a new role - Xena: Wounded Princess. Lawless suffered a broken pelvis when she was thrown from a horse Tuesday night while filming a comedy bit for "The Tonight Show." Needless to say, she didn't appear on that night's show. An apologetic Jay Leno said she would be on "as soon as possible." A producer of the show said Lawless will be fine "but she has some recuperating to do." The injuries may delay production of Lawless' show, "Xena: Warrior Princess," a syndicated hit seen locally on Channel 13. The show is on a break that was supposed to end in two weeks, an MCA TV spokesman said. However, there are 10 episodes already filmed. Some fans of the Xena ("Xenites") came from around the country for the show. One said he saw her horse skid on the pavement outside an NBC entrance, sending Lawless flying over its head. She fell, arms forward to protect herself, then the horse landed on her.... [ b] 10-10-96 THE BOSTON HERALD. Thursday. Page 057. 369 words. "Around the Dial" COMMENTARY: EXCERPT: ...XENA ZAPPED: Lucy Lawless apparently isn't as invincible as the character she plays on TV's "Xena: Warrior Princess." Lawless was to appear on NBC's "Tonight Show With Jay Leno" on Tuesday but ended up in the hospital instead. As Leno explained during Tuesday's show, Lawless fell off of a horse while taping a comedy sketch for the "Tonight Show." Her publicist said that Lawless was hospitalized with pelvic fractures... [ c] 10-11-96 USA TODAY. Friday. Page 2D. 131 words. "Xena's injury no pratfall" By Ann Oldenburg COMMENTARY: REPRINT: Xena is not invincible after all. Lucy Lawless, who plays the popular warrior princess on the syndicated cult TV show, was taping a comedy segment for The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in Los Angeles on Tuesday when the horse she was on lost its footing. Lawless fell on the parking lot where the bit was being rehearsed and paramedics were called. She was then taken to a local hospital and treated for pelvic fractures. On Thursday, she was in stable condition. A spokesman says that she will be laid up for four to six weeks but that the injury will have minimal impact on the show. Lawless had completed 10 episodes, which will take the show to the end of the year. Says Leno, "I thank her for being a good sport and I'm sorry that happened." [ ] 10-11-96 DAILY VARIETY. Friday. Page 8. 776 words. "Sophs Stage Surge 'Home' Leads Off-net Pack Ratings Growth" By Jenny Hontz COMMENTARY: SINS OF THE PAST (#01), 3rd release, 09/23/96. Ranked as the third action hour with a 4.3 rating. (ST:DS9 took 1st place; Variety did not give the score for ST:DS9 nor did it mention who held the number two spot; XWP, HTLJ and Baywatch tied for 3rd with 4.3. Other action hours: FX: The Series earned 3.5; Two earned 2.9; Bounty Hunters earned 1.2; The Cape 2.3; Tarzan 1.7; and Beach Patrol 1.0) [SINS 1st release (09/04/95) ratings: XWP 3rd place at 4.5; 2nd release (11/27/95) ratings: XWP 1st place at 5.9] [ ] 10-11-96 DAILY VARIETY. Friday. Page 30. 85 words. "Action pair plunder better slots" By JENNY HONTZ COMMENTARY: Variety announced that XWP was being given plumb spots in Houston (KHTV, 6pm Saturday), St. Louis (KTVI, 8pm Tuesdays), New Orleans (WNOL, 7pm Tuesday; 6pm Saturday).