THIS WEEK IN THE XENA NEWS....
TWXN #07
06/14/96


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[   ] 06-03-96
   VARIETY. Page 37. 184 words. "Nielsen Syndication Ratings".   
COMMENTARY:  The numbers for "Callisto", episode no. 22.  Star
Trek: Deep Space Nine tied for 7th in rank with 5.6, and placed
first in the action hours. XWP ranked 13th with 5.1, and placed
2nd. HTLJ tied for 14th with 4.7, and placed 3rd. No other action
hours made it to the top twenty.


[  ] 06-05-96
   THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT (Norfolk, VA). Daily Break. Page E2. 512
words. "'Homicide' Tops the List of TV Critics' Favorites: By
Larry Bonko.
   COMMENTARY: Reporting on the Electronic Media's poll of TV
critics, Mr. Bonko stated that the critics voted XWP as the 2nd
highest show "that people watch religiously but are shamed to
admit it".


[  ] 06-06-96
   CAPITAL TIMES. Pg. 3A. 619 words. "PSSSST!" 
   COMMENTARY: Warning: This has nothing to do with XWP. I have
no idea where this is from but it's a notice of a male brown
Tabby named Xena available for immediate adoption at the Dane
County Humane Society. 


[   ] 06-07-96
   The Toronto Star. LIFE; Pg. D1. 599 words. "Reforming ways to
use The Star" By LINWOOD BARCLAY
   COMMENTARY: In a tongue-in-cheek commentary on a political
organization's internal contest on the best three uses for the
Toronto Star, the reporter offers as the second choice: "Check
the TV listings to make sure they haven't changed the times for
The Equalizer or Xena: Warrior Princess."  Proof the even Canada
is having pre-emption problems with XWP.


[   ]  06-07-96
   DAILY VARIETY. Page 16. 198 words. "For week ended May 26,
1996"
   COMMENTARY: Numbers for "A Fistful of Dinars" (episode #14).
This was a re- release of an episode first release 02/16/96 (see
XMR170). The original showing earned a 5.5, but XWP placed 4th in
action hours. Illustrating how much viewership lessens in the
summer, this weeks numbers show XWP taking the 3rd place, with
5.1.  Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ranked 6th with a 6.0 share and
took 1st place for action hours. HTLJ ranked 8th with a 5.4 and
took 2nd. XWP did a three way tie for 10th with "Inside Edition"
and "The Simpsons".


[   ] 06-07-96
   DAILY VARIETY. Page 1. 489 words. "For 90, It's Black Day at
MCA; TV unit cut across the board in L.A., N.Y., Chitown" By
Anita M. Busch
   COMMENTARY: Even with the popular HTLJ and XWP, the MCA
Television Group is still in financial trouble.  They pink-
slipped 90 staffers on Thursday June 6th, 1996 by being "informed
in the morning to cancel their lunches for the day." "[T]hose let
go will be given 'comprehensive outplacement support and generous
severance packages.'" 
   The article mentioned that while XWP and HTLJ "have garnered
good ratings, both carry large production budgets and, despite
success in the international markets, are still in the red."  
[   ] 06-09-96
   THE TAMPA TRIBUNE. Television. Page 7. 1037 words. "Some TV
shows, movies don't deserve to be in reruns" By Larry Bonko   
COMMENTARY: In a May sweeps month review, Mr. Bonko gave his
choices for "examples of the best, worst, least and most of the
past season".  He mentioned XWP with "Worst impression of Wonder
Woman: Xena, the Warrior Princess."


[   ] 06-09-96
   THE BUFFALO NEWS. Page 19A. 111 words. "David Duchovny Voted
Twice"
   COMMENTARY: In a quick blurb about the People On-Line poll for
the most beautiful people (see XMR267), the article noted that
the different sites on Compu-Serve and Pathfinder had different
results.  Lucy Lawless is mentioned as 8th in the Pathfinder
poll. Kevin Sorbo is mentioned as 4th at the same site. They did
not make the Compu-Serve listed. Only David Duchovny of "X-Files"
made it on both lists.


[   ] 06-14-96
   DAILY VARIETY. Page 22. 395 words. "Mags, Sitcoms up in Syndie
Ratings" By Jenny Hontz
   COMMENTARY: Repeat of "Warrior...Princess" (episode #15). The
first release of "Warrior...Princess" was 02/05/96, where it
earned a 5.7 share and placed 3rd in action hours.  This time
around, XWP earned a 4.4 share and placed 3rd again. Star Trek:
Deep Space Nine earned a 5.7, and HTLJ earned a 5.0.


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