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.'"


