THIS WEEK IN THE XENA NEWS....
TWXN #20
08/20/96


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Editorial comments: I think I only have one or two more
of these to go then I will be a free woman!!!!


[Tentative 388l] 08-09-96
   ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY. 50 words. "Winners of the
Week"
   COMMENTARY: Herc and Xena get to be winners of the
week because of the USA Network paying $300,000 per
episode for the rerun rights. Graphic of both Xena and
Hercules.


[   ] 08-04-96
   THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS. Sunday. TV Magazine. Page
3. 558 words. "Q: A: Your Questions"
   COMMENTARY: Finally, Renee O'Connor finally gets
some attention! In a heavily syndicated Q&A for local
paper TV Magazines, a Texan (of course) asked for
information about Ms. O'Connor. The two paragraph
answer covered familiar ground: she was a native of
Katy, Texas; studied acting in high school; her work in
a Hercules movies led to her casting as Gabrielle; and
she considered LA her home. The last paragraph gave a
quite resume of Ms. O'Connor's past roles.


[   ] 08-06-96
   THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. 511 words. "Aussie Court
Orders Quota Benefit to Kiwis." By Blake Murdoch.
   COMMENTARY: XWP was mentioned in a report about an
Australian court decision which ruled that it will no
longer allow New Zealand television productions not to
be considered local in Australia. The article quoted
Simon Lake, the executive director of the Australian
Writers' Guild, commenting upon "the absurdity of
foreign productions shot in New Zealand, such as
'Hercules: The Legendary Journeys' and 'Xena: Warrior
Princess,' being able to qualify as Australian
content.".


[   a] 08-08-96
   THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. 215 words. "Ratings Tumble
During Games. By Steve Brennan
   COMMENTARY: Ratings for The Titans, third release,
07-22-96, 2nd action hour, 4.1 share. [1st release,
10/30/95, #16, tied for 3rd action hour, 5.4 share; 2nd
release, #17, 3rd action hour, 5.6 share]. The Olympics
took a bit out of most syndicated shows.
   ST:DS9 fell to 3.9, it's lowest ever rating.



[X045] 08-08-96
   AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN. XL Ent. Page 2. 514
words. "Trendoid Restaurants: improvement or
aberration?: By Ed Crowell.
   COMMENTARY: Not a XWP cite, but a Xena one. Austin's
Xena Restaurant made it as number 10 on the trendiest
restuarants list. 


[X046] 08-08-96
   AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN. August 08, 1996. XL Ent.
Page 34. 1492 words. "Attack of the Fifty Foot
Restaurant" By Michael Barnes.
   COMMENTARY: A detailed listing of why Xena
Restaurant found itself on the Ten Top Trendiest
Restaurants in Austin. "MOST TRENDY ENTREE: Tumbleweed
chicken on aguocate sauce stuffed with cheese, bacon,
jalapeno and sun dried tomatoes ($10.95)."


[   ] 08-11-96
   THE NEW YORK TIMES. Sunday. Section 6. Page 19. 133
words. "A Question For: Lucy Lawless"
   COMMENTARY: Answering a question regarding Ms.
Lawless' comments about feminism in the Ms Magazine
article (XMR   ), Ms. Lawless was quoted as stating
that the "Ms. thing riled me." She continued with
comments about how women in New Zealand just do not put
up with discrimination.


