THIS WEEK IN XENA NEWS....
TWXN 34
10/11/96

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[   ] 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).
