THIS WEEK IN XENA NEWS....
TWXN 59
12/30/96

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[    ] 12-23-96
   NOTE: ORPHAN OF WAR (#25), 2nd release, 11/25/96.
Ranked  3rd action hour with a 5.1 rating. [1st
release: Ranked as the 3rd action hour with a 5.3
rating.]
   Comparison with other action hours: (1) ST:DS9 with
6.0; (2) HTLJ with 5.5; (3) XWP with 5.1; (4) BAYWATCH
with 3.5.


[    ]  12-28-96
   THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS. Saturday. Page F01. 907
words. "Best of 1996; Battle over Ratings Spills into
1997" By Marion Garmel
   COMMENTARY: I have no idea what kind of drugs this
reviewer was on, but in his year end capsule of the
best on TV he wrote: "Best syndicated  adventure series
- The numbers say Sinbad  is the heir to Hercules and
Xena as the most popular adventure series these days,
but I vote  for Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, 2 p.m.
Saturdays on WNDY"
   First. What is this "heir" stuff? He is writing as
if HTLJ and XWP are history. HTLJ is already on top and
XWP is in its ascendancy. 
   Second. SINBAD is not even close in the ratings war
(HTL:J and XWP are always in the top 15 if not top 10;
SINBAD has hit the top 20 once, and I am sure THAT was
an accident). 
   Third. KUNG FU: THE LEGEND CONTINUES was cancelled
last season!


[    ] 12-30-96
   LOS ANGELES TIMES. Monday. Page E-1. 474 words.
"What I Did in 1996" By Tony Peyser
   COMMENTARY: In, what I am sure Mr. Peyser assumed
was a clever 35 stanza poem highlighting major events
of the year in cutesy first person verse, XWP is
mentioned in the 7th verse: "I dated Xena, She gave me
a sword; Brought my 'Frasier' spec, To Betty Ford.


[    ] 12-30-96
   NOTES: REMEMBER NOTHING (#26), 2nd release,
12/02/96. Ranked 1st action hour the third time this
season with a 5.6 rating. [1st release: Ranked as the
2nd action hour with a 5.6 rating.]
   Comparison with other action hours: (1) XWP with
5.6; (2) ST:DS9 with 5.2; (3) HTLJ with 5.1; (4)
BAYWATCH with 4.4.
