TMC
09-06-2025, 04:35 PM
https://jacksonupperco.com/2025/09/03/xenas-turning-30-here-are-some-presents/
Welcome to a new Wildcard Wednesday! This week, I’m celebrating the 30th anniversary of Xena: Warrior Princess, the iconic fantasy-action series that aired in first-run syndication from 1995-2001, a spin-off of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. Xena premiered during the week of September 4, 1995 (https://www.tvtango.com/listings/1995/09/04) — the date that is often given (https://www.npr.org/2025/09/04/nx-s1-5399740/xena-warrior-princess-turns-30) as its premiere, for that’s technically the first day stations in the U.S. could have aired it. But since it was syndicated, markets had the option to schedule both Herc and Xena whenever they saw fit. This usually meant the weekends, so most day-one viewers probably saw Xena’s opener, “Sins Of The Past (https://hercules-xena.fandom.com/wiki/Sins_of_the_Past),” on September 9 or 10.
Welcome to a new Wildcard Wednesday! This week, I’m celebrating the 30th anniversary of Xena: Warrior Princess, the iconic fantasy-action series that aired in first-run syndication from 1995-2001, a spin-off of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. Xena premiered during the week of September 4, 1995 (https://www.tvtango.com/listings/1995/09/04) — the date that is often given (https://www.npr.org/2025/09/04/nx-s1-5399740/xena-warrior-princess-turns-30) as its premiere, for that’s technically the first day stations in the U.S. could have aired it. But since it was syndicated, markets had the option to schedule both Herc and Xena whenever they saw fit. This usually meant the weekends, so most day-one viewers probably saw Xena’s opener, “Sins Of The Past (https://hercules-xena.fandom.com/wiki/Sins_of_the_Past),” on September 9 or 10.