OXYGEN MEDIA DISCOVERS DIRECTOR’S CUT OF “XENA,
WARRIOR PRINCESS”
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Exclusive Home of “XENA” Rebroadcasts Series Finale
With Additional 16 Never-Before-Seen Minutes on
Saturday, November 3, at 9:00 p.m. EST
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NEW YORK, NY, October 24, 2001 – Oxygen Media, the
exclusive home of the series “XENA, Warrior Princess,”
will present a special never-before-seen “Director’s
Cut” of the show’s dramatic series finale on Saturday,
November 3, at 9:00 p.m. EST. Entitled “A Friend In
Need,” this final episode, which originally aired in
syndication on Saturday, June 23, will contain an
additional 16 minutes during the conclusion of the
groundbreaking series that stars Lucy Lawless.
“As the home of ‘XENA, Warrior Princess,’ Oxygen is
proud that it will be able to deliver this special
‘Director’s Cut’ to all of the passionate “XENA” fans
throughout the country,” says Debby Beece, President
of Programming, Oxygen. “Since the series ended last
June, Oxygen’s message boards and mail rooms have been
inundated by requests from fans for more programming
and information about ‘XENA.’ When the show’s producer
Rob Tapert informed us that he had an additional 16
minutes for the series finale, we knew that we had
found what our viewers had been looking for.”
This upcoming special presentation will be the
highlight of a two-month-long celebration of Oxygen
becoming the series’ exclusive home. On Sunday,
October 28, Oxygen will host an all-day XENATHON
marathon from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. EST, featuring
episodes that fans voted for online (www.oxygen/xena)
throughout the past month and a live television chat.
In addition, Oxygen will be giving “XENA” fans the
opportunity to win a five-night, six-day all-expense
paid adventure cruise in the Caribbean, courtesy of
Windjammer Barefoot Cruises, when they enter the
“XENA, Be A Warrior Princess Sweepstakes.” The
sweepstakes, which begins on Friday, October 26, will
run through Monday, November 26.
“XENA, Warrior Princess” chronicles the
life-and-death-and-afterlife adventures of the warrior
princess and her sidekick Gabrielle, played by Renee
O’Connor. Produced by Tapert and Sam Raimi’s
Renaissance Pictures, the series, which debuted on
September 4, 1995, blends drama with humor and is
enhanced by spectacular action, superb special effects
and a knowing modern-day sensibility.
Oxygen regularly airs “XENA, Warrior Princess” Monday
through Friday at 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and
Saturday and Sunday at 4:00 p.m. and midnight.