Action Pack (Universal Television)

Action Pack is series of television movies and television series created by Universal Television that aired in syndication from 1994 until 2001. The Action Pack included two hours of various television series distributed by Renaissance Pictures and MCA/Universal.

Series history

Beginning in 1994, the Action Pack initially ran a series of television movies that led to the run of several television shows the following year. From January-June 1995, the series included The Legendary Journeys and Vanishing Son. From September 1995 through January 2000, it included the Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and its spinoff, Warrior Princess. After Hercules ended its run in January 2000, the Universal Action Pack launched the Back2Back Action Hour and picked up two thirty minute series: Jack of All Trades and Cleopatra 2525 to air alongside Xena. The lineup lasted until January 2001. For the final six months of the package, Jack of All Trades was dropped and Cleopatra 2525 was increased to an hour long show.

After Xena, the most successful series on the Action Pack, completed airing its final season's reruns in the summer of 2001, Cleopatra 2525 also stopped production and the Action Pack series was discontinued.

Many of the stations that aired the...
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