Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
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Genre	Action-adventure Heroic fantasy Comedy drama
Created by	Christian Williams Robert Tapert
Starring	Kevin Sorbo Michael Hurst
Theme music composer	Joseph LoDuca
Composer	Joseph LoDuca
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	111 (+ 5 pilot television movies) (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	Sam Raimi Bernadette Joyce
Production location	New Zealand
Running time	41–44 minutes
Production companies	Renaissance Pictures Universal Television
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	January 16, 1995 (1995-01-16) – November 22, 1999 (1999-11-22)
Related
Hercules and Xena – The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus Xena: Warrior Princess Young Hercules
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Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is an American fantasy television series filmed in New Zealand, based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles (Hercules was his Roman analogue). Starring Kevin Sorbo as Hercules and Michael Hurst as Iolaus, it was produced from January 16, 1995, to November 22, 1999. It ran for six seasons, producing action figures and other memorabilia as it became one of the highest-rated syndicated television shows in the world at that time. It has aired on Once Channel,^[1] Sky1, five/5, Heroes & Icons, and Horror.

It was preceded by five TV movies in 1994, with the same major characters, and was part of Universal Media Studios's Action Pack. They are, in order of appearance: Hercules and the Amazon Women, Hercules and the Lost Kingdom, Hercules and the Circle of Fire, Hercules in the Underworld, and Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur, the last of which served mostly as a "clip show" of the previous movies as a lead up to the series. The show was cancelled midway through filming of the sixth season, and only a total of eight episodes were produced after Sorbo initially declined to renew a three-year extension contract to continue his role as Hercules.^[2]