Action Pack (Universal Television)
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| Type | Syndicated television programming block |
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| Country |  United States |
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MCA (1994-1996) Universal Studios (1996-1998) Studios USA (1998-2001) |
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Launch date
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1994 |
| Dissolved | 2001 |
Action Pack was a 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 produced by Renaissance Pictures and distributed by MCA TV (later known as Universal Television Enterprises and Studios USA Television Distribution).
Following an abortive one-season attempt by Universal Television to offer a three-series Hollywood Premiere Network in 1990-91, in 1994, the Action Pack initially ran a series of television movies, which led to the run of several television shows the following year. From January-June 1995, the series included Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Vanishing Son. From September 1995 through January 2000, it included the Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and its spinoff, Xena: 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 Action Pack also aired Warner Bros.' Prime Time Entertainment Network. Some of the other stations that aired the Action Pack also aired Paramount's Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (and The Next Generation before it).
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