Action Pack (Universal Television)

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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.

[edit] Series History

Beginning in 1994, the Action Pack initially ran a series of television movies that lead 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 completed airing its final season's reruns in the summer of 2001, Cleopatra 2525 also stopped production and the Action Pack series was discontinued.

[edit] Television Movies

The television movies aired during the Action Pack's first year included:

Hercules series:

TekWar (Based on the books by William Shatner):

Tekwar
Teklords
Teklab
TekJustice

Midnight Run films (Sequels to the 1988 Robert De Niro film):

Bandit films (Based on the Smokey and the Bandit films):

Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel
Bandit Goes Country
Bandit Bandit
Beauty and the Bandit

Vanishing Son films:

Vanishing Son
Vanishing Son II
Vanishing Son III
Vanishing Son IV

Knight Rider film:

Knight Rider 2010

[edit] Theme song

The theme song is used in the Action Pack opening sequence, sponsorships, as well as the full version of the theme used in promos for the TV movies. The theme was composed by Velton Ray Bunch.