The show began life as a series of TV movies as a part of Universal's syndicated Action Pack which proved successful enough to go on to a series (which had a good deal of cosmetic and thematic differences, the events of the movies were not referred to in the show proper), and being filmed in New Zealand gave it an unprecedented level of Scenery Porn that other shows couldn't manage. It also spawned another spinoff, Young Hercules, starring a young Ryan Gosling, which didn't fare quite as well. Hercules was closely tied to its spinoff Xena: Warrior Princess, which soon overshadowed it in popularity. It never took itself too seriously, it started out cheesy and got campier and campier as it went on, but it retained a good sense of humor throughout its run (and it had a kickass theme song). Hercules: The Legendary Journeys followed the life of the legendary hero played by Kevin Sorbo throughout ancient Greece as he fought tyrants, monsters, and the machinations of the Olympian gods with the help of his trusty sidekick Iolaus. But wherever there was evil, whenever an innocent would suffer, there would be Hercules!"
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