• USA Weekend Magazine - 29 December 1996 Q&A about Lucy's accident

• TV Guide (US) - 28 December 1996 - Xena: Role Model

• TV Guide (Canada) 14-20 December 1996 A sexy new brand of superhero comes to life in the lush wilds of New Zealand

• Cult Times Issue #15 December 1996 I Fought The Lawless. Lucy Xena Lawless reveals the way of the Warrior Princess
• Who Weekly - 16 December 1996 Issue - Xena-File: New Zealander Lucy Lawless conquers dastardly foes - and American audiences - as Xena: Warrior Princess
• Now Magazine (Australia)  1-7 December 1996 - SUMMER TV - All the New Shows: What Scores, What Bores - "Ripsnoter: Lucy Lawless, the fomidable Xena"
• The Sydney Morning Herald -Buxum Biff Artist

November

• US TV Guide - 9 November 1996 "Mything Links" transcript and scans. On the set with Lucy - includes several high res scans

• Contra Costa Newspaper - 17 November 1996 The Xena-Philes: TV’s Warrior Princess draws a mighty following

• Details Magazine - November 1996 Star Dudded: Lucy Lawless
• Satellite TV Europe - November 1996 Xena Warrior Princess: She's the most provocative and militant female superhero ever to burst onto our screens. Xena: Warrior Princess, aka Lucy Lawless was very revealing about herself on and off-screen during a recent trip to London

• Contra Costa Newspaper - 17 November 1996 The Xena-Philes: TV’s Warrior Princess draws a mighty following

   

October

• People Magazine - 28 October 1996 - small mention about Lucy's accident
• Star Magazine 26 October 1996 - Brave Xena Vows to Ride Again. PLUCKY Xena star Lucy Lawless vowed she'll be back riding horses and doing her own stunts — just days after a terrifying accident left her writhing in agony.
• People Magazine Online - 16 & 17 October 1996 - Lucy's accident

• San Diego Union Tribune - 15 October 1996 Xena Allure Makes Her Legend In His Own Mind.  Xena, according to studio press releases, was "initially conceived as an evil figure" in one of "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" but so impressed the viewing public that they made her a warrior princess headed for television immortality.
  San Jose Mercury News - 13 October 1996 - Brief report about Lucy's injury

• Statement from NBC and MCA TV Regarding Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess) 9 October 1996. Actress Lucy Lawless was injured yesterday (Oct. 8) when she fell from a horse after the animal lost its footing during the taping of a comedy sketch for "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno".

• Orange County Register 4 October 1996 - The Adventure Continues For Xena. Lucy Lawless, who plays the Terminatior-in-a-bustier heroine, dishes the new season.

• TV Guide - Xena's Sidekick -1 October 1997 - short article about Renee O'Connor and where Gabrielle will be taken in Season 2

September

• Black Belt - September 1996 - Article dealing with the Martial Arts on Xena and Hercules - What Puts the Punch Into Hercules & Xena
• St Louis Post Dispatch - For the Love of Lucy
• TV Guide (US) 7 September 1996 - CHEERS to unexpected talents. Lucy sings on Rosie O'Donnell Show
   

August

• The Advocate - 20 August 1996 - Flirting With Xena, Producer Liz Friedman hits Hollywood's big time with the series _Xena: Warrior Princess

• Daily News 19 August 1996 - A star on the strength of 'Xena'  XENA' star Lucy Lawless walks through the door, and you can't help but look behind her to see if the Warrior Princess has, by some mistake, been left behind in the lobby...
• Starlog Yearbook - August 1996 - Science Fiction's Toughest Heroes. Savage Sword of Xena, With a dark past & a deadly blade, Lucy Lawless battles on as a Warrior Princess 

July

• Salon Magazine - 29 July 1996 - "Yes Xena Does Rule"

• Ms Magazine July/August 1996 Xena-mania: Why is TV's warrior princess a hit with women? Xena: She's Big, Tall, Strong--and Popular

June

• TV Guide June 1996 - Hercules and Xena, a mythic couple if ever there was one, have led their respective TV shows to quick and enormous popularity. Now Hercules will be the hero (what else?) of a new monthly comic book. To give TV Guide readers a special avance look, we asked Topps Comics to create this exclusive five-page adventure

May

• Spectrum Magazine #5 - May 1996 Xena Warrior Princess - One of the surprises of the past year's television programming has been the huge success of Xena: Warrior Princess...

April

• People Magazine - 8 April 1996 - On the Move: Xena-phile New Zealander Lucy Lawless conquers Dastardly Foes -- and American audiences -- as Xena: Warrior Princess
• The Post - Lawless Days for Ancient Warriors

February

• Laying Down The Law With Xena's Lucy Lawless 23 February 1996 by Ian Spelling - Syndicated Column. Nobody, it seems, is ``Xena''-phobic. ``Xena: Warrior Princess,'' the syndicated series which stars Lucy Lawless as the rough-and-tumble, sword-swinging battler of all things evil, tyrannical or unjust, ranks high atop the ratings. It has whisked men and women, boys and girls, into its wildly entertaining world of mythos, action and offbeat humor.