"Hercules" (1998) TV series 1998-1999

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Phil Weinstein

Writers:

Robert Askin (writer)
Michael Edens (writer) (episode)

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

31 August 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Plot Keywords:

High School | Underworld | Horse | Greece | Legend

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Tate Donovan	...	Hercules / ... (9 episodes, 1998-1999)
Sandra Bernhard	...	Cassandra (7 episodes, 1998-1999)
French Stewart	...	Icarus (7 episodes, 1998-1999)
Diedrich Bader	...	Adonis (5 episodes, 1998-1999)
Jodi Benson	...	Helen of Troy (5 episodes, 1998-1999)
James Woods	...	Hades (4 episodes, 1998)
Matt Frewer	...	Panic (3 episodes, 1998)
Bob Goldthwait	...	Pain (3 episodes, 1998)
Paul Shaffer	...	Hermes (3 episodes, 1998-1999)
Jay Thomas	...	Ares (3 episodes, 1998-1999)
Jennifer Jason Leigh	...	Tempest (3 episodes, 1998)
Tress MacNeille	...	Additional Voices / ... (3 episodes, 1998)
Roz Ryan	...	Thalia / ... (3 episodes, 1998)
Robert Costanzo	...	Phil / ... (2 episodes, 1998)
Michael Dorn	...	Minotaur (2 episodes, 1998-1999)
Samantha Eggar	...	Hera (2 episodes, 1998-1999)
Linda Hamilton	...	Nemesis (2 episodes, 1998-1999)
Eric Idle	...	Parenthesis / ... (2 episodes, 1998-1999)
Lisa Kudrow	...	Aphrodite (2 episodes, 1998-1999)
Eric Stoltz	...	Theseus / ... (2 episodes, 1998-1999)
Patrick Warburton	...	Agamemnon / ... (2 episodes, 1998-1999)
Frank Welker	...	Abu / ... (2 episodes, 1998-1999)
Dan Castellaneta	...	Homer the Reporter (2 episodes, 1998)
Mike Connors	...	Chipacles (2 episodes, 1998)
Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Andromeda / ... (2 episodes, 1998)
Peri Gilpin	...	Hecate (2 episodes, 1998)
David Hyde Pierce	...	Daedalus (2 episodes, 1998)
La Chanze	...	Terpsichore / ... (2 episodes, 1998)
Jane Leeves	...	Athena (2 episodes, 1998)
Reba McEntire	...	Artemis (2 episodes, 1998)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Hephaestus (2 episodes, 1998)

Also Known As:

"Disney's Hercules" (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

USA:30 min (65 episodes) | Argentina:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Denmark:A | Sweden:Btl | USA:TV-Y | Argentina:Atp | Brazil:Livre

Company:

S.O.B. Production

Trivia:

All of the main cast members from the movie reprised their roles for the series, except for Danny DeVito as Philoctetes, who was replaced by Robert Costanzo.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the episode "Hercules and the Dream Date", at the Aphrodisiac Dance, the green headband that Hercules is wearing disappears and then reappears when he is talking to Cassandra.

Quotes:

[Pain and Panic have to stop Icarus from kissing Cassandra]
Pain: He's going to kiss somebody? I have to get out more. I could do okay.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Hercules: Zero to Hero (1999) (V)

Playing with Greek Myths, what fun!

I wish I had watched this series in it's first run, but I figured "Oh great, another badly done TV series" (I was still bitter about Aladdin and Gargoyles being cancelled). Then, directly before it went off the air I found these sound clips from the show that were so funny that I decided to watch it. I loved it. The show is full of vague references to Greek myths and plays. The more Greek you've been made to study, the more amusing Hercules is.