‘Xena’ on the EW list of 100 best TV shows

In celebration of its 1000th issue, Entertainment Weekly magazine has issued a list of “the EW 1000,” including lists of 100 best items in each of several categories of popular culture for the past 25 years. Xena: Warrior Princess is #60 on the “New TV classics” list, ahead of such popular and critical favorites as The Golden Girls (#77), Murphy Brown (#81), Northern Exposure (#84), and Prime Suspect (#86).  X:WP is one of only four sci-fi/fantasy series on the list (with The X-Files at #4, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer at #10, and Star Trek: The Next Generation at #24), and one of only two female-centered action shows.