HERCULES: THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS

KING FOR A DAY

EPISODE NO. H32
Season 2, episode 19
Series 219
1st release: 03/18/96
2nd release: 08/05/96
1st USA strip release: 09/18/98
Last update: 11-05-01

GUEST STARS, CAST & CREDITS
TV GUIDE PROMO
AIRING AND RATING INFORMATION
TALES OF THE HERCAVERSE
TRANSCRIPT
DISCLAIMER

CAST
Michael Hurst (Iolaus/Prince Orestes)
Lisa Ann Hadley (Princess Niobe)
Will Kempe (General Archias)
Robert Pollock (Prince Minos)
Derek Payne (Hector)
Ross McKellar (Linus)
Brendan Lovegrove (Pylon)
Max Grier (Priest)
Zo Hartley (Tenant)
Tim Hosking (Host)
Brendan Perkins (Attica Guard)
Tony Williams (Farmer)
Matthew Jeffs (First Guard)
John Ron Kempt (Second Guard)
Tim Boggs (Peasant)
Michael Bajko (Husband)
Johanna Elks (Daughter)
Matt Elliot (Whimpering Lackey)
George Boyle (COurt Bailiff)

CREDITS
Edited by Steve Polivka
Written by Patricia Manney
Directed by Anson Williams

TV GUIDE PROMO
Iolaus plays king for a day (and saves the kingdom from an evil general) when his lookalike cousin, a crown prince, is drugged the night before his coronation.

Iolaus discovers he has a royal look-alike and ends up helping him defend his throne from a jealous brother, Archias, and a conniving general.

A cousin that looks like Iolaus is about to be crowned King...if he survives.

Royal look-alike Iolaus stands in for Orestes at his coronation and wedding to prevent usurper Minos from taking the throne.
AIRING AND RATING INFORMATION
1st release: 03/18/96
An AA average of 5.6
Competition from Syndicated Action Dramas:
(1) HERCULES/STAR TREK DS9 11th with 5.6
(2) XENA 13th with 5.4
(3) BAYWATCH 18th with 4.6
2nd release: 08/05/96
An AA average of 5.1
Competition from Syndicated Action Dramas:
(1) XENA 7th with 5.3
(2) HERCULES 8th with 5.1
(3) STAR TREK DS9 15th with 4.3

TALES OF THE HERCAVERSE

From KSZoneW. In My Fair Cupcake, Iolaus wore one of the outfits that King Orestes [Also played by Michael Hurst] wore in HTLJ's "King for a Day" and "Long Live the King".

TRANSCRIPT

Click here to read a transcript of KING FOR A DAY.

DISCLAIMER

No slightly soused kings-to-be who finally pull themselves up by their bootstraps and realize the true meaning of leadership were harmed during the production of this moton picture.