Robert Trebor often rotates with Iolaus as Hercules' other sidekick, Salmoneus. The show stars Kevin Sorbo as Hercules and regularly features Michael Hurst as his sidekick Iolaus. Although set in ancient Greece, the show also has a mixture of Oriental, Egyptian and Medieval elements in various episodes. The series is set in a fantasy version of ancient Greece not precisely located in historical time. It ran for six seasons, producing action figures and other memorabilia as it became one of the highest rated syndicated shows in television history. Stewart, the series is a Spin-off from the TV movies series aired in 1994, Hercules and the Amazon Women, Hercules and the Lost Kingdom, Hercules and the Circle of Fire, Hercules in the Underworld, and Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur, the last of which served mostly as a clip show of the previous movies as a lead up to the series, was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Hercules. The series was created in 1995 by writer-producers Christian Willians under his production tag, Pacific Renaissance Pictures LTD with later co-executive producers being Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, John Schulian and R. It aired from Januuntil November 22 1999. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is an American cult television series.
