The series premiered in syndication on August 31, 1998, and on ABC through its Disney's One Saturday Morning block on September 12, 1998.

Like all teenagers, though, Hercules has to worry about peer pressure when the snobbish prince Adonis ridicules him.

The directors of Hercules, John Musker and Ron Clements, jokingly said to him while the film was being produced: "Hey, Tad, we're doing a pilot for a series".

Since James Woods signed to voice Hades again, along with most of the cast of the film, many big-name actors were interested in taking part on the show.

Disney XD aired the series for the first time in June 2011, when the channel launched in Canada.

CommonSenseMedia gave the series a rating of 4 stars out of 5, noting that this "better-than-average spinoff has heart and brawn.