mannix angie barnaby jones house calls owen marshall counselour at law dan august harper valley pta i'm a big girl now room 222 cannon the fugitive nero wolfe ,the william conrad series a man called sloane law and order, the seasons with benjamin bratt strike force hagen ladies man the fall guy the fugitive the fbi harry o china beach flying high kaz the wonder years archie bunkers place, the seasons after martin balsam leaves batman the six million dollar man the bionic woman the american girls room 222 eishied it takes a thief matt houston the invisible man,the david mcallum series the devlin connection the rookies police woman,season 2 and up empty nest maverick gunsmoke,in single season sets,switch
Hey, "Mannix", I think that there are several on your list that'll make it to DVD:
barnaby jones room 222 cannon the fugitive the fall guy the fugitive the fbi harry o china beach batman the six million dollar man (available in R2/4) the bionic woman (available in R2/4) the american girls room 222 it takes a thief the rookies police woman,season 2 and up maverick
Just my optimism, I guess. I'm also a big Mannix fan
After the great success of "I Love Lucy," the big sitcom trend was "wacky, hare-brained, screwball, aggressive females who drive some male crazy (husband, father, boss, boyfriend, etc.)"
I grew up on those shows and would love to see any or all of them again today (in complete season sets); the chances are practically zero:
My Little Margie I Married Joan Meet Millie My Friend Irma Our Miss Brooks December Bride Private Secretary The Gale Storm Show (Oh, Susanna) The Ann Sothern Show Hazel (the only one on the list with at least one complete season on DVD!)
... and many more, too numerous for me to remember at this time.
Joe, I doubt we'll see full season releases on any of these, though VCI Entertainment has two, 12-episode releases each for "My Little Margie" and "I Married Joan" (I'm guessing that you're probably already aware of these). By today's standards, 24 episodes would be a full season, but certainly not back in the 1950s when they were produced and aired. "Private Secretary" has been making the public domain rounds with releases from Critics Choice and Alpha Video. Of your list, I'd most want to have "Our Miss Brooks" on DVD . . . I have a couple of episodes from this series on a PD release and it's a very funny show . . . Eve Arden is terrific! Unless it's a major, major show like "I Love Lucy" with a major studio to back it up (Paramount), shows from the 1950s are becoming less likely candidates for release with each passing year.
Here's a long shot for you: Almost Grown, a pre-Sopranos David Chase series that was short-lived in the late 80s and starred Tim Daly and Eve Gordon. It took place in three time periods, the 60s, 70s and 80s and showed the characters at various stages in their lives.
It didn't last long (maybe 8 or 10 episodes) but it was fun and interesting and had great music. I would definitely get it on DVD.
But despite Chase's name recognition and clout, it remains the longest of long shots on DVD.
Of my lists of wanted shows, the one which I'm least optimistic of seeing on DVD is THE F.B.I. Ironic, innit?
And I'm not too hopeful about DEPARTMENT S making it to R1. Other than maybe syndication or public television, this series (which is cited as an influence on everything to THE X-FILES to the Austin Powers movies, and has one of the coolest themes ever) has never been shown stateside.
My longest long shot is probably "The Immortal," the 1970 series with Christopher George. Paramount undoubtedly has many other titles in the vault that would be much more profitable for them, so I'm not expecting to see this anytime soon -- if ever.