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mannix

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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
 

Venice-H

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The Watcher and Freshman Dorm would seem to have a combined chance of about zero to make it to DVD. Be sure to remind me if I'm wrong.
 

Jeff Willis

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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 :emoji_thumbsup:
 

michael_ks

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I concur--most of these are not longshots at all really. Not like:

Surfside 6
Five Fingers
Hong Kong
Shotgun Slade
Cain's Hundred
The Westerner
Bourbon Street Beat
Staccato
The Dakotas
Zane Grey Theatre

And many, many more.
 

Bob Hug

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There are a few releases of public domain episodes of Shotgun Slade:

Echo Bridge Home Entertainment: https://www.echobridgehe.com/search....nre_filter=631

Timeless Media Group: http://www.timelessmusic.com/DVDs/shotgunslade.html

Alpha Video: http://www.oldies.com/product-view/5132D.html
http://www.oldies.com/product-view/5148D.html

A single episode of "Staccato" is available on "Brilliant But Cancelled: Crime Dramas" from Universal. You can watch it here:

http://www.brilliantbutcancelled.com...y_staccato.php
 

Joe Lugoff

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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.
 

Bob Hug

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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.
 

Sam Favate

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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.
 

Todd_W_Zimmrman

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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.
 

Mary_P

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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.
 

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