Re: CBS releases!! Great. Other shows they need to release
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Originally Posted by jdee28
What other "major" dramas from the 1950s and 1960s could CBS/Paramount put on DVD?
Looking at their syndication bible, seems like only Bonanza, Ben Casey, and The Millionaire.
Hope they get the rights straightened out and start releasing Bonanza. I could maybe see a Ben Casey too, after they finish off their other series, if only a Season 1, Volume 1 release, to test the waters.
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Quite a few actually. The biggest one would be The Defenders, which ran for 4 seasons in the early 60s and won Emmy Awards every year for best drama. It is considered one of the greatest shows in TV history but unfortunately it hasn't aired anywhere in a long, long time. Rights are split between Paramount and the show's creator and that may be the problem. By the same producer there is The Nurses, which ran for 3 seasons and was basically The Defenders in a hospital. Some others:
The Lineup (aka San Francisco Beat) was the San Francisco version of Dragnet, using actual case files. There were almost 200 half hours made plus a short final season that ran an hour. One of the very few shows with that many episodes that has never aired in the taping era.
NYPD ran only 2 seasons but that was a great cop show from the late 60s.
Sheriff of Cochise (aka U.S. Marshall) was a syndicated cop show that ran four seasons, kind of their version of Highway Patrol. Over 150 episodes.
Whirlybirds was a very popular syndicated show that ran for 3 seasons and over 100 episodes.
While not exactly a long-running show, Slattery's People, which ran a year and a half, was a good show starring Richard Crenna as a state legislator.
Since you mention Bonanza, I guess you are including westerns as well. They own The Rebel, the 2 season Nick Adams series. Also, Trackdown, another 2 season show which starred Robert Culp. Not a great show but I'm sure it has it's fans, there was the 4-season High Chapparal. Then there are many classic live dramas, which no one knows how many kines survived, such as Playhouse 90, Studio One, Danger and Climax. Also, the 2 season Desilu Playhouse.
CBS/Paramount also owns some interesting short run series as well: Coronet Blue, The Young Lawyers, Breaking Point, The New Breed, The New People, Longstreet, For the People, Garrison's Gorillas, The Reporter and The Immortal.