Universal's tv releases when are we....

todd s · 01-03-2003, 04:01 PM

Going to hear anything new about the tv shows they mentioned months ago? I cannot wait to throw my vhs copies of Quantum Leap, Battlestar Galactica and others.

Jeff Kleist · 01-03-2003, 04:25 PM

I'd guess Galactica will be around September, given that that's the 25th Anniversary.

Rob T · 01-03-2003, 05:16 PM

My dad is very anxious to get Battlestar Gallactica.

Jeff Ulmer · 01-03-2003, 05:30 PM

I'm all over Galactica.

I want to see some word on Northern Exposure.

Dan Rudolph · 01-03-2003, 06:00 PM

And I'd like them to release season sets of all the RenPics shows. So far, all they have is Xena season 1, and that's an exclusive through the official Xena/Hercules store.

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David Lambert · 01-04-2003, 06:48 AM

I agree that it has been a long time since August 21st, when Universal announced that all these titles were in-the-works. It seems like we would have heard more about the unreleased 8 series (Battlestar Galactica, Emergency!, Dragnet, Quantum Leap, Sliders, Earth: Final Conflict, Magnum P.I., & The Rockford Files) by now.

However, I have checked almost daily for the past 3 months, and Universal has not added any information about these titles to their media publicity database.

Just as soon as they say something I will pass it on...unless someone beats me to it!

I'm as anxious as you are for this. The thing is, I've heard rumors that Law & Order's sales were lukewarm, and that Baretta's sales were downright mediocre. I haven't seen any numbers to support these whispers, but anecdotal evidence supports that information. I don't know what kind of spin that puts on the rest of their TV-to-DVD initiative. We'll just have to wait and find out, I guess.

Dave Scarpa · 01-04-2003, 07:57 AM

Dave I'm not surprised by the reaction to those two sets. Law and Order is a great show especially the 1st year but I think people are burnt out on it. It's been rerun to death on A&E and now TNT. And the fact that they've 3 other series of of it has further dilluted the demand. Beretta was a property that was released to cash in on what's happenning to Robert Blake. I think with what's happenning to him people just don't want Baretta at this time. Add to that Universal has done nothing Special with these sets, I just think people are letting them pass in favor of more high profile releases like TNG and others.

I think higher demand titles like Galactica and Quantum Leap would do a bit more.

Steven Wesley · 01-04-2003, 10:24 AM

Law and Order was very expensive, and that might have hurt sales.

MikeDeVincenzo · 01-04-2003, 10:39 AM

I WILL NEVER REST UNTIL NORTHERN EXPOSURE IS RELEASED ON DVD! NEVER EVER!

Jeff Ulmer · 01-04-2003, 01:52 PM

I agree that the L&O and Baretta series may not have been the wisest of choices, Baretta especially. Sure, Blake is in the limelight, but are people really eager to support an accused murderer?

MSCL has shown how a hard core fan base will support a series release, even given all the BS that went along with it. It was in Amazon's top sales rankings for ages.

Northern Exposure has a similar fan base, and isn't overexposed in syndication (pun intended). Two of the principles are pretty high profile right now as well, and not for killing people.

RELEASE NORTHERN EXPOSURE!