Viper

I've noticed that very few of the hot shows, past and present, that began on CBS have been released. This is also true for TV movies as well. It really annoys me when I see some of these obscure shows being released while some of the most popular shows have been ignored so far. I'd rather not be an old man by the time I can get complete sets of some of these shows, ya know?

examples:
The District
Nash Bridges
Diagnosis Murder
Early Edition
NCIS!!
JAG
Cold Case
Martial Law
First Monday
Becker
Hack
Now And Again(?)

I remember all of those shows airing on CBS and most are/were rather popular, unless I miss my guess. So why is CSI the only bloody CBS show to get released? They need to get on the ball here. I also dislike the fact that they don't make season 2,3 etc of CSI available in full screen format as it was shown on tv. I watched it on tv in full screen, that's the way I want it on DVD.

NBC is doing a pretty good job so far. I wish they'd hurry up with the rest of the Law & Order seasons though. Kinda BS that they skipped S2 of SVU and CI too.

Let's see what else.... Well, we have Andy Griffith, we have Columbo, Murder She Wrote, etc scheduled or released. What about Matlock for christ sakes!?!? How was he forgotten!?

Other shows that would seem to deserve release, considering all the obscure crap I keep seeing :

My Wife And Kids
Philly
Crossing Jordan
Pacific Blue
Step By Step
Family Matters
Drew Carey
Coach

I could go on.


There's also quite a few unreleased tv movies. We got season 1 of ALF, but what about the movie ("Project ALF")!?

Some of the others have had good actors in even...

Peter Benchly's Creature (1998?) - Craig T. Nelson! (I loved that movie so much I paid like $30 to someone just for a VHS tape with the commercials cut.) - Released in Region 2

The Tower (1993) - Paul Reiser

Final Descent (1997) - Robert Urich and Annette O'Toole (CBS )

Code 11-14 (2003) - David James Elliot (again, CBS!)

Heart Of Fire (1997) - Patrick Duffy (CBS? I bet it was)


Now, of all the complete junk films with no-name actors that you see on rental and retail shelves, how can anyone justify not releasing those!!?

MattHR

The networks (with rare exceptions) have nothing to do with whether a particular show gets released on DVD. The studios , not the networks, produce and own the shows that are released through their home video divisions.

The TV networks license (i.e. pay for) the shows from the studios for broadcast. Sometimes the networks have co-ownership in a particular show, which can complicate matters. The networks usually help finance the development of a show they'd desire, while the studios also produce "pilots" that are "shopped" to the networks. Many shows have switched networks during their original run, whether because of contract disputes ($) or canceled by one then picked up by another.

That's the short answer. There are too many other reasons why a show is released on DVD or not, and they are discussed here ad nauseum.

MattHR

By the way...welcome to the forum! You will find answers here to almost any question you could imagine. You may want to browse through past threads for further information regarding the complications, disappointments, anticipation, appreciation and everything else related to our shared hobby of TV-on-DVD.

Paul Sandhu

If I recall Alliance-Atlantis are the ones behind CSI and they're the ones behind the DVD. Also about you wanting it to be "full screen" the show has always been produced in widescreen (its been on HDTV forever) but broadcast on CBS in ful screen. Almost all shows are like this for the last 4 or 5 years.

LizH

It's already been released in Region 2.


I'm sure it'll come to Region 1 eventually.

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Viper

Ok, that pisses me off. I just looked up 3rd Rock (Region 2) and I see that all 6 seasons were released in less than a years time. Why the hell doesn't anything get released that fast here!?

Scott_J

It's being released in Canada on 3/15. Being a Canadian release, this is a R1 NTSC release and can be played on any US DVD player.

Amazon.ca has it for $13.99CDN (approx. $11.40USD) + shipping:
http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASI...409719-3684847

My Collection at DVDProfiler

Viper

Cool! I'll have to order that DVD.

ScottR

Most of the series that I have are CBS shows:

All in the Family
Green Acres
The Honeymooners
I Love Lucy
The Munsters
The Twilight Zone
Dallas
Good Times
M*A*S*H
The Mary Tyler Moore Show

plus there are some I don't yet have:

The Waltons
The Dukes of Hazzard
The Jeffersons

PerryD

If CSI Season 1 had been released correctly in widescreen, I would have purchased all of the seasons, instead I haven't bought any.