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03-22-2005, 06:07 PM
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The Cosby Show - Season 1 Announced
Ventura Entertainment, via their UrbanWorks Entertainment label, has snagged DVD distribution rights to The Cosby Show. The first full season is due on August 2nd with bonus features yet to be finalized.
The distribution deal also gives Ventura the right to release all six seasons of the spin-off series A Different World. That series is due to hit disc next January.
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03-23-2005, 07:53 PM
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For those of you interested, read the complete press release about this in my news story here.
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03-23-2005, 10:35 PM
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As long as it's uncut, I'm happy.
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06-05-2005, 06:25 PM
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does anybody know what extras Urbanworks has planned for this set? It's a childhood favorite and the first 2 seasons are definately going into my collection (each season afterwards declined a little further from the previous, except for season 6 which I felt was the best year since season 3 imo)
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06-06-2005, 09:52 AM
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I'm glad that The Cosby Show is finally coming to tv box set and I will have to pick up this one to add to my collection...
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06-22-2005, 05:20 PM
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I noticed listings on Amazon that make it seem as though these are, in addition to the season box set, being released individually as well:
Eps 1-8
Eps 9-16
Eps 17-24
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06-22-2005, 05:27 PM
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I'm wondering how a 3rd tier distributor like Ventura got the rights to this series. Is the Cosby show SO out of date that the major studios didn't want to release it?
It seems odd that a distributor best known for bad direct to video film and Ultimate Fighting collections would net the gig to produce and release one fo the top sitcoms of all time. Granted they did do "Highway to Heaven"- but seems odd that the Cosby property didn't go to someone bigger, heck even Rhino.
Maybe Ventura had an existing relationship (or a financial tie) to Bill Cosby, as they released some of the Fat Albert stuff to DVD...
Hmmmph.
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06-22-2005, 07:19 PM
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And they seem to have screwed up with Fat Albert and Highway to Heaven. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
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06-22-2005, 10:56 PM
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Granted they did do "Highway to Heaven"- but seems odd that the Cosby property didn't go to someone bigger, heck even Rhino.
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Highway to Heaven is A&E.
I think it probably had something to do with the Urbanworks line, and then also have Fat Albert. I know I was shocked as well, especially since I know some of the other companies who wanted the title.
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06-23-2005, 10:20 AM
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Is the Cosby show SO out of date that the major studios didn't want to release it?
Maybe Ventura had an existing relationship (or a financial tie) to Bill Cosby, as they released some of the Fat Albert stuff to DVD...
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Not sure if this link works anymore, it's not working for me at the moment, but I copied the relevant part of the article when I found it online months ago.
http://www.dvdexclusive.com/graphics/DVDX-TVAnni.pdf.
UrbanWorks Entertainment president Jeff Clanagan says that while his personal taste leads him toward more current TV fare, his bottom line can’t let him forget the past. “We know the fans [of old TV shows] are out there,” he says. TV DVDs make up about a quarter of UrbanWorks’ home entertainment business. Clanagan is counting on seminal ’70s cartoon
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids to make its mark on the co | |
