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04-27-2008, 07:31 PM
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Sports Night re-release rumored to be coming in September (Shout! Factory?)
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04-28-2008, 10:06 AM
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Re: Sports Night re-release rumored to be coming in September (Shout! Factory?)
If the rumor is true and Shout Factory is the studio behind it, I'll be paying my hard earned money on Day 1, making it the first (and hopefully last) TV series I'll have double dipped on.
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04-28-2008, 02:23 PM
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Re: Sports Night re-release rumored to be coming in September (Shout! Factory?)
I've never double-dipped on a TV show before, but if the rumors are true about extras, I am so there....
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04-28-2008, 04:53 PM
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Re: Sports Night re-release rumored to be coming in September (Shout! Factory?)
I'll also gladly double-dip on this one, if the rerelease happens. I didn't even realize this was OOP until I read TSoD's article.
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05-17-2008, 10:18 AM
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Re: Sports Night re-release rumored to be coming in September (Shout! Factory?)
TVShowsOnDVD.com has got a further update on this release, and it's indeed Shout! Factory. They have linked to a great article by Home Media Magazine. I can't wait!
Sports Night DVD news: Announcement for Sports Night - The 10th Anniversary Edition | TVShowsOnDVD.com
Disney/Buena Vista/Miramax: Please put Beautiful Girls on Blu-ray with bonus features and the original theatrical trailer in 1080p, and an anamorphic re-release with bonus features and the original theatrical trailer day-and-date on DVD. Thanks!
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05-17-2008, 04:48 PM
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Re: Sports Night re-release rumored to be coming in September (Shout! Factory?)
This is great news and the article from Home Media Magazine is interesting. I will definitely be picking it up.
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05-17-2008, 07:31 PM
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Re: Sports Night re-release rumored to be coming in September (Shout! Factory?)
Good news for those of you who like this show.
But what's with a re-release of a show that did poorly in the ratings and was basically a failure? I don't understand how they could release this over so many great shows that have been passed over.
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05-17-2008, 08:00 PM
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Re: Sports Night re-release rumored to be coming in September (Shout! Factory?)
This show has fans that are willing to put their money where their heart is. Many of those "great" shows don't.
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05-17-2008, 10:19 PM
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Not every show's life begins and ends on its initial screening. It's more noticable with movies - films like The Princess Bride or The Shawshank Redemption flopped in cinema, but developed a following on home video and today when these films get a rerelease, noone quesitons it.
Same thing with TV shows, just less noticable. Sports Night may not have been a huge hit (although it did get two seasons, so it can't have rated that badly), but it definitely benefits from having been made by Aaron Sorkin. In my case, I was a fan of The West Wing, so when a friend mentioned he had Sorkin's previous series, I was interested, and became a fan after watching the show. The I discovered it was out of print, so couldn't buy a copy for myself. Now I can.
And I think the other thing is that this is a Shout Factory release. And Shout Factory seem to have a strong focus on these smaller releases with passionate fanbase - I know they released Freaks And Geeks, for example. So they are experienced about these titles and know how to make the economics of the release work for them.
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05-18-2008, 03:13 PM
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Re: Sports Night re-release rumored to be coming in September (Shout! Factory?)
I hope they're able to get the extras they're planning, but I'll buy it even if they don't. I am disappointed, though, that, according to the article linked earlier in the thread, they weren't able to redo the audio tracks sans the laugh track.
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05-18-2008, 09:42 PM
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But what's with a re-release of a show that did poorly in the ratings and was basically a failure? I don't understand how they could release this over so many great shows that have been passed over.
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Apparently it wasn't a failure on DVD, or nobody would be looking at a re-release. As for why this show and not others - as Matt noted, there is not a one-to-one relationship between original success and home video success or other secondary market success. The original Star Trek was a marginal network series that became a monster hit in syndication. Many films have done poorly in theaters only to become cult hits and even financial successes on home video. A lot of reality shows that are suspenseful as "live" events and earn huge ratings don't do nearly as well in reruns or on DVD.
That's without even considering rights issues, other series releases at a given studio that are competing for space on the release schedule and the million and one other things that go into these decisions. Each show is a unique situation and it is absolutely pointless to ask why show "a" is being released while show "b" isn't, because even if someone could explain all the reasons for each decision, people who are emotionally invested in getting show "b" released wouldn't listen anyway.
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05-19-2008, 09:24 PM
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