Charles: Dan is correct. There's no reason to include Batman and Green Hornet when both are tied up in rights issues and legal mumbo-jumbo which prevent them from being released. Fox needs no poll to understand that Batman is desperately wanted by the fans! It would have been out 2 years ago if the legal issues could be resolved. I suppose that the disagreement with Warner will "suddenly" be worked out in time for both parties to make decent amounts of money on this release just as soon as they can tie it into the next film, which is now green-lighted I understand.
Peyton Place the series will probably be held until AFTER the film(s) come to DVD, which has been hinted will happen next year.
Dobie Gillis wouldn't possibly be considered until after the success of next year's Gilligan's Island release, and even so the Dobie series is not highly enough in demand nowadays to warrant a prompt or definative DVD release. I hate to say it, but that series has received a rather small number of votes for release over at TVShowsOnDVD.
The latter is true of both Julia and Adventures In Paradise as well.
As for Dynasty, the TV-on-DVD industry has yet to really decide if "primetime soaps" will sell on DVD. Dallas is rumored to be on-the-way from Warner, and if anything in the world was more popular than Dynasty, it was of course Dallas. I dunno, but Fox might be sitting back and seeing what happens before deciding what to do with Dynasty. Will everyone buy "everything", or do they just want a best-of? Is the serialized format of the show acceptable for DVD viewing? Etc., etc. Indications from sales of Dark Shadows is that soaps on DVD can indeed perform well, but DS has a SciFi/Fantasy element that inspires a cult status for the show among its fans. 24 is certainly serialized, but being such a young show the fans feel that they can decide on individual seasons and "skip the next" if the show begins to suck...with Dynasty the "commitment" would be stronger in consumer minds. Whether you agree or not with the above, the fact is that shows like this are big question marks in the minds of TV-on-DVD sellers...and one that's not easily answered by a poll like this (because the poll's not built to research the "commitment" factor). We'll see which ones end up coming to DVD, if any. I think that the two strongest entries - Dallas and Dynasty - are locks in the end, with runners-up Falcon Crest and Knot's Landing probably also hitting in some form as well. Just my speculation talking there, though.
Charles, I hope that this helps to convince you that the list of shows excluded from the poll isn't foolish at all. In fact, much of the makeup of the poll could be based on "this is the list of shows we could be ready to be producing right away...which one(s) do people want the most?". If that's the case, then the exclusion of classics that couldn't be produced right away no matter what becomes much more understandable.
It was the West Wing of its day, and much better than ER, IMHO. The early seasons in particular were fantastic, Must Watch TV.
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