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Thought it was time to bump this back up to the front page. We are nearing "D-Day" as to whether or not Universal will bring us Season 3 within that one year window some of us had talked about. Right now Universal is releasing DVD news about their April offerings, so next up is May. And it was May of 2006 when we last got a LITB release. I hope and pray we hear some good news in the next few weeks. If we get through the month of February without any release news concerning this series, I'll be extremely concerned about the future of this show on dvd.

Gary "still hoping Gord or someone will tell us whether or not Universal felt LITB didn't have good sales" O.

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That's exactly what I mean. It's definitely something of a concern.

Gary "I've never done this with any studio, but if Universal doesn't continue to release this show I may have to boycott them completely" O.

P.S. I know, I know. It won't make a difference to them at all. But I may still do it just on principle because it's tops on my list of tv titles Universal owns.

P.P.S. Shoot! I just remembered they own the rights to "The Six Million Dollar Man", so that might make a boycott tough. Trying to think of any other shows they own that would be "must buys" for me, but nothing else is coming up in my mind.

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Gary, I hope LITB continues as well. One thing I've seen in the TV/DVD business....it's unpredictable. So I wouldn't give up on LITB. As "Yogi" said, "It ain't over till it's over"

As for 6M$M, well, if I had that much $$'s, I might be willing to pay those lawyers involved in the legal entanglements about this series to get it released on DVD. Speaking of Uni's "must-buy's", ever consider the Bionic Woman series?

Jeff "I believe we will see more of LITB but as far as an R1 release for either Bionic series....we may be colonizing Mars before that happens" W.

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Amazing, Gary. I had every intention of doing the same thing last night but got distracted by something else.

LitB is THE TV on DVD series for me. I'm right there with everyone else hoping that S3 makes it into the pipeline.....sooner rather than later. But, I'll take "later", too.

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Correct me if im wrong, season 2 came out late may 2006.So they could announce season 3, in the beggining of april for a late may release.So dont panic yet.

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I can't believe they'd forsake this American Institution after only two seasons. Keep in mind it's still running on TVL occasionally, so that's proof there is still demand out there.

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Just a bit of conjecture on my part but I would think that since Universal released two seasons, that means that the first LITB wasn't a sales disaster for them and indicates that there's a better chance of the show continuing on with DVD releases. Unfortunately, Dragnet, Kojak, etc. didn't even come close to their sales goal if they didn't release a second season.

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Of course it will continue to be released. This show is a cult series.

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The pattern is easy- they have certain number of sales that they want. If it meets that number, there's more releases. If not, there isn't.

My point was that if LITB met that sales goal once and had a second season released, that's a better sign for future releases than shows that flopped (in Universal's opinion) and didn't get a second release.

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To the young executives at Universal, "Leave It to Beaver" is a corny, black-and-white TV show their parents watched, and they probably roll their eyes at the very thought of it. All they care about are sales figures, and apparently they weren't high enough. But I do wish they'd license it out to a company that values the classic shows.

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I think Leave It To Beaver Season 3 is dead. I just got this response from Universal:


Dear Steve,

Thank you for contacting Universal Studios Home Entertainment. We
strive to provide the highest standard in product quality and customer
care.

No release date has been announced for this title. Unfortunately, no
further information is available. For a listing of upcoming releases,
please check our website periodically at:
universalstudioshomeentertainment.com/index.html.
We appreciate your interest and hope that you will continue to enjoy
Universal products.


Sincerely,

Universal Studios Home Entertainment

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That doesn't mean the show won't be released. The show is a cult classic and has a big following.

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I'm probably as big a pessimist as there is on these boards concerning LITB on DVD continuations, but I wouldn't consider that email as a nail in the coffin. It sounds like a fairly standard response that means very little as to what's in the cooker for future releases.

Gary "those type of standardized email responses don't concern me much at all" O.

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I agree with Gary. I think it is just a matter of time before season 3 is announced.

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Yeah, even if Universal was planning in announcing another set tomorrow, they would give the 'We don't have it currently scheduled' response since you asked today.

Though I will say that it's getting very close to a point where you want to worry about LITB's future on DVD.

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I got a similar response when I emailed Sony about The Partridge Family. All it means is the people that work there are idiot corporate robots who cant answer a direct question.

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Harsh, but true. It would be nice to see human responses to e-mail inquiries to big companies.

Like Travis said, that will continue to be the response until the announcement of a release is made. And you can be sure they WON'T announce the death of the series. It really seems to render the whole customer service concept useless for them.

That is why HTF chats with company officials in-the-know and who are part of the release process are so informative and useful for us geeks who NEED TO KNOW RIGHT AWAY!

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Not that it's in the same league as the major studios, but I recommend that you check out the Community Forums at Shout! Factory's web site. They have been excellent about answering questions about their upcoming releases. I was able to get information about their upcoming "Ozzie & Harriet" release even before they've done a press release. They'll also take suggestions about classsic TV releases there. You might even want to suggest that they pick up the "Leave it to Beaver" franchise from Universal which is now licensing some of their shows to SF, like "McHale's Navy" and "Ironside" . . . worth taking a shot since SF now has a working relationship with Universal.

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Sorry, but I want to keep this thread, and more importantly this series, in the loop on the board. I'd say we've pretty much got our May release schedule finished and unfortunately LITB - S3 is not there. This is going to definitely put us over the one year mark since the last set was released. I just wish we could get something - anything - that would let us know where Universal stands with this series. Is it on permanent hiatus? If so, why (sales or some other reason)? Is it on the long range schedule for later in the year? Just give us something, Universal.

Gary "of the unreleased and unmentioned dvd continuations, this one is easily the most frustrating for me" O.

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Maybe our recently "enhanced" friends over at TVShowsonDVD.com will now have some extra muscle to gain some insight and get us an answer.

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That would be nice, but up to this point the silence has been deafening. Any number of folks have asked for some tidbit on this issue, and nothing at all has been forthcoming. Even just an acknowledgment, or a comment from someone saying "I've asked about it but thus far I haven't gotten any answer at all", would be nice.

Gary "news doesn't have to be confined to release dates - even if the answer is not a positive one [i.e. sales for LITB were low so Universal has no plans to continue at present] would be welcome. At least then we'd know something" O.

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Exactly. It's not like we haven't been asking nicely for some time now. You'd think we'd have been given some kind of response from somebody that has contacts. Even if that response was simply that the first 2 sets didn't sell up to Uni's standards and therefore the series is on hold. At least we'd know something. But I haven't read one word on any site about this series - and it is a major classic!


I was bemoaning this fact just a couple of hours ago as I was looking over all the wonderful dvd sets that Paramount or CBS/Paramount has out. And it's not just confined to their comedies like ILL or TAGS. They've done an outstanding job with their classic westerns (RAWHIDE, WWW) and dramas (PERRY MASON, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE). Oh, how I wish Paramount had the rights to LITB. I have no doubt we'd have this show either completely released or quickly on it's way to being completely released at this point in the game.

Gary "Universal is still at the bottom of my studios list" O.

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I understand this year marks the 50th anniversary of the premiere of "Leave It To Beaver" so perhaps something will still be done to commemmorate that.

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Hello, Universal? Hello?!

Bring on the remaining LITB seasons! The DVD buyers are, well...

They're sitting out there waiting to give you their money. ...

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Well, we've certainly gotten plenty of info in the last week or so about other tvondvd properties (in this case, I'm talking about "NYPD BLUE"). Funny how we can get people in the know to comment on that show, even if the comments weren't what the fans wanted to hear, but we can't get a peep out of anyone about the status of LITB.

Gary "this is just gotten to the point of being silly - how can a classic like LITB get no respect?" O.