Home Theater Forum › Home Theater Forum › Blu-ray, DVD, Streaming Video and Digital Downloads › TV on DVD and Blu-ray › Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

post #1 of 24
2/4/08 at 2:49pm
Thread Starter 
Does anyone know if Paramount has any plans to release the classic 1971-1976 Quinn Martin TV Show Cannon starring William Conrad on DVD?

Thanks

Robert
Reply
post #2 of 24
2/4/08 at 3:19pm

Re: Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

Quote:
Originally Posted by MCCLOUD
Does anyone know if Paramount has any plans to release the classic 1971-1976 Quinn Martin TV Show Cannon starring William Conrad on DVD?

Thanks

Robert

I've been watching Cannon on the RTN (digitally sped up version). Be nice for Paramount to give the show new transfers.
Reply
post #3 of 24
2/4/08 at 5:53pm

Re: Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

I would be in for this show also. However I want Paramount to finish up their other similarly themed shows first (Perry Mason, Mannix, Hawaii Five 0, etc.) They are putting a lot of classic product on the market and I fear the glut will hurt sales of one or more series and cause them to be prematurely ended.

Steve
Reply
post #4 of 24
2/4/08 at 6:33pm

Re: Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

I would buy Cannon in a heartbeat! He's right up there with Rockford and Magnum when it comes to TV's greatest private detectives. It was always fun seeing him drive that big-ass car of his around town and getting in burly fights with bad guys.
Reply
post #5 of 24
2/4/08 at 9:12pm

Re: Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

See my list below; I'm also awaiting Cannon on DVD.
Reply
post #6 of 24
2/4/08 at 10:41pm

Re: Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

I would think that Paramount will get to this show at some point but if I had to make a prediction I would think it'll be a couple of years down the road. They still have a ways to go on Mod Squad, Fugitive, Untouchables, Hawaii Five-O, Streets of San Francisco and Mission Impossible and they are first going to be starting Mannix. In a couple of years when most of those are finished I would think they will get to Cannon and Barnaby Jones.
Reply
post #7 of 24
2/5/08 at 5:31am

Re: Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve...O
I would be in for this show also. However I want Paramount to finish up their other similarly themed shows first (Perry Mason, Mannix, Hawaii Five 0, etc.) They are putting a lot of classic product on the market and I fear the glut will hurt sales of one or more series and cause them to be prematurely ended.

Steve

I'm with Steve on this one all the way. Paramount is really flooding the TVonDVD market with a lot of stuff, and I don't want to see them get too much out all at once where shows suffer. I want to see THE FUGITIVE, RAWHIDE, PERRY MASON, UNTOUCHABLES and others get a little further along first. Especially in light of their continued insistence of pushing the dreaded split-season sets on us.

Gary "I'd love to see Cannon on dvd - just not yet" O.
Reply
post #8 of 24
2/5/08 at 6:36am

Re: Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

Quote:
I want to see THE FUGITIVE, RAWHIDE, PERRY MASON, UNTOUCHABLES and others get a little further along first. Especially in light of their continued insistence of pushing the dreaded split-season sets on us.

Agree wholeheartedly, Gary. I'd like to see "Cannon" as well but I worry that with each new show released, the others I want tend to get pushed further back and potentially forgotten.
Reply
post #9 of 24
2/5/08 at 10:11am

Re: Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeff*H
... and getting in burly fights with bad guys.

That was indeed funny to see him throw his big belly at the bad guy.
Reply
post #10 of 24
2/5/08 at 10:21am

Re: Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

Count me in for this one, if and when it's released. I'm a big fan of William Conrad - mostly from his old-time radio work (Gunsmoke in particular). I've also enjoyed Rockford and other 70s detective shows and have heard great things about Cannon.
Reply
post #11 of 24
3/18/08 at 9:04am

Re: Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

Calling all William Conrad fans: 2 releases announced at TSoD this morning for "Cannon" & "Jake and the Fatman". Here's the Cannon news post from Dave at TSoD

Cannon DVD news: Announcement for Cannon - Season 1, Volume 1 | TVShowsOnDVD.com

In honor of Conrad's narrative role in the Fugitive..."The day the waiting stopped" for these 2 shows is July 8
Reply
post #12 of 24
3/18/08 at 10:34am

Re: Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

I'm so pumped up for William Conrad Tuesday. If only Classic Media would get on the bandwagon and release the remaining Rocky and Bullwinkle segments in a boxset.
Reply
post #13 of 24
3/18/08 at 1:21pm

Re: Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

This is a good day for William Conrad fans. I'm in for each and every volume they release, and could care less about split seasons, as I am just happy we are getting it at all (I really figured this one would be too obscure to get on CBS DVD's radar).
I eagerly await all of the big burly Frank Cannon action they can dish up!
Reply
post #14 of 24
3/19/08 at 12:16am

Re: Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

Wonderful news! bring 'em on, Paramount, you're our new favorite company!
Reply
post #15 of 24
3/20/08 at 2:15pm

Re: Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

Its about time paramount has released on cannon I've been waiting for years
for cannon to come out on dvd
Reply
post #16 of 24
3/20/08 at 4:55pm

Re: Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

According to the CBS syndication bible there are 3 second season episodes "not available for syndication" with no reason given. A total of 10 over the series' run are unavailable. It will be interesting to see if these turn up if and when S2 gets released or we have another "Bored, She Hung Herself" situation.

Also interested in finding out if the pilot will presented in its original 2 hour format or if it will be the syndicated two part version.

Concerns aside, I'm very happy to see this coming.
Reply
post #17 of 24
3/20/08 at 7:10pm

Re: Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

I looked at the episode guides from Paramount, and those Cannon episodes have all aired on cable. Also, they list several Twilight Zones as being similarly unavailable, and those all wound up on the DVDs, so I'm not too worried. The Hawaii Five-O thing, atrocious though it was, seems like a different kind of case.
Reply
post #18 of 24
3/20/08 at 7:23pm

Re: Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

The entire first season of Mannix isn't for syndication, but will be coming out on DVD.
Reply
post #19 of 24
3/20/08 at 9:19pm

Re: Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

Lee and Joe - good points about lack of syndication vs what gets released. Thank you. One less concern.

Cannon will be an interesting marketing test. Unlike 5-0 it hasn't been widely syndicated in recent decades (at least in my market) and it doesn't feature a "sex symbol" lead. I'm really interested in seeing how this pans out. I traded for an episode several years ago that had Cindy Williams in the guest star role and it was pretty good.

With all the love that CBS has for William Conrad lately (Fugitive, Jake/Fatman, Cannon) can Nero Wolfe (with Lee Horsley) be far behind
Reply
post #20 of 24
3/21/08 at 4:46am

Re: Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

Quote:
Cannon will be an interesting marketing test. Unlike 5-0 it hasn't been widely syndicated in recent decades (at least in my market)

Funny that you say that. I have this unscientific theory that if a show was successfully syndicated (cable airings don't usually count for that, although some special cases pop up) in the United States between 1980 and 2000, it does well on DVD. If it wasn't, it doesn't. The system doesn't work for every title, but seems to work more than it doesn't. Cannon is an interesting test because I think it was pretty successful in syndication at the very beginning of that 20-year window, but not since. I guess we'll see.
Reply
post #21 of 24
3/21/08 at 8:24am

Re: Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

Quote:
Originally Posted by FanCollector
Funny that you say that. I have this unscientific theory that if a show was successfully syndicated (cable airings don't usually count for that, although some special cases pop up) in the United States between 1980 and 2000, it does well on DVD. If it wasn't, it doesn't. The system doesn't work for every title, but seems to work more than it doesn't. Cannon is an interesting test because I think it was pretty successful in syndication at the very beginning of that 20-year window, but not since. I guess we'll see.


If that's the case, it doesn't bode well for Mannix, which has pretty much been a bomb in syndication from day one. Also, and I don't know the answer to this, but how is Man from UNCLE doing for Time Life? That show was pretty much dead in syndication by the mid 70s, thanks to all of the anti-violence crusading going on. I know, I tried collecting it from 1980 and the markets it was in were always few and far between.
Reply
post #22 of 24
3/21/08 at 8:30am

Re: Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

I remember as a teen-ager Cannon (and Barnaby Jones) aired on WWOR in the 80's for many, many years, usually right before or after Hawaii Five-0, although it seemed to disappear in the early 90's. Beyond that, I never saw it air on local stations around the rest of the country, whereas Five-0 aired (and still airs) on dozens of local stations around the country in the 80's, 90's and even today.
I also think TV Land Canada ran Cannon for some time as well in recent years.
Reply
post #23 of 24
3/21/08 at 9:17am

Re: Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hank Dearborn
If that's the case, it doesn't bode well for Mannix, which has pretty much been a bomb in syndication from day one. Also, and I don't know the answer to this, but how is Man from UNCLE doing for Time Life? That show was pretty much dead in syndication by the mid 70s, thanks to all of the anti-violence crusading going on. I know, I tried collecting it from 1980 and the markets it was in were always few and far between.

It's all about a company having reasonable expectations on a release - and knowing how to reach the audience that wants to see the show again. Mannix was getting major coverage in the newspapers a few months ago so CBS DVD knows this release should get a rush of attention and interviews with Mike Connors.

It is a shame that we don't know the numbers to make a show a success on DVD, but its got to be extremely lower than what it takes to be a syndication success. It might actually help a show to have not been beaten to death in syndication since original viewers might be more curious to pick up the DVD.
Reply
post #24 of 24
3/21/08 at 9:29am

Re: Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?

Quote:
Also, and I don't know the answer to this, but how is Man from UNCLE doing for Time Life? That show was pretty much dead in syndication by the mid 70s, thanks to all of the anti-violence crusading going on.


I would love to know even the comparative success of Man From Uncle versus Get Smart. My guess would be that Get Smart would be vastly more lucrative, but I would be very interested to know how it has worked out.
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: TV on DVD and Blu-ray
Home Theater Forum › Home Theater Forum › Blu-ray, DVD, Streaming Video and Digital Downloads › TV on DVD and Blu-ray › Will Paramount Release 1971-1976 QM Show Cannon On DVD?