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Will Paramount Release Season 2 Of Cannon On DVD?

post #1 of 47
1/29/09 at 5:39pm
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Does anyone know if Paramount will continue releasing Cannon on DVD?

Thanks!

Robert
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post #2 of 47
1/29/09 at 5:44pm

Re: Will Paramount Release Season 2 Of Cannon On DVD?

I sure hope so. I am enjoying rewatching these great shows. And season 2 was a half season, so no vol 1 and 2 for season 2. Plus I hope we get vol 2 of season 2 of Mod Squad soon.
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post #3 of 47
1/29/09 at 5:52pm

Re: Will Paramount Release Season 2 Of Cannon On DVD?

Heck, where is season 4 of Diagnosis Murder?
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post #4 of 47
1/29/09 at 7:26pm

Re: Will Paramount Release Season 2 Of Cannon On DVD?

Every season of Cannon had 24 or 25 episodes, so each season on DVD will probably be split.

By the way, I know some people on the HTF have been disappointed in the picture quality of the Cannon episodes, but AFAIK every episode is complete and contains the original music. That's certainly more than you can say for a lot of TV on DVD these days.
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post #5 of 47
1/29/09 at 8:51pm

Re: Will Paramount Release Season 2 Of Cannon On DVD?

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Originally Posted by cajunhillbilly
I sure hope so. I am enjoying rewatching these great shows. And season 2 was a half season, so no vol 1 and 2 for season 2. Plus I hope we get vol 2 of season 2 of Mod Squad soon.

You're thinking Jake and the Fatman.
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post #6 of 47
1/30/09 at 9:19am

Re: Will Paramount Release Season 2 Of Cannon On DVD?

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Originally Posted by Corey3rd
You're thinking Jake and the Fatman.
You are right. My bad.
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post #7 of 47
1/31/09 at 8:50am

Re: Will Paramount Release Season 2 Of Cannon On DVD?

They better
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post #8 of 47
2/1/09 at 9:27am
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Re: Will Paramount Release Season 2 Of Cannon On DVD?

I agree that it is disappointing that Paramount didn't release Cannon with the same great picture quality as Streets of San Francisco, Hawaii Five-O, etc. However Cannon does look good and it is the best the show has ever looked and may ever look. Thanks Paramount for releasing Cannon and please release the whole Cannon series on DVD!

Robert
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post #9 of 47
2/1/09 at 9:32am

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Originally Posted by MCCLOUD
I agree that it is disappointing that Paramount didn't release Cannon with the same great picture quality as Streets of San Francisco, Hawaii Five-O, etc. However Cannon does look good and it is the best the show has ever looked and may ever look. Thanks Paramount for releasing Cannon and please release the whole Cannon series on DVD!

Robert


I agree. Please release the whole Cannon series and all of Jake and the Fatman, too.
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post #10 of 47
2/1/09 at 9:56am

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I'm in for as many as they can give us!
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post #11 of 47
2/9/09 at 11:51am

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Season 2 of Jake and the Fatman was announced today but no sign of Cannon...
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post #12 of 47
2/9/09 at 12:34pm

Re: Will Paramount Release Season 2 Of Cannon On DVD?

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Originally Posted by 70sTVlover
Season 2 of Jake and the Fatman was announced today but no sign of Cannon...

Doesn't mean a thing. They may announce it in a few days.
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post #13 of 47
2/19/09 at 8:47am

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I hope so, the show is oddly addicting. I bought the first part of Season 1 on a whim and tore through half the set in a night. For some reason, William Conrad comes off as a lovable jerk. I'm not sure why.
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post #14 of 47
2/19/09 at 10:40am

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I have been enjoying this show immensely, but I'm not holding my breath on further releases. I know that Streets of San Francisco has been abandoned, along with what appears to be The Untouchables, Mork and Mindy, Laverne and Shirley and several other CBS/P releases.
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post #15 of 47
2/19/09 at 11:12am

Re: Will Paramount Release Season 2 Of Cannon On DVD?

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Originally Posted by Jeff*H
I have been enjoying this show immensely, but I'm not holding my breath on further releases. I know that Streets of San Francisco has been abandoned, along with what appears to be The Untouchables, Mork and Mindy, Laverne and Shirley and several other CBS/P releases.

I think the problem there is the whole half season issue. While it works for some releases--THE FUGITIVE--it does not work well for others. FUGITIVE has a strong following that is used to the restoration that could excuse the half-season sets, but the rest are playing against the current notion that says a consumer should be getting a season or more for the $30 price that a lot of these carried.

To be fair, I'm not sure if the costs of those discontinued sets are due to rights or restoration, but CBS/Paramount should have given them a full-season run to see if that trend continued. $40 for a full season might have gone over better than $30 for half of that.
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post #16 of 47
2/19/09 at 12:38pm

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Originally Posted by Dan McW
Every season of Cannon had 24 or 25 episodes, so each season on DVD will probably be split.

By the way, I know some people on the HTF have been disappointed in the picture quality of the Cannon episodes, but AFAIK every episode is complete and contains the original music. That's certainly more than you can say for a lot of TV on DVD these days.

They are old transfers but I don't mind them at all.
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post #17 of 47
2/19/09 at 1:02pm

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Originally Posted by Jeff*H
I have been enjoying this show immensely, but I'm not holding my breath on further releases. I know that Streets of San Francisco has been abandoned, along with what appears to be The Untouchables, Mork and Mindy, Laverne and Shirley and several other CBS/P releases.

Has Streets been abandoned? I feel like Season 2, Volume 2 came out not too long ago...maybe it's going to be announced in the next wave?
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post #18 of 47
2/19/09 at 3:34pm

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Originally Posted by jamoon2006
Has Streets been abandoned? I feel like Season 2, Volume 2 came out not too long ago...maybe it's going to be announced in the next wave?

I talked to someone at CBS/P who confirmed that there are no more releases scheduled for this year.
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post #19 of 47
2/19/09 at 7:13pm

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Originally Posted by Jeff*H
I talked to someone at CBS/P who confirmed that there are no more releases scheduled for this year.

What did they say about Cannon?
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post #20 of 47
2/19/09 at 8:30pm

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Originally Posted by cajunhillbilly
What did they say about Cannon?

Didn't ask about Cannon but the next time I talk to them I will ask.
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post #21 of 47
2/19/09 at 10:20pm

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Streets of San Francisco has been abandoned by CBS/Paramount? Wow. I'm surprised. With talk of a revival on CBS, as well as how much money they must have spent on the Season 1 and 2 transfers, which all look amazing, I thought they would continue. Maybe it's a victim of the bad economy?

CBS/Paramount seems to be going through a slow down when it comes to classic releases. What about The Untouchables, Perry Mason, Rawhide, and Gunsmoke; have you heard anything about CBS/Paramount abandoning them, Jeff?
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post #22 of 47
2/20/09 at 5:19am

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The term "abandoned" that I see continually used on this forum sounds so final.

From Webster's dictionary, the first definition given for the word "abandon" is

"To give up with the intent of never again claiming a right or interest in."

How can one read into that quote that we will never again see any further releases?

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I talked to someone at CBS/P who confirmed that there are no more releases scheduled for this year.

Sounds to me like there is simply a hold on releases for the next year or two.
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post #23 of 47
2/20/09 at 5:19am

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Originally Posted by jdee28
Streets of San Francisco has been abandoned by CBS/Paramount? Wow. I'm surprised. With talk of a revival on CBS, as well as how much money they must have spent on the Season 1 and 2 transfers, which all look amazing, I thought they would continue. Maybe it's a victim of the bad economy?

CBS/Paramount seems to be going through a slow down when it comes to classic releases. What about The Untouchables, Perry Mason, Rawhide, and Gunsmoke; have you heard anything about CBS/Paramount abandoning them, Jeff?

I haven't, but I'm still wondering if they'll consider full season releases. $30 for half a season (despite the remastering and restoration) seems a bit much. Especially since there's a growing trend towards Complete Series releases for around $100-$150.
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post #24 of 47
2/20/09 at 8:03am

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My conversation with the person primarily involved HAWAII FIVE-0 (my favorite show), which has several releases scheduled for 2009, including one scheduled in October, so CBS/P has their schedule laid out pretty well for the year. STREETS has no releases scheduled for 2009 apparently (I probably erred to say in my original post that it was 'abandoned', but appearances would seem to indicate this may be likely). However, we've seen them go up to a year or more in a few cases if I recall, so that's not to say they wouldn't put something out in 2010.
One clue that may alert us to any future seasons is the Paramount syndication bible, which has STREETS episodes remastered only through Season 2 so far. That same website lists no remastering work done whatsoever on CANNON, which is evident by the prints they used for the DVDs, so it will be harder to tell if this one will move forward with future releases, but I will ask next time.
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post #25 of 47
2/20/09 at 8:42am

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Why the devil has SOSF been abandoned, I was under the impression it did well? Is this down to bad sales (can't imagine that), or the economic crisis? It looked awesome, good work was put into it, and it seems strange restoration should halt with S2. Makes no sense to me. Here I was, just praising Paramount yesterday ("Bonanza") and now this - and it's only February. Even if the remaining seasons look like "Cannon", we'd still want them, but maybe R2 will save it. "Cannon" doesn't look very good for an official release, wonder why they're in such poor state, you can actually find bootlegs of shows on iOffer that look better. Hopefully Paramount will reconsider this carefully, and continue both shows - regardless of picture quibbles.
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post #26 of 47
2/20/09 at 9:04am

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From the sound of it, Streets has been abandoned in the near future. Hopefully, CBS/Paramount will find their way back to it, like they did with Cheers, some way down the line. If they go through with the revival of the show, and it's successful, maybe that might help.

As far as Cannon goes, here's a show CBS/Paramount should do a disc replacement program for. Is this really the best the show can look?
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post #27 of 47
2/20/09 at 1:11pm

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Strange how Paramount love their '60s shows, "The Wild, Wild West", "Hawaii-Five-0" to name two, season-wise they're about the same length as their '70s shows. But most studios seem to be dragging their feet when it comes to the TV cop decade, and always put the '70s coppers on hold. Wrong choice, babies, wrong choice. :-/
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post #28 of 47
2/20/09 at 1:41pm

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Hawaii Five-0 was only a season and a half in the '60s. It did last the entire decade of the '70s.

I'm eager for news on Cannon, The Untouchables and Mod Squad. Plus more Mannix.
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post #29 of 47
2/20/09 at 8:47pm
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Re: Will Paramount Release Season 2 Of Cannon On DVD?

Thanks Jeff in Colorado for trying to find out about Cannon for us. Does anyone know of an email address, mailing address, and phone number that we can contact Paramount asking them to please keep releasing Cannon and Streets Of San Francisco on DVD?

Thanks Everyone!

Robert
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post #30 of 47
2/22/09 at 8:05am

Re: Will Paramount Release Season 2 Of Cannon On DVD?

I'm a bit confused here: since they didn't remaster CANNON, doesn't that mean they would put out more sets? Or are they breaking a trend by preferring to put out remastered sets on DVD?

I'm confused by it.
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