Most Episodes with no Season Set DVD Releases

I put a little list together of shows with 100 or more episodes that have not be released on DVD without any complete season sets. No best ofs. No "TV favorites". Only U.S. releases. At least one complete season released. For obvious reasons I didn't include game shows, talk shows, soaps, variety shows, series done mostly live, etc.

Lassie - 587
Death Valley Days - 532
Ozzie and Harriet - 435
G.E. Theatre - 293
Burns and Allen - 291 (including 1st 2 live seasons)
Dragnet (1950s Version) - 276
Fireside Theatre - 268
Jack Benny - 256 (also includes live episodes)
The Virginian - 249
The F.B.I. - 240
Falcon Crest - 227
Life of Riley (Bendix) - 217
Family Matters - 215
The Millionaire - 207
77 Sunset Strip - 205
Alice - 202
The Lineup (a/k/a San Francisco Beat) - 201
Tales of Wells Fargo - 201
Dr. Kildare - 191
Barnaby Jones - 178
Love That Bob - 173
LA Law - 171
Medical Center - 170
Marcus Welby M.D. - 169
Adventures of Rin Tin Tin - 164
Step By Step - 160
Bachelor Father - 157
December Bride - 157
Highway Patrol - 156
Lawman - 156
Sea Hunt - 156
Sheriff of Cochise/U.S. Marshall - 156
Ben Casey - 153
Trapper John M.D. - 151
Webster - 150
Cold Case - 147+
Dobie Gillis - 147
Dennis The Menace - 146
Sgt. Bilko - 142
In The Heat of the Night - 142
Chicago Hope - 141
Judging Amy - 138
Hawaiian Eye - 134
The Defenders - 132
Our Miss Brooks - 130
Four Star Playhouse - 129
Moesha - 127
Sisters - 127
The Gale Storm Show (a/k/a Oh Susannah) - 126
My Little Margie - 126
Maverick - 124
The Steve Harvey Show - 123
Yes Dear - 122
I Led 3 Lives - 117
State Trooper - 117
Whirlybirds - 117
The Wonder Years - 115
Head of the Class - 114
Lou Grant - 114
One on One - 113
Wild Bill Hickok - 113
Eight is Enough - 112
Grace Under Fire - 112
Amen - 111
The Hogan Family - 110
The Parkers - 110
Bat Masterson - 108
Kit Carson - 104
The People's Choice - 104
Private Secretary - 104
Police Story - 104
The Farmer's Daughter - 101
Six Million Dollar Man - 100
Unhappily Ever After - 100

     Well, if you look carefully at the list, a few things become apparent. Many shows are either controlled by Warner or Fox, 2 companies that really don't do a lot with catalogue titles. Also apparent are the large number of fifties shows, which just do not have enough recognition with the majority of the DVD buyers to make them profitable. Only a handful of the shows are CBS/Paramount, which really is the only company these days that's been aggressive with their properties. And of those, Barnaby Jones should be announced some time soon.
   

Well, its a year later and we can knock the following titles off of the list:

 

State Trooper, Dennis the Menace, The Virginian, Barnaby Jones, Marcus Welby, Highway Patrol, Webster, Sergeant Bilko, Falcon Crest, Family Matters and Six Million Dollar Man. Hopefully with the Warner shows, we will begin to see some movement with the BOD program with regards to TV series and many will come from that route.

     That also brings up the point as to if its considered as 2 series or as one. The 39 half hours have always been syndicated separately from the 99 hours so for the sake of my list, I looked at them as 2 separate entities, thereby leaving the hours one short of making the centennial mark.