"Matt Houston" will be released next year!!!

Agreed on the volume thing; if they cut this in volumes, I will not purchase! It's all or nothing. 

I caught the news yesterday aswell.. great news!  

Matt Houston is an Aaron Spelling property so it would fall under the CBS/Paramount library.  As I believe they have the rights to all the Spelling shows.

Full Season sets please!

Same here. Complete Seasons, I'll buy in a heartbeat. Split em up and I won't touch em.

I remember watching this show and liking it when it was first on. I may check it out.

Personally, I don't care how the seasons are released. I just look at the per episode cost.

Do CBS/paramount typically split seasons that only have 22-24 episodes per season? I thought that policy was mainly for old (pre-1970s) shows where there were as many as 36 or so episodes per season.

i am hoping they do not do the volumes, like Vega$. I can not stand the volumes, because it just clutters my book case.

I like this show and it was only out for three season, so, it should be very easy to sell and package.

It seems like any CBS/Paramount release that has the Spelling name attached to it gets split seasons. There are exceptions, but then again who knows how they choose to do these. Split seasons make no sense and usually are priced too high for most consumers and sales lack and then further seasons get stalled. Or should I say volumes.

if Matt is indeed a Spelling release then just ready yourself for split seasons. 3 seasons = 6 Volumes and will take them about 4 years to release haha.

One of the Spelling shows from the 70's / 80's group that CBS/Paramount did not split was "Hotel: Season 1". I can't think of any others off the top of my head.

I would be wrong in saying previously that CBS / Paramount has the rights to all spelling properties. Because, Sony has Charlie's Angels for one.

I'll gladly touch split seasons, maybe not truly gladly but imagine people hadn't bought Streets oSF's first split season it might not have gone beyond that, but it did with two seasons so far. Three to go hopefully being/been remastered by now, but it just shows that no matter how it's released, and for whatever crazy reason split up, it mostly pays off to buy it regardless.  

I'm "split" on these s/s sets.  It depends on the show for me.  What I've done is to wait till Christmas or birthday to get s/s sets as a rule. 

  
      Another way to look at it is if they had done full season sets then we might have gotten 4 seasons out instead of 2. One can never say never but as of now I would say it looks grim for us getting the remainder of this fine series.

I wouldn't say it's grim looking, assuming they did alright in sales which is highly the chance. I think the reason the remaining seasons haven't been released, in succession of the first two, is that they weren't transferred to HD like those had been. That's what hopefully should be corrected now, and it could be why they split them in the first place to make more time, so I too hope they'll be full seasons next. 

That's something that they, so far, are doing right by. I just hope that future releases of that one don't get split.

Seasons two and three were the best of this series. Buddy Epsen played Matt's uncle in the third season. Huston also returns to Vietnam in a two part episode to find his cousin.

I really liked just the first season of matt houston

I think the first season is definately the best of the three. But, I enjoyed them all.  Where as Vega$ the first season was the weakest of the three.

   Yeah, I hope we see season 2 sometime next year. 

I'll be getting this.I have no doubt this will be released in split seasons. Mannix is the only obscure cop/detective show that Paramount will release full seasons of,because it was championed by higher ups in the company.I wonder when we'll get an official release date for Matt Houston.

i will also be picking this show up as well, even if it is done in split season. The good thing there is only three seasons of the show. I always thought Pamela Hensley was doll in her role!!! I also like when Buddy Ebsen enter the fold as well.

Well it sounds like atleast early on according to TVShowsonDVD.com  That Matt Houston will be released in complete season sets. Season 1 is scheduled for release March 9th.  Which also happens to be the release date for Scarecrow and Mrs. King: S1. That makes for a great release week come March!

Does anyone know how many episodes are in the first season? The page for this at imdb is really messed up?

Peggy,

According to epgiudes.com, there are 24 episodes in S1.  That sounds about right for that era's show.
Edited by Jeff Willis - 12/14/09 at 1:32pm

I believe 23  if your counting the 2-hour pilot as  1-episode.

 I hope that this holds up (that it indeed is released in full season releases). 

i still like the series, but, my feelings it will be in volumes, which is such a waste. Volumes just clutter my bookcase.

It is sounding like 2010 year for dvds and releases. I am looking forward to barnaby jones in february. I need to complete my enterprise, cheers along with getting good times and sanford & son.

I glad to know for certain that matt houstons gonna be released in 2010

It seems like a good sign it will be a full season release.  DVDEmpire has it up for pre-order and the price is in line with that.  $49.99 msrp...

http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=1512037

that is good, because there was only like three seaons. I hate the volume sets, like Vega$, Cannon, Jake and the Fatman, Love Boat, etc.