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post #1 of 42
Thread Starter 
There are many short-lived series that i would love see released on dvd, like Sierra or Delvecchio or O'Hara Treasury Agent or Petrocelli or Chopper One, etc. Does anyone have some short-lived shows that like to see on dvd?
post #2 of 42
Ah.. A familar topic. We have discussed this subject man times. But most of us here, have quite a few short-lived programs on our Holy Grail list (not including those long-lived series as well).
Mine include Wizards and Warriors, Salvage 1, Young Maverick, Baby Blues, and others.

James
post #3 of 42
Mine are The Dakotas, Way Out, Outlaws, The Lieutenant, Invasion, The Alaskans, and Mr. Novak among others.
post #4 of 42
Dear Younger:

James here again. Chances for your favorite old time short-lived show coming out on DVD may not be the best, but between Warner Archives and some surprise revelations, here and there, don't give up hope. Every now and than, something happens.

James,
post #5 of 42
I'd like to see:

Chopper One

Doc Elliott

Family Holvak

Fantastic Journey

Firehouse

Gemini Man

Hare's Boomer

Kodiak

Primus

Salvage One

Spencer's Pilots

Three for the Road
post #6 of 42
Thread Starter 
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Dear Younger:
James here again. Chances for your favorite old time short-lived show coming out on DVD may not be the best, but between Warner Archives and some surprise revelations, here and there, don't give up hope. Every now and than, something happens.
James,

I never give up hope, especially with the tough economy. I have the majority of shows i wanted to complete and i will continue to shop a wait for different shows to be released. I was happy that "It Takes a Thief" was released, so it gives us hope. I like to see WB created some online polls based on old shows, like one and done. The only issues with their online polls is you can not do rating, i.e. 1st choice, 2nd choice, etc.

Ideally, it would be nice if timeless media were able to do more the old shows as they seem to have some success with the release.

I would also be happy if the following shows, which have only 1 season to released would be completed:

1. Baa Baa Black Sheep
2. Charlie's Angels
3. SWAT

i glad to see people are responding to this thread and hearing shows people like to see released.
post #7 of 42
I'd like the 1997 series "Spy Game" with Allison Smith,
anyone else remember this show?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy_Game_(TV_series)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryrWr22Ib_M
post #8 of 42
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by derosa View Post

I'd like the 1997 series "Spy Game" with Allison Smith,
anyone else remember this show?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy_Game_(TV_series)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryrWr22Ib_M

Is that the same Allison Smith from Kate and Alley?

It is cool to see wha odd ball series people liked growing up!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzTDjCLD_U4

I also was liked Whiz Kids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vRyKslGrGk

This brought memories of my first home computer, which was commodore vic 20. I remember using Commodore Petts computer in HS!!

Here is another one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqP8c1sFzvI

another classic show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1N37iDi9OY&feature=related

how about serpico
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JtK6B3i29M

how about firehouse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_etgoqsJl90&feature=related
post #9 of 42
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Originally Posted by younger1968 View Post

Is that the same Allison Smith ?
It is cool to see wha odd ball series people liked growing up!

Yes, that's her. She also played a recurring character on the West Wing,
the daughter of Leo McGarry. She portrayed a school teacher who visits
the white house where Rob Low's character hits on her.
post #10 of 42
I would like to see "Lucas Tanner" released on DVD. I enjoyed this David Hartman series.
post #11 of 42
I'd like to see ANGIE released on DVD. it lasted 2 seasons ('79-'80) and did run in syndication but I guess the powers that be so far haven't felt that there's enough of a demand.
post #12 of 42
Hey you dvd distributors -- here's some beautiful one season shows that would make the best kind of quick release on dvd, all minor classics, one way or the other....

The Queen and I starring Larry Storch and Billy DeWolfe

The Chicago Teddy Bears starring Dean Jones and John Banner

The Tim Conway Show starring Tim Conway and Joe Flynn

The Jimmy Stewart Show starring Jimmy Stewart and Julie Adams

The Paul Lynde Show

The Partners starring Don Adams and Rupert Crosse

Future Cop starring Ernest Borgnine, John Amos and Michael Shannon

Honeymoon Suite starring Morey Amsterdam and Rose Marie

Life With Lucy starring Lucille Ball and Gale Gordon (for Lucy completists)

and one series never released in the US, a Japanese action series from 1962-65 (with the most delightfully appalling English dubbing job of all time) called The Samurai starring Koichi Ose -- a cult series in Japan and even bigger in Australia: with over 100 episodes, not exactly shortlived, but certainly memorable!
post #13 of 42
Being a huge Lindsay Wagner fan, I'd love to see her two post-The Bionic Woman series released. They were both canceled during their first seasons, each with a few unaired episodes. Each has well-known co-stars that could help marketing.

Jessie (1984) with Tony Lo Bianco and Celeste Holm. Lindsay played a police psychiatrist who is forced into the field more than she likes.
Peaceable Kingdom (1989) Lindsay is the manager of the L.A. County Zoo where her doctor brother (Tom Wopat) also works.
post #14 of 42
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Being a huge Lindsay Wagner fan, I'd love to see her two post-The Bionic Woman series released. They were both canceled during their first seasons, each with a few unaired episodes. Each has well-known co-stars that could help marketing.
Jessie (1984) with Tony Lo Bianco and Celeste Holm. Lindsay played a police psychiatrist who is forced into the field more than she likes.

I hadn't heard of that series until recently catching some promos on you tube,
it looks interesting, it would be great to see it.
post #15 of 42
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Originally Posted by derosa View Post

I'd like the 1997 series "Spy Game" with Allison Smith,
anyone else remember this show?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy_Game_(TV_series)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryrWr22Ib_M



Spy Game, with its four unaired episodes, is one of my top Holy Grails. I enjoyed its quasi-serious spy tone. With what an episode of network programs cost, I have a hard time believing ABC thought it was more cost-effective NOT to show that quadrology of episodes.
Allison Smith sure was beautiful in that series.

James
post #16 of 42
Forgot about "When Things Were Rotten." More asture critics might hate its broad humor, but I enjoyed it.

James
post #17 of 42
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Originally Posted by JamesSmith View Post

Spy Game, with its four unaired episodes, is one of my top Holy Grails. I enjoyed its quasi-serious spy tone.
With what an episode of network programs cost, I have a hard time believing ABC thought it was more cost-effective
NOT to show that quadrology of episodes. Allison Smith sure was beautiful in that series.
James

Have those 4 un-aired episodes ever seen the light of day?
I don't hold out much hope for a release of this series, but I'd jump
at the chance to see it again if it ever happened. Maybe one day
it will be available for download, but i suppose the cost of producing
and distributing the physical media isn't the hold up, but rather the
rights and royalties etc. It's a shame when stuff continues to sit
in a vault somewhere!
post #18 of 42
With the recent passing of Harry Morgan I would love "Blacke's Magic. Such a great show!
post #19 of 42
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I would like to see "Lucas Tanner" released on DVD. I enjoyed this David Hartman series.

Ah..... I remember Lucas Tanner as well. Had a great theme song. Pity it didn't get a second season, like Petrocelli did, right before it got cancelled.


Maybe some studios should start looking at the shorter-lived series for ideas if they can't get the "biggies" out. I also get tired of the main cable networks showing the same series over and over again, like Married With Children, Little House, and MASH. Would love to see some of these other programs I haven't seen.

James
post #20 of 42
Quote:
Originally Posted by derosa View Post

I'd like the 1997 series "Spy Game" with Allison Smith,
anyone else remember this show?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy_Game_(TV_series)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryrWr22Ib_M

I remember trying to like it and being impressed with the opening credit sequence, which I thought was very well done. However, I found the writing to be insipid and couldn't get past the first couple of episodes.
post #21 of 42
Lucas Tanner, that one I'd like to see also and Hartman's such a likeable guy. It's Universal isn't it, maybe Timeless could get it when they run out of westerns. Same with Owen Marshall; Counselor at Law, even though it's three seasons so not really short-lived except by today's standard. Anyway, also these 1-2 seasoners; The Fantastic Journey, Delvecchio, Petrocelli, Kaz, King's Crossing, Harry O, Hong Kong, Hec Ramsey, O'Hara; U.S. Treasury, Hagen, Assignment Vienna, Griff, Hawkins, The Mississippi, Lottery, Sierra, Iron Horse, The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, The Immortal, A Man Called Sloane, Bearcats, The Magician, Born Free, The Richard Boone Show, Style & Substance, The Alaskans, Search, Nobody's Perfect (1980), Second Chance (1987), T.H.E. Cat, Movin' On, Houston Knights and The Sixth Sense.
Edited by HenryDuBrow - 2/10/12 at 8:58am
post #22 of 42
I'd love to see the complete series (all 11 episodes) of Clffhangers! released on DVD as well as the complete second season of Amazing Stories.

Darby
post #23 of 42
For me, there are several sitcoms that I've only been able to get an episode or two of over the years: The Tycoon, Hank, Many Happy Returns, The Queen and I, The Cara Williams Show, Double Life of Henry Phyfe, The Don Rickles Show and Mickey. Those would be my main priorities and then secondarily I'd like to fill in missing episodes or get upgraded quality on a bunch of others like He and She and Love on a Rooftop.
post #24 of 42
I hope nobody takes offense to a long list of titles. Most are from the 90's with some 80's and 2000's also.

Hopefully it will spark some memories for others. Though I skipped adding details for them given the amount mentioned. If anyone would like me to go back and add some details, let me know.
Really long list (Click to show)
"2000 Malibu Road" (1992)
"3 lbs." (2006)
"A.U.S.A." (2003)
"Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years"
"Almost Home" (1993)
"Agency, The" (2001)
"Bakersfield P.D." (1993)
"Bingles" (1992)
"Blue Skies" (1994)
"Bob Patterson" (2001)
"Boston Common" (1996)
"Brian Benben Show, The" (1998)
"Brimstone" (1998)
"Brooklyn Bridge" (1991)
"Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire, The" (2003)
"Brotherly Love" (1995)
"Buddy Faro" (1998)
"Burning Zone, The" (1996)
"Byrds of Paradise, The" (1994)
"C-16: FBI" (1997)
"Cape, The" (1996)
"Central Park West" (1995)
"Civil Wars" (1991)
"Chronicle, The" (2001)
"Chris Isaak Show, The" (2001)
"Class of '96" (1993)
"Close to Home" (2005)
"Closer, The" (1998)
"Clubhouse" (2004)
"Committed" (2005)
"Conrad Bloom" (1998)
"Crisis Center" (1997)
"Cupid" (1998)
"Cursed" (2000)
"Daddio" (2000)
"Dangerous Minds" (1996)
"Dark Shadows" (1991)
"Davis Rules" (1991)
"Day by Day" (1988)
"Dead at 21" (1994)
"Dead Man's Gun" (1997)
"Dirty Dancing" (1988)
"Doctor Doctor" (1989)
"Double Rush" (1995)
"Dragnet" (2003)
"Drive" (2007)
"Dweebs" (1995)
"E/R" (1984)
"Education of Max Bickford, The" (2001)
"Eerie, Indiana" (1991)
"Eisenhower & Lutz" (1988)
"Equal Justice" (1990)
"Ex List, Thr" (2008)
"EZ Streets" (1996)
"Falcone" (2000)
"Famous Teddy Z, The" (1989)
"Fantasy Island" (1998)
"Fifteen" (1990)
"Fired Up" (1997)
"Flipper" (1995)
"Flying Blind" (1992)
"Freddy's Nightmares" (1988)
"G vs E" (1999)
"Gary & Mike" (2001)
"George & Leo" (1997)
"George Wendt Show, The" (1995)
"Get a Life" (1990)
"Get Real" (1999)
"Gideon's Crossing" (2000)
"Going Places" (1990)
"Going to California" (2001)
"Going to Extremes" (1992)
"Goode Family, The" (2009)
"Good Girls Don't..." (2004)
"Good Morning, Miami" (2002)
"Hack" (2002)
"Handler, The" (2003)
"Heights,The" (1992)
"Herman's Head" (1991)
"Higher Ground" (2000)
"Homefront" (1991)
"Hyperion Bay" (1998)
"I'll Fly Away" (1991)
"Inside, The" (2005)
"It's Like, You Know..." (1999)
"Jack & Bobby" (2004)
"Jack & Jill" (1999)
"Jake 2.0" (2003)
"John Doe" (2002)
"John Larroquette Show, The" (1993)
"Journeyman" (2007)
"Karen Sisco" (2003)
"Key West" (1993)
"Land's End" (1995)
"Lazarus Man, The" (1996)
"Legend" (1995)
"Lifestories: Families in Crisis" (1992)
"Life with Bonnie" (2002) / "Bonnie" (1995) / "The Building" (1993) / "Grand" (1990)
"Life with Louie" (1995)
"Louie Show, The" (1996)
"Love Monkey" (2006)
"Lucky" (2003)
"Madman of the People" (1994)
"Madigan Men" (2000)
"Malibu Shores" (1996)
"Marker" (1995)
"Marshal, The" (1995)
"Maximum Bob" (1998)
"McKenna" (1994)
"Miss Guided" (2008)
"Miss Match" (2003)
"Models Inc." (1994)
"Moon Over Miami" (1993)
"Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (1996)
"Muscle" (1995)
"My Sister Sam" (1986)
"Nightmare Cafe" (1992)
"Nine, The" (2006)
"Normal, Ohio" (2000)
"North Shore" (2004)
"Now and Again" (1999)
"Nurses" (1991)
"Oliver Beene" (2003)
"Once a Thief" (1996)
"One West Waikiki" (1994)
"Others, The" (2000)
"Pacific Palisades" (1997)
"Partners" (1995)
"Peacemakers" (2003)
"Pensacola: Wings of Gold" (1997)
"Phenom" (1993)
"Pig Sty" (1995)
"Platypus Man" (1995)
"Privileged" (2008)
"Push, Nevada" (2002)
"Queens Supreme" (2003)
"Raising Dad" (2001)
"Related" (2005)
"Relativity" (1996)
"Remember WENN" (1996)
"Reunion" (2005)
"Road Home, The" (1994)
"Robbery Homicide Division" (2002)
"Savannah" (1996)
"Single Guy, The" (1995)
"Sit Down Shut Up" (2009)
"Six Degrees" (2006)
"Skin" (2003)
"Snoops" (1999)
"Something Is Out There" (1988)
"Spy Game" (1997)
"Stark Raving Mad" (1999)
"Strange Luck" (1995)
"$treet, The" (2000)
"Summerland" (2004)
"Surviving Suburbia" (2009)
"Time of Your Life" (1999)
"Time Trax" (1993)
"Torkelsons, The" (1991)
"Total Security" (1997)
"Trust Me" (2009)
"Vanishing Son" (1995)
"Visitor, The" (1997)
"VR.5" (1995)
"Windfall" (2006)
"Wolf Lake" (2001)
"Women's Murder Club" (2007)
"Working" (1997)
"Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999)

Edited by AnthonyP - 2/3/12 at 7:19pm
post #25 of 42
Well, lucky for you all of the shows you want aired in the VCR era and so at least if they never come out on DVD, you can just transfer over your videotape recordings of those shows. Unfortunately, those of us seeking shows from pre-1980 don't really have that option.
post #26 of 42
That would have been an idea (for some of the shows heavily altered on their DVD releases also). Never had that kind of foresight unfortunately.
post #27 of 42
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That would have been an idea (for some of the shows heavily altered on their DVD releases also). Never had that kind of foresight unfortunately.

It actually would apply, even today. If there's something you think you might want to keep, its better to record it and then you know you have it. This way, if it comes out edited or never does come out, you know you have it. Blank DVDs are so laughably cheap that its not such a big investment. A full season of a 22 hour show would cost around $3 with the price of discs these days. Or about one fifth of the price of one VHS tape 30 years ago. So even if the show you like does get released untampered with, you haven't made a big investment.
post #28 of 42
My list is rather short:

It's About Time ('66/'67 - 26 episodes)
When Things Were Rotten ('75 - 13 episodes)
The Green Hornet ('66/'67 - 26 episodes) - yeah, I know, snowball's chance... but one can wish.
My Mother the Car ('65/'66 - 30 episodes) - Mainly out of curiosity as I saw a few eps as a kid and thought it mildy funny then.
post #29 of 42
I would love to see The Second Hundred Years from the 60s
post #30 of 42
From what I read on another forum, Automan and Manimal are due out in complete sets this year at the end of April...

...but in Region 2 (in PAL format) from Fabulous Films (the same company that's releasing the Six Million Dollar Man complete set in R2-land).

I have mixed feelings. Although I definitely want a complete Automan set, I'd prefer it to be R1 so that there'd be no chance of PAL speedup (if using film elements) or, if using tape masters, no standards conversions from NTSC to PAL.

I'll probably wait awhile to see if any announcements are made about a US set this year before taking the plunge on the R2 one.

I wish I knew who to write to at Fabulous to recommend titles, though. I wouldn't hesitate to purchase a complete Cliff-Hangers! set from them, despite standards conversions or PAL speedup!
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