Single-season wonders that deserve a DVD release (1 Viewer)

[MattSav]

For me:

Voyagers! (1982)
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (1987)
Superman (Ruby/Spears) (1988)
Legend (1995)
Live Shot (1995)
Young Americans (2000)
Birds of Prey (2002)

 

[mannix]

making the grade,married people,salvage 1,struck by lightning,the yellow rose
lottery,eddie capra mysteries,it takes a thief and the quest ,from the 80's with perry king.

 

[Michael Alden]

It Takes a Thief ran 3 seasons.


Yes, a good show. I transferred all 8 of them from my off-air tapes.

 

[mannix]

project ufo
the invisble man
gemini man

 

[nikkif99uk]

Shows I would like to see released on DVD

Downtown (1986) with Mitch Pileggi
Shell Game (1987) with Gene Barry
Booker (1989) with Richard Grieco
Free Spirit (1989) with Alyson Hannigan
Gabriel's Fire (1990) with Liz Torres
2000 Malibu Road (1992) With Jennifer Beals
Grapevine (1992) with Lynn Clark
Swans Crossing (1992) with Sarah Michelle Gellar (listed as 1 season on IMDB but not sure as was 65 episodes)
Tequila & Bonetti (1992) with Liz Torres
Almost Home (1993) with Alyson Hannigan
Hotel Room (1993) with Mariska Hargitay
Key West (1993)
Running the Halls (1993) with Richard Hayes
Can't Hurry Love (1995) with Nancy McKeon
Courthouse (1995) with Dan Gauthier
Medicine Ball (1995) with James Marsters
VR.5 (1995) with Anthony Head
Flash Forward (1996) with Ben Foster
Malibu Shores (1996) with Keri Russell
Moloney (1996) with Peter Strauss
Second Noah (1996) with James Marsden
Brutale meiden (1997)
Deepwater Black (1997)
The Guardian (1997) with Thomas Ian Griffith
Lawless (1997) with Robia La Morte
Nothing Sacred (1997) with Cindy Katz
Pacific Palisades (1997) with Kimberley Davies
Prince Street (1997) with Mark Margolis
Aspiranterna (1998)
The Closer (1998) with Tom Selleck
Guys Like Us (1998) with Leslie Grossman
Meego (1997)
Reyes y Rey (1998) with Iyari Limon
Partners (1999) with Melissa Sue Anderson
Rescue 77 (1999) with Robia La Morte
Sons Of Thunder (1999) with Chuck Norris
Time Of Your Life (1999) with Elizabeth Mitchell
Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (2000) with Jodi Russell
Secret Agent Man (2000) with Dina Meyer
Titans (2000) with Casper Van Dien
Young Americans (2000) with Katherine Moennig
All Souls (2001)
Crash Palace (2001) with Jenny Baird
Strange Frequency (2001)
Um Estranho em Casa (2001) with Rui Mendes
Wolf Lake (2001) with Carmen Moore
As If (2002) with Emily Corrie
Birds Of Prey (2002) with Dina Meyer
Fastlane (2002) with Tiffany Amber Thiessen
Line Of Fire (2003) with Leslie Bibb
Miss Match (2003) with Dina Meyer
Queens Supreme (2003) with Kyra Sedgwick
Clubhouse (2004) with Kirsten Storms
Hollyoaks: After Hours (2004) with Gemma Atkinson
Jake 2.0 (2004) with Christopher Gorham
LAX (2004)
Making Waves (2004) with Alex Ferns
The Mountain (2004) with Mitch Pileggi
NY-LON (2004) with Emily Corrie
Quintuplets (2004) with Sarah Mason
Hollyoaks: Let Loose (2005) with Gemma Atkinson
Hot Properties (2005) with Gail O'Grady
The Inside (2005) with Rachel Nichols
Kitchen Confidential (2005) with Nicholas Brendan
Starved (2005) with Eric Shaeffer
Wanted (2005) with Gary Cole
Young Blades (2005)
Hollyoaks: In the City (2006) with Gemma Atkinson
Hotel Babylon (2006) with Tamzin Outhwaite
Tripping Over (2006) with Daniel McPherson

probs more but all i can think of for now lol

 

[StacyV]

I agree, that's a great choice. I'd like to see that released as well as Dangerous Minds, a great one season series inspired by a not so great movie.

 

[mannix]

titans

 

[Ron_Wi]

Hot L Baltimore

Barrenger's

Brother's Keeper

The New People

2000 Malibu Road

Partners In Crime

Open All Night

 

[Anthony Hom]

I think it ran for two seasons, but how about
The Charmings

 

[Charles Ellis]

Aparrently there are professional journalists who also feel the same way we do regarding one-season wonders! Check this out:

http://www.avclub.com/content/node/54849

 

[JeffO]

Queen of Swords, for sure.

 

[Ethan Riley]

Okay, I updated my list:
Angie
The Bedford Diaries
Central Park West
The Charmings
Cliffhangers
Cover Up
Dark Skies
Dolphin Cove
Fantastic Journey
Fresno
Hail to the Chief
Logan's Run
Marshall Law
Models, Inc.
Muscle
North Shore
No Soap, Radio
Oh, Madeline!
Pacific Palisades
Partners in Crime
Phyllis
The Quest (1980s version)
The Ropers
Savannah
Second Noah
South Beach
Square Pegs
Summerland
Three Moons Over Milford
The Titans
Veritas: The Quest
Voyagers
When Things Were Rotten
A Year in the Life
Young Americans
...and the list goes on.

**sigh**

 

[MatthewA]

I think they should go one step further: release shows that were pulled BEFORE airing.

How about Snip? The proposed David Brenner/Lesley Ann Warren hairdresser sitcom that had 5 episodes in the can before NBC pulled the plug in 1976? Had it aired, it would have had the first openly gay regular character, predating the one played by Billy Crystal on "Soap" by a year.

Then there's Mister Dugan, the proposed Cleavon Little sitcom from 1979. He would have played a black congressman. 3 episodes were taped and the show was set for a March 11 air date but Norman Lear pulled the plug to appease real black congressmen who were not exactly thrilled.

 

[JamesTaylor]

I'd love to see Out Of Practice, What About Joan, Jesse (two seasons, but nonetheless cancelled prematurely), Happy Hour, Wolf Lake, Baby Bob, Bette, Summerland, Medical Investigation, Twenty Good Years, Jake 2.0, Jake-In-Progress, Jack and Bobby, Reunion, Living with Fran, Teachers, Kidnapped, Vanished, Runaway, The In-Laws, The Mountain, Courting Alex, Smith, Emily's Reasons Why Not (technically a one-episode wonder, but they made 7 episodes), Crumbs, Coupling (US version), Teachers (US version), Regular Joe, and Happy Family. They're mainly shows from about the year 2000 to now. I'll probably add more to this list. Hopefully they'll finish making the episodes of Reunion, so that it adds up to the 20 or whatever episodes that they were planning on making. Then a DVD release would be great.
-James

 

[JamesTaylor]

It isn't one season. It's actually only shown three episodes. It's likely that it will last longer than it's 6 episodes first season run. It'll probably get released on DVD in a few months, to a year, but probably only in the UK and Australia. If it doesn't, then you can download the episodes from Bigpond.com.au.
-James

 

[AndyMcKinney]

this actually ran two seasons, or to be more precice, two "half-seasons". It was a mid-season replacement its first year and starred William Jordan as the leader of Project Blue Blook.

It returned in the fall for a second season, but with Edward Winter instead of Jordan. It was gone by midseason.

 

[AndyMcKinney]

If you can play Region 2 PAL-encoded DVDs, you're (sort-of) in luck.

The Starlost has been released in Britain and is available from online vendors such as AmazonUK. However, what was release wasn't the origial hour-long episodic versions, but the five "movies", which are really nothing more than two episodes (each) stitched together. It is even titled The Starlost Movie Collection.

I guess for the hard-core fan, though, that probably beats nothing.

At first one wonders why this occurred, then I think I figured it out. The five movies had been previously issued on VHS (in Canada, certainly), so it was probably a case of where it was easier/cheaper to use the existing home video masters than having to go back to the original 2" quad videotapes and do a bunch of remastering, restoration, etc.

 

[AndyMcKinney]

My quick list:
Quark. Great little space comedy show. Glad I had the HA! network when the reran it around 1990.
Logan's Run. I wouldn't be surprised if they're sitting on this for a new movie tie-in. Wish they'd just go ahead and put it out there!
Man From Atlantis
Da Ali G Show (2000), the original Channel 4 series. Only clips have been issued so far from this.
No Soap, Radio, though I have to wonder if it hold up well today.
Cliff-Hangers! Probably the least likely of these to get a release as it's probably the most obscure, though a few people might remember the Dracula segments. I still enjoy my old ropey 1979 video recordings.

 

[JamesTaylor]

Also Miss Match with Alicia Silverstone
-James

 

[mannix]

paper dolls
working girl