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Somewhat bleak to say the least, but let's get to it. For releases pre 1990 non animated material:



1) CBS - Their schedule is out through September with nothing new on the vintage front on the schedule up to that point. Octobers releases should be announced within the next week or so.

Prediction For Second Half - Not much. Maybe the next Gunsmoke release and folks keep mentioning a rumor of the next seasons of the Henning shows but otherwise, I don't really see anything else coming this year. As their licensing to VEI and lack of recent classic releases have clearly shown, they are mostly out of the vintage TV show on DVD business. :(


2) WA - They have Lawman (Wide) and Growing Pains Season 5 on the schedule for July.

Prediction For Second Half - Medical Center Season 6, Spenser For Hire Season 3, And possibly toward the holidays another season of Lawman and maybe finish Kildare. Barring a one season surprise of two, I really don't see much else. I did an extensive post in another thread listing all the shows that their page states there is "no movement on" so I won't repeat them here. Suffice it to say, it includes most of the oft requested titles we have been waiting for so I'm not really sure what they are planning on putting out, but based upon their Facebook answers, it's stuff I personally have no interest in like (Hangin With Mr Cooper, etc.). Also no movement from WHV on Chico or the next season of Mayberry RFD.

Not a ton top look forward to here either.


3) Shout/Timeless - The Rebel and next Bold Ones release scheduled for the next couple months.

Prediction For Second Half - Again not much. I'm assuming they will finish The Bold Ones sets but I'd be hard pressed to find any dead locks otherwise. I'm hoping (but not counting on) that they pick up the reins again on some complete series and we could get the likes of things like One Day At A Time, Archie Bunker's Place, It's A Living, Silver Spoons, or Benson. Even something like Green Acres. Hoping maybe Timeless may look in to licensing Trackdown from CBS at some point. Outlook= Guardedly semi optimistic.


4) VEI - Their intial announcement stated that would be beginning to be releasing the slew of shows they licensed from CBS in the 3rd or 4th quarter. I'm going to guess since we are in July with no release dates yet, they are looking more toward the holidays to start bringing this stuff out.

Prediction For Second Half - We know the list of stuff coming out. Personally only 3 are in my wheelhouse (Cannon, Matt Houston, and Barnaby Jones) so while I am very much looking forward to these, I am also hoping their promise of "many more releases coming" might indicate some things like My Three Sons and Our Miss Brooks rather than that recent list of semi current shows that CBS just dropped the rights to, although I'm guessing I'm probably wrong here. Wishful thinking I guess.


5) Indies - I'm guessing another Rifleman season release but beyond that, your guess is as good as mine.



Overall Second Half Outlook = Not great. Take the VEI releases out of the equation and it's pretty darn bleak actually. Expected but still kind of sad. :lol:
 

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I'm looking forward to another Gunsmoke (first color season), Spenser, Lawman, and Rifleman. I think the chances of another season of each are strong. I'm also looking forward to The Rebel and another season of The Wonder Years. In addition, there should be two more LHOTP blu-rays this year, and the Lost and Space blu-ray this Fall. The last season of HTWWW would be nice, and anything from VEI regarding Cannon or Barnaby Jones would be icing on the cake. For me, I have most everything I can think of and more than I can ever watch, so it is really about completion and a few stragglers. I'm actually happy enough with what is planned for the rest of the year. With over 300 TV series in my collection I'm ramping down at this point.
 

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I wonder what is happening with Mayberry RFD. Were sales for the first season a total disaster or is their some kind of rights issues holding things up? I thought we would have seen a second season release by now.
 

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ChrisALM said:
I wonder what is happening with Mayberry RFD. Were sales for the first season a total disaster or is their some kind of rights issues holding things up? I thought we would have seen a second season release by now.
Remnants of the rural purge still live. Throw it on the stalled pile with Hillbillies, Petticoat, and Green Acres. Apparently Fred Silverman still has some pull in the entertainment industry. LOL
 

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Frank, I did see your query on the Warner Archive Facebook page concerning HANK and SAM BENEDICT...and WAC's reply of "good news"...that HANK is in the process of getting newly mastered and that a SAM BENEDICT release is "looking good", including the one color episode...so, at least there's that...(?)

Let's keep prodding them...
 

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You also forgot to mention Star Vista will be releasing "The Carol Burnett Show: The Lost Episodes" featuring a "Best Of" from the first 5 seasons the show aired (and also have never been release on any home video format before).
 

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Flashgear said:
Frank, I did see your query on the Warner Archive Facebook page concerning HANK and SAM BENEDICT...and WAC's reply of "good news"...that HANK is in the process of getting newly mastered and that a SAM BENEDICT release is "looking good", including the one color episode...so, at least there's that...(?)

Let's keep prodding them...
I did see that last evening. Very pleased on these two to say the least. Will be nice to strike another great series off my list from my all time favorite TV season (65-66).
 

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Frank Soyke said:
3) Shout/Timeless - The Rebel and next Bold Ones release scheduled for the next couple months.

It looks like All the segments of The Bold Ones will be out by year's end, and I'll be able to trash the 'boots I currently have (They're missing a few episodes and at 45 minutes in length are edited :( ).
 

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Forget CBS for the rest of this year. Word is that all of the library titles previously scheduled have been scrapped.


Regarding Warner, I would think that at some point the other shows that they've had up complete series for streaming will be released on DVD, like Bronk, The Practice and A Man Called Shenandoah. Jericho was there for a while before they put that out on DVD.
 

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Neil Brock said:
Forget CBS for the rest of this year. Word is that all of the library titles previously scheduled have been scrapped.


Regarding Warner, I would think that at some point the other shows that they've had up complete series for streaming will be released on DVD, like Bronk, The Practice and A Man Called Shenandoah. Jericho was there for a while before they put that out on DVD.
Does this mean that the rumor about Beverly Hillbillies Season 5 is not coming to fruition? Not that I'm surprised.
 

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I believe Gunsmoke season 12 was slated for December 2015. I'd have to think this one is still too marketable for future HD syndication, considering it still gets air time today. CBS has had delays before, maybe we will get two Gunsmokes in 2016, and one Bonanza. I can't believe these two would be dead in the water with the Gunsmoke's just getting into the color seasons, and Bonanza now stretching into the so called "Lost Episodes" that were popular in the 90's on the Family channel.
 

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Neil Brock said:
Forget CBS for the rest of this year. Word is that all of the library titles previously scheduled have been scrapped.
That's CBS for ya. The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction should have been completed years ago but CBS drug their feet as is par for the course. Maybe VEI will pick these up at some point.
 

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