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    "In The News" (CBS Saturday morning series)

    Of the 3 commercial networks at the time, CBS had a fairly solid reputation for archiving a large amount of material produced by their News division (too bad they didn't feel that way about "Mama" or "The Goldbergs"). Anyway, I strongly suspect that all of the "In The News" segments are vaulted...
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    THE SMITH FAMILY (1971-1972) from VEI, May 1

    I agree that it was great to get this series released, even if it wasn't a "gem". Don Fedderson does "relevance" is my summation. As is typical of one-inch transfers from the 1980's the picture is rather soft, episodes are slightly time-sped to bring them in under 25 minutes, and I notice they...
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    THE SMITH FAMILY (1971-1972) from VEI, May 1

    My order arrived today in the mail. There was no shipping notice from VEI. At least it's here and looking forward to watching.
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    THE SMITH FAMILY (1971-1972) from VEI, May 1

    Thanks. I'll wait it out a little longer.
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    THE SMITH FAMILY (1971-1972) from VEI, May 1

    Has anyone received a shipping notice from VEI on this show? I ordered it direct from VEI on May 1 (the supposed release date), and live about 90 minutes from their Toronto operation, yet all is silent.
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    Petticoat Junction-Remaining Series on DVD?

    As has been mentioned in other threads, the latter seasons of Petticoat Junction have the issue of music clearances. Almost every episode has at least one popular song in it, including a couple that also have Beatles songs. CBS/Paramount has not exactly had a stellar record in the past for music...
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    Is the b&w era of TV on DVD slowly coming to an end?

    Maybe the next thing to be all-the-rage will be studios releasing current shows in b/w as part of a "retro madness" initiative:)
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    Needing help in attaining replacement discs for Hotel: Complete Series

    I'll be doing the same since one of my dud discs is Hotel Season 5 Disc 2.
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    Needing help in attaining replacement discs for Hotel: Complete Series

    This link takes you to VEI's customer service page and you can either email or call them. I also have a couple of bad VEI discs that need replacement so I'll see what happens since there have been very mixed reviews about their customer service in this area...
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    Any word on when The Name Of The Game is being released on DVD?

    Not to mention no chapter stops; no individual titles so you had a 6-hour continuous play disc with all the episodes running together; and of course the fact that most of these people had no clue how to connect a VCR to a DVD recorder and would produce a disc that only had audio on one channel...
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    Kino Lorber has TV Titles from Universal…

    It's too bad that Gwynne's 1987 pilot Jake's M. O. never sold. It had possibilities
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    Kino Lorber has TV Titles from Universal…

    Several others that come to mind are Family Man, Together We Stand, and Nothing Is Easy.
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    Kino Lorber has TV Titles from Universal…

    Shatner was in the 2-part mini-series that acted as the pilot for the 1979 series, but he did not appear in the regular 1-hour episodes when it went to series.
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    Kino Lorber has TV Titles from Universal…

    Pipe Dreams: Little Women (1979 TV-Series)...since Little Women seems to be all the rage yet again Fay Faraday And Company Toma McNaughton's Daughter Rosetti And Ryan
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    TV on DVD news roundup

    One day I'd like to see Warner archive release the Patrick McGoohan series Rafferty.
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