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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...

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...

My order arrived today in the mail. There was no shipping notice from VEI. At least it's here and looking forward to watching.

Thanks. I'll wait it out a little longer.

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.

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...

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:)

I'll be doing the same since one of my dud discs is Hotel Season 5 Disc 2.

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...

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...

It's too bad that Gwynne's 1987 pilot Jake's M. O. never sold. It had possibilities

Several others that come to mind are Family Man, Together We Stand, and Nothing Is Easy.

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.

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

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

This was an excellent and long-forgotten miniseries that ABC burned off just prior to the start of the 1977-78 season. It was released in 2012 by Acorn Media and I remember reading somewhere an (unverified) report that it had been edited. Hopefully, this release will be complete.

Speaking of Metromedia's crimes, let's not forget that they were complicit in the destruction of the Dumont network's kinescope library.

NBC erased all of Merv's NBC talk show (1962-63); only about 300 of the 1061 Westinghouse shows still survive; the CBS shows were erased, but that choice was made by Merv, who rejected CBS's offer to buy the tapes back (only about 12 of the 635 CBS survive); and of the 3780 Metromedia shows...

From my research over the years, the first show that was kept was from December 20, 1963 (2 years after the debut). After that, it is spotty during 1964 and 1965. From 1966 forward there are some gaps, but most of the remaining run survives.

My understanding is that this release will be comprised of episodes coming in at 22 minutes. I hope my information is incorrect, but I won't be ordering until we know what we're really getting.

Checking from complete 16mm prints, "Dear Robbie" runs 25:20. The only thing in the episode that could have been a problem were the two scenes in the soda shop with fairly prominent music playing in the background. "Second Chorus" runs 25:25 and contains J.P. Morgan singing "I Only Have Eyes For...

I agree. Other than a couple of shows, all of the listed Sonny & Cher Comedy Hours (along with many more) ran complete and uncut in TVLand's early days, so I'll be holding on to my copies. I'm not sure what the story is with the show TL lists as 1/10/72 with Carroll O'Connor, since the guest on...

I've seen all the episodes and it's not a bad show and very typical of '70s Universal product. Burr heading a team of investigative reporters who do all the leg work as Burr swoops in the to nail the baddies. Burr had 2 failed pilots for Universal: "Mallory" (1976) and "The Jordan Chance" (1978)

I think I hear the sound of Twin Peakers stampeding.

It kind of makes you wonder if the absence of seasons 2 & 3 of Mayberry RFD has anything to do with headaches Warner is experiencing from the Hagen estate.

Aside from his work as a composer/conductor, Earle Hagen was very involved in the business end of music and a crusader in the area of rights, residuals, contracts etc. You almost get the impression that you couldn't say "Good Morning" to him without first coughing up a license fee. I'm aware of...

Yes, nice to see Warner releasing Bronk, a vintage series that ISN'T based on a comic strip superhero.

The episode "Let's Dig A Little Grammar" has music clearance issues.

It's worth noting that he was offered help and refused it.

Around 1980, 20th Century Fox syndicated the American Scene Magazine shows in a half-hour format. It would be great to see them again in their original form.