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    Shows you think deserved one more season

    That website is likely inaccurate. For one, "Gilligan, The Goddess" was produced as the second episode of Season Three but held to air as its last, so it would be highly unusual for that script to contain a list of ideas for Season Four. Second, I've searched and never found *any* evidence to...
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    My new revelation - 70s TV wasn't that bad!

    You have great taste! Those are some of my favorites as well.
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    Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie rewatch

    I agree with you. But to answer your initial question, comparing them is the only way to acknowledge how they differ and how they don't. Obviously they're not 100% identical -- that's why a lot of this thread has devolved into the usual "which is better" debate -- but with, at the very least...
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    Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie rewatch

    I DREAM OF JEANNIE was specifically developed to capitalize on the success of ABC's BEWITCHED and wouldn't exist without it. In fact, NBC and Screen Gems initially asked BEWITCHED creator Sol Saks to create a similar show for the rival network. He declined but Sidney Sheldon agreed and studied...
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    Other CBS Shows VEI could release

    The first show on his list is He & She. Is there talk again of that being released?
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    TV on DVD news roundup

    Great news -- bodes well for the other (rarer) un-syndictaed episodes seeing the light of day if future seasons are released. Thanks!
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    TV on DVD news roundup

    Are all 38 episodes included or is the set missing "Public Property On Parade," which is the only first season show NOT in the current syndication package?
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    Is the b&w era of TV on DVD slowly coming to an end?

    Is the entry excluded from the syndication package ("Public Property on Parade") included, making for a total of all 38 first season episodes?
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    Is the b&w era of TV on DVD slowly coming to an end?

    I don't think it's odd you like the radio series more. Most of Brooks' stories were built on misunderstandings -- Three's Company, but with better grammar. And it's much easier to suspend disbelief for these heightened, silly scenarios without the limitation of visuals. However, I don't think...
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    Is the b&w era of TV on DVD slowly coming to an end?

    WCBS-TV (Channel 2) showed it regularly from September 1962 to January 1965, first daily, then weekly.
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    Is the b&w era of TV on DVD slowly coming to an end?

    Which one(s) did you watch? There's a big difference in quality between a 1953 episode and a 1955 episode. I think the first season is great and each year thereafter is a continued descent. But don't forget, by the time the show moved to TV, they'd been doing it for four years on radio and...
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    Is the b&w era of TV on DVD slowly coming to an end?

    Listings are up on Amazon for Our Miss Brooks. The runtimes -- 850 minutes is both volumes' combined -- suggest that either all 38 episodes from Season One won't be included (there's one from the first year that's excluded from the syndication package) or that they're all edited, about 22:30.
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    GILLIGAN'S ISLAND - DVD SEASON & SERIES SETS (2004-2012) - Pros, Cons, Incongruities & Imponderables

    So, are you saying the visual placement of Johnson and Wells' title credits switched randomly during the original broadcasts -- of BOTH color seasons -- and that the DVDs largely settled on one version for Season Two and another for Season Three (with the HD remaster further ensuring that all of...
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    GILLIGAN'S ISLAND - DVD SEASON & SERIES SETS (2004-2012) - Pros, Cons, Incongruities & Imponderables

    A little bit confused regarding the various versions of the opening theme. @Robbie^Blackmon, maybe you can help clarify this for me. Am I correct in believing that the original SECOND SEASON arrangement and recording of the opening theme is used for both Seasons Two and Three on DVD? I do hear...
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    The Joey Bishop Show in its entirety and in separate seasons is finally out on DVD…details below

    Same quality and edits as the recent run, it seems. But now I can free up the space on my DVR without having to do any of my own maneuvering to save the episodes. Still a net-plus (as far as I'm concerned).
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    Please FINISH Peyton Place on DVD! *Official Thread*

    Lee Grant played Stella Chernak, a woman from the wrong side of the tracks whose brother died in a skirmish with Rodney Harrington (Ryan O'Neal), ol' man Peyton's grandson and the brother of Norman, whose girlfriend had once been in a sexually abusive relationship with Stella's brother. Stella...
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    Please FINISH Peyton Place on DVD! *Official Thread*

    Judging by the current count, her arc would probably go from sets four through seven.
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    How to Marry a Millionaire

    It's forgettable; seldom funny. But it's also a seldom-seen '50s comedy. The value is in its very existence and recent availability -- not its quality.
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    RHODA Season 5...AT LAST!

    Actually, there are issues with skipping on several episodes. I pre-ordered from Shout! and got an email this morning saying that they are pushing the wide release back until they completely rectify the situation by finding better masters. They'll eventually be sending replacement discs to those...
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    BEST OF THE WEST: 1981-82

    I asked CBS Home Entertainment on Facebook and they responded with a non-answer: no updates at this time (to paraphrase).
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    BEST OF THE WEST: 1981-82

    Any updates on a release date for this series?
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    Crystal Ball time once again!

    Lee Grant debuts in Episode 104 and departs in Episode 199. If the next two releases collectively cover, as with the last two, 64 more episodes, her arc would be far from complete.
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    What have been perfect releases?

    The Lucy Show had a few edits, but I believe Here's Lucy, quality of the series itself not withstanding, had plenty of extras and, to my knowledge, no known edits.
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    DVD Review I Love Lucy Superstar Special #1 DVD Review

    My intuition is that Season Three was always a long shot because the Original Broadcast materials, upon which the Blu-ray releases predicated their enhanced value (and indeed, as a super fan, I'd buy the show on any format or platform if it meant being able to see each episode as originally...
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    Is there not a Mary Tyler Moore box set?

    I think the debate between That Girl and The Mary Tyler Moore Show over their respective influences isn't actually about the qualifications of the characters (because obviously there'd be progression between the two), but is much broader -- hinged on the the differences between broadcasting...
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    Talent Associates Shows

    HBO owns the Talent Associates library. I *think* the only TA property they've released thus far is Get Smart.
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    Is the b&w era of TV on DVD slowly coming to an end?

    A mediocre series (I've got most episodes), but a promising sign! I'll likely be purchasing this.
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    Realistic Wish List By Decade

    THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM THE GEORGE BURNS AND GRACIE ALLEN SHOW MISTER PEEPERS OUR MISS BROOKS THE BOB CUMMINGS SHOW PETE & GLADYS I'M DICKENS, HE'S FENSTER LOVE ON A ROOFTOP HE & SHE THE GOVERNOR AND J.J. THE NEW DICK VAN DYKE SHOW RHODA PHYLLIS THE TONY RANDALL SHOW THE ASSOCIATES ARCHIE...
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    The New Dick Van Dyke Show?

    Very solid series, even during the final season's reformatting. Comparable to The Mary Tyler Moore Show in terms of timbre, but much more a star vehicle than an ensemble piece, and it probably paid the price. Additionally, it was inevitably held up against The Dick Van Dyke Show, and that's...
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    Please FINISH Peyton Place on DVD! *Official Thread*

    At the risk of being a shameless self-promoter... I highlighted some of my selections for the most memorable moments of the series here: http://jacksonupperco.com/2015/02/25/ten-memorable-moments-from-peyton-place-season-one/...
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