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I watched it at one of my UCLA visits. Very hard hitting and uncompromising. It really hits home. Playhouse 90 is one of those shows which everyone is afraid to touch as rights were negotiated only for the live performances and entities fear that they would have to reach out to the heirs of all...

As far as I know, all of the MGM library was remastered to one-inch tape in the 80s. Including East Side West Side.

Actually produced and owned by Burlingame Productions.

We have to stop agreeing on things and go back to our usual relationship!

I guess you weren't a videotape trader because those of us who were in the hobby long before DVD, knew all about the best markets, which ones ran shows uncut, etc.

Yes. Dallas was a fantastic market for shows which had little syndication in the 1980s.

Don't know about the youtube videos. In the videotaping era, the only two places the show ran, which I'm aware of, were CBN, very badly cut to just under twenty two minutes, and Dallas, where they ran longer, maybe 23 and a half. The only complete episodes would be ones transferred from 16mm.

Lone Wolf (along with It's a Great Life) were both bought outright by Good Life TV. That station morphed since then so who knows what became of the elements of those shows.

Hennesey was independently owned and bounced around between syndicators. I was able to get the show on Star TV in the early 90s, which is where the 30 or so episodes that circulate come from. Unfortunately, Timeless had licensed the series Target from MGM but didn't get a chance to put it out...

I love The Everglades! I was so happy when the film prints hit the collector's market in the 90s and I was able to pick up almost the whole run of the series. Unfortunately, the color prints never surfaced and half the episodes were filmed that way.

From what I understand, yes. Not sure of the number they found. I know a collector who has all but a few on 16mm.

Tallahassee 7000 was syndicated in the late 80s and ran on Channel America, although Sony couldn't find the full run. I think it was 19 of the episodes and they looked great. It was part of the LBS package of shows, which included Rescue 8, The Interns, Medical Story, Man Undercover and a bunch...

If its not Betty Hutton, I would think the next 2 most likely shows would be either Angel or The Tab Hunter Show (less likely) with an a slim chance of Window on Main Street.

Great news. I'm gonna guess on the sitcom since I know of one that is not under studio control. The Betty Hutton Show.

201 episodes. That was a long running 50s show which is even scarcer than 50s Dragnet. Both shows were long running staples but neither ever aired in the videotaping era and neither have ever been transferred from film. Unless there's a change of philosophy at Paramount, any shows which don't...

They don't seem to be very interested in their shows that were produced for the American market. They are very good at responding on their Facebook page so it can't hurt to send them a suggestion.

That's what DVD recorders are for.

It is a damn shame because of the four seasons of the show, the first is the weakest. Originally, the producers were under pressure from CBS to make the show more formulaic and predictable, like their beloved Perry Mason. It wasn't until around 2/3 of the way through the first season when they...

The only reason you saw what you did on Warner streaming is that those shows were mastered to tape when they made a big sale to Good Life TV. Colt .45 wasn't in that package and would require 35mm transfers which are expensive. If a show was never put to tape, then there aren't elements...

I filled in those gaps with the tens of thousands of shows recorded off air and from 16mm transfers. Only collecting TV on DVD is the equivalent of only collecting music if it comes out on CD. It eliminates more than it includes.

The issue is that all of those shows were one season failures (The Reporter, the best of the 3, was a half season), made in black and white and long forgotten from 55 years ago. Not a high demand for Cara Williams, Harry Guardino or Paul Ford these days.

Better luck this year!

December Bride is one of several long running series from the 50s which was never transferred to any tape format and fell by the wayside over the last several decades. Our Miss Brooks was in that category as well until ME-TV bought it and paid for the transfers. In order for DB to be seen again...

A - Its a failed one season show from 55 years ago. How many people do you think remember it? B - No stars in the show who anyone would remember today. C - No existing transferred elements.

Those are buried so deep in CBS's vaults that I don't think Indiana Jones himself would be able to find them.

Hopefully with the Arnold Perl involvement, we will get some socially relevant stories in this show, considering his involvement with those wonderful 60s shows you mention. It would be nice to see something more than the usual cops and robbers. The fact that it was shot in New York gives me hope...

According to the 1984 BIB book, listing shows in syndication, there was a package of 39 episodes from the final season offered by Fusco Entertainment, the company which handled the Official Films library. When Joseph Fusco passed away, his properties were scattered to the four winds.

Hopefully the other 37 episodes of the series will be worthwhile anyway.

Deadline sounds very similar to The Big Story, which ran for 9 seasons in the 50s.

I have a set of episodes from the 80s airings. Perhaps combined with the release, I can edit a more complete version. I'll have to sit down and A/B an episode with the ME-TV one and see if there are different cuts.