They weren't bad at all. On the contrary, they happened to have been very good. This is just another head scratching decision which doesn't make logical sense.
VEI has never shown an interest in black and white shows and Shout looks for shows which have a greater sales potential than 40 or 50 year old failed series. And for the record, all of the sub licensing which CBS was aggressive in pushing with outside companies was the work of one person and...
From what I'm hearing, only a couple of people will still have jobs. Everyone else, including the person responsible for the MOD releases, were let go.
The second thing. Paramount took over the department. As I'm not at all interested in movies, I know nothing of how their operation works nor how they are at releasing material. I'll leave that to those who do to comment on if they feel good or bad about this.
Say bye bye. The department has been dissolved. It remains to be seen as to what will happen as far as any future releases go, but I wouldn't hold my breath for any. Gunsmoke will likely still be finished but as far as anything else goes (Bonanza, Our Miss Brooks, Ben Casey, etc.), I hate to say...