1960s Batman TV show? (1 Viewer)

[Bruce White]

Does anyone know if all 3 seasons of the 1960s Batman TV show with Adam West and Burt Ward will ever be released on DVD?

Bruce

 

[Jeff Kleist]

I know Fox wants to do it, but rights are hell

Batman is now owned by Warner, who of course will want much dinero. I think a lo of it hinges on how well the movie did

 

[Dan Rudolph]

According to the imdb, the movie got a 5.7/9 Nielsen. So what's the deal with rights? Fox owns the show and WB owns Batman?

 

[Eric Emma]

That dam good...

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Jeff is right....

Fox desperately wants to put the 60s BATMAN
out on DVD. In fact, that was one of their
inital choices of TV product release if I
remember correctly.

There are rights issues holding that release up.

If Fox could have gotten this out already you
better believe they would have.

 

[Dan Rudolph]

Eric, that isn't good. Here's the link to the IMDB story. Theyy refer to it as "dismal."

 

[Jeff Kleist]

Well, I meant the 60s theatrical movie that was released on DVD last year

But I'm sure they were watching the numbers on Return to the Batcave (which if you're reading Fox is already on Jeff's DVD list no matter how much he hates the 60s show, the RTTB was fantastic)

 

[Dan Lindley]

I hope RTTB means nothing. After all, nothing is like the old 60's Batman!

Let's get it out Fox!! Good news from Ron, at least as far as intentions and hopes go.

Dan

 

[Paul_Scott]

so what do you think we will see first-
the first season of Batman,
or the second season of Mary Tyler Moore?

 

[John CW]

Theyy refer to it as "dismal."

They refer to the ratings as dismal. I quite enjoyed the TV movie!

~ Johnny

 

[Dan Rudolph]

John, I know. I was responding to Eric, who was responding to my comments about the ratings.

 

[Vincent Schmitt]

Hopefully the complete run of 120 episodes will be available on DVD at some point. I taped them back in the eighties and they are chopped up from sindication plus the visual quality is not great.

I'd like to get the 60s Spider-Man cartoons on DVD as well.

 

[StevenJ]

Holy Not a Chance in Hell Batman!

It's not looking good, thanks to crap is good Warner Brothers. I hate them so much, stupid WB

 

[MikeSilver]

I'd like to get the 60s Spider-Man cartoons on DVD as well.

They're coming, but they will be altering the soundtracks to the episodes.

 

[David Lambert]

They're coming, but they will be altering the soundtracks to the episodes.

I think you are thinking of an Australian TV-broadcast thing that will not be released to DVD initially in Oz, and certainly never in R1 in that form since Disney - which now owns Saban, who bought the Marvel cartoons a few years back - is not participating in that "restoration".

Right now Disney's plan on the 60's cartoons is as you've seen: use them as "bonus episodes" on the releases of cartoon eps from the 80's-90's. Disney does NOT feel that the "old" stuff has a sufficient audience to warrant a separate release.

I disagree, but there you have it.


Down the road you may see Disney barter for the ability to use the restored video, and hook it up with the original audio. Down the road.