Press Release Paramount Press Release: Bonanza: The Complete Series (DVD) (1 Viewer)

[GMBurns]

No more than Gunsmoke as a shot. It's FAR too many episodes and we're frankly lucky that both shows not only got full releases after so many long years of season and half season sets, we are blessed to have them repackages as complete cinderblock sized sets.

And also for a reasonable price. Thanks to you fans who stayed the course over the years, I was able to get Gunsmoke complete for $170.

Blu Ray releases of classic TV shows tend to fall more into cult favorites. Or shows with a manageable run. Magnum PI and Columbo were almost too long, but they got out there in HD. Mission: Impossible was a surprise also.

But, as I say, never say never. 13 years of Bonanza is still shorter than 20 years of Gunsmoke. I'd be behind it, along with classic Hawaii Five-0, which looks great on Paramount + in HD.

I was one of those fans who paid full price for every Gunsmoke release as they came out. I mostly did it for myself, hoping that CBS would stay the course and eventually release all 20 seasons. Glad to hear it helped other fans as well.

 

[timk1041]

I was one of those fans who paid full price for every Gunsmoke release as they came out. I mostly did it for myself, hoping that CBS would stay the course and eventually release all 20 seasons. Glad to hear it helped other fans as well.

Bonanza was 14 seasons, although the final season was more like half a season with fewer episodes.

 

[bmasters9]

Although, Paramount was able to release the entire Cheers series on BD.

I think that could be because Cheers was a comedy, and not an hour drama like Gunsmoke and Bonanza (although of course Gunsmoke was a half-hour affair for the first 6 seasons).

 

[jdee28]

How much of an upgrade would there really be if Bonanza and Gunsmoke went to blu ray? Presumably the blue rays would be made from the same masters that the he dvds were made from.

 

[LouA]

How much of an upgrade would there really be if Bonanza and Gunsmoke went to blu ray? Presumably the blue rays would be made from the same masters that the he dvds were made from.

The same masters as this recent Complete box set, but probably better than the masters used for the individual seasons which is what I currently own.

 

[LouA]

I was one of those fans who paid full price for every Gunsmoke release as they came out. I mostly did it for myself, hoping that CBS would stay the course and eventually release all 20 seasons. Glad to hear it helped other fans as well.

Ditto!
Still , a Blu-ray release would be great. I’d even settle for an Adam Years package!

 

[bmasters9]

The same masters as this recent Complete box set, but probably better than the masters used for the individual seasons which is what I currently own.

Indeed-- that second-season, first-volume original release (IIRC) was said to have utterly horrible picture quality.