TV Shows on DVD has an announcement about Season 6 up. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Rawhide-Season-6/18146
This was not the only TV series affected by these changes: several episodes of Family Ties also did not air until much later, including a 1983 Christmas episode that was delayed for four years.
This was not the only TV series affected by these changes: several episodes of Family Ties also did not air until much later, including a 1983 Christmas episode that was delayed for four years.
~Ben
"Anniversary Waltz" (60582-035) was actually the delayed one... sorry about that! Six other episodes were aired out of their intended order:???
I’m pretty sure I remember watching “A Keaton Christmas Carol” in December of ‘83. It may have been delayed overseas, but not in the United States.
As to the Rawhide episodes aired out of intended broadcast order, in the case of "Abilene," when the time came for it to be out on DVD, the people at Paramount Home Entertainment couldn't make up their minds as to where to put it, so it was made available on both the season 4 volume 2 (originally intended for this season) and season 5 volume 2 (was officially first broadcast on May 31, 1963) DVD sets.
This also occurred with the following other episodes:
"Incident of the Roman Candles" -- some sources say this episode first aired on July 10, 1959, during the summer break between seasons 1 and 2, but others place the original broadcast air date as being September 25, 1959, only one week after the start of season 2. It was thus made available on both the season 1 and season 2 DVD sets.
~Ben