TV on DVD Wish List

[4thDoctor]

I wish that they would release the other seasons of Hazel to DVD, season one came out 5 years ago.

[DigiFluid]

The Muppet Show, seasons 4 and 5. They've already done the first three, but S3 was way back in I think 2008. Come on guys, step on it.

I'm also floored that the first seasons of Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones are not available on BD yet. Come on, HBO, let's get a move on with that.

And in an impossible wish, I want all of the lost Hartnell/Troughton Doctor Who stories to be found and released :(

[Cold Fuzz]

Though some of the humor may be a little dated now, I wish that there were more seasons of Night Court on DVD. The first three seasons are available but I think the show had its finest moments in seasons 4 and later, especially when Marsha Warfield became a regular.

[mr_kennedy]

Legend of the Seeker season 2, we still dont have that here in australia, and i watched that a year ago.......... not happy jan

Dollhouse season 1....... Thats right i said Dollhouse season 1, thats how slack it is over here in Australia with DVD's it still hasnt been released yet

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also i would like to get Spellbinder season 1 on dvd i have the second season but the abc shop didnt have the first at the time :(

Another couple of shows from my childhood that i would like to have on DVD are The Secret World of Alex Mack & The Animals of Farthing Wood both such good shows for there time

[4thDoctor]

Another show they are taking their sweet time with is Mork & Mindy, season 3 came out in 2007, but season 4 (the final season) has as yet to be released.

[planet_tv]

One show I would to complete on DVD is Sliders because Season 5 is not on region 1 and is only available on region 2 in Germany.

[Thunderstorm]

And in an impossible wish, I want all of the lost Hartnell/Troughton Doctor Who stories to be found and released :(

I've got some of those on VHS tape from back when they were aired on PBS in the 80's.


My usual answer was always Scarecrow & Mrs King but after 25 years they have finally released S1 & 2, unfortunately at 1 season a year that's still 2 more years wait for the whole thing.

[iheartshep]

"The Six Million Dollar Man", including the pilot.

"Sisters". Just saw Sela Ward the other day and she was discussing winning an Emmy for her role.

"Boardwalk Empire".

IHS :sheppard:

[DigiFluid]

I've got some of those on VHS tape from back when they were aired on PBS in the 80's.

Really?! Some of the stories that are currently lost? You should make copies and send them in to the BBC/the Doctor Who Restoration Team so they can get cracking on saving those lost gems :)

[LoneStar1836]

Third Watch - They have the first 2 out on dvd but who knows if they'll ever release the remaining 4 seasons.

China Beach - Probably will never happen because I think they are hung up on music rights.

[4thDoctor]

Really?! Some of the stories that are currently lost?
No, he's mistaken, the lost episodes were lost before the 1980's. PBS couldn't have ever broadcast them.

[DigiFluid]

No, he's mistaken, the lost episodes were lost before the 1980's. PBS couldn't have ever broadcast them.
I know the Who era from which they were lost..that doesn't preclude PBS potentially having aired them in the 80s :)

[4thDoctor]

Yes it does, PBS didn't first start showing Dr. Who until 1978, by then the missing episodes had been lost.

[DigiFluid]

Ah, I see. I didn't know when PBS started broadcasting them.

[Starfist]

Hey there...
On my wish list are...
Big Banb Theory seasons 1,2,3 & 4
JAG
NCIS

[Thunderstorm]

Really?! Some of the stories that are currently lost? You should make copies and send them in to the BBC/the Doctor Who Restoration Team so they can get cracking on saving those lost gems :)


No, he's mistaken, the lost episodes were lost before the 1980's. PBS couldn't have ever broadcast them.

I'm a she. :)

I have no idea whether they are the lost ones or not. I haven't watched them in over 20 yrs so I have no idea if the tapes are even any good anymore. But now that I'm thinking about it, I had friends at the time that were much bigger Dr Who fans and I'm sure if PBS had shown any of those episodes they would have contacted someone.

Wow, that's got me reminiscing back to the 80's and my friend Mark built a working life size K9, helping PBS with the pledge drives (and getting to do behind the scenes stuff - not sitting at the boring phone banks), and running the conventions, and meeting the guests behind the scenes (ok that part was not often pleasant - most of those actors were jerks when out of the public eye)

[4thDoctor]

I'm a she.

Sorry I called you a "he". Sadly PBS never got to show any of the lost Dr. Who episodes as they were lost long before PBS had the rights to show them, so the BBC couldn't send them copies of tapes that they no longer had. There are some second Doctor episodes that weren't wiped that PBS used to broadcast back then.

[Linda06]

Third Watch - They have the first 2 out on dvd but who knows if they'll ever release the remaining 4 seasons.

China Beach - Probably will never happen because I think they are hung up on music rights.
I got the China Beach boxset a few weeks ago

[LoneStar1836]

I got the China Beach boxset a few weeks agoMust not be an official release. TVShowsOnDVD doesn't have anything listed. (http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/showresults.cfm?ShowName=china+beach&ShowCategory=&Decade=&MaxRows=25&StartRow=1&Sort=Alpha)

[Fan-e-Gate]

China Beach - Probably will never happen because I think they are hung up on music rights.
Music rights mess up a lot of shows being put on DVD, like WKRP. I heard the first season of Quantum Leap had the original music that it aired with, but not the others. Hopefully the Elivs episode was able to have the music.

[4thDoctor]

It was music rights that killed the release of the 1988 Werewolf TV series, it was all set for release but music rights to a song which couldn't be removed from the sound ended up nixing the release.

[LoneStar1836]

Music rights mess up a lot of shows being put on DVD, like WKRP. I heard the first season of Quantum Leap had the original music that it aired with, but not the other three. Hopefully the Elivs episode was able to have the music.I know which sucks as certain songs were important to certain eps of Quantum Leap. Thus they had to insert cheap sucky songs in place of the good stuff. I haven't watched the series since it went to dvd or Netflix, but I remember people being mad about the music changes when it came out on dvd.

[Thunderstorm]

I know which sucks as certain songs were important to certain eps of Quantum Leap. Thus they had to insert cheap sucky songs in place of the good stuff. I haven't watched the series since it went to dvd or Netflix, but I remember people being mad about the music changes when it came out on dvd.

It ruined that last ep of S3(?). The music was so pivotal to the story line of AL and Beth. I saw it on a dvd a friend bought - said forget it, I've got it on tape. Sadly since she'd opened it and the discs weren't defective she couldn't return it.

I can't imagine it would cost that much to pay for that song. Surely they would recoup it with the sales of the DVDs. Instead some executive is probably saying he did the right thing since the sales are probably lower than they expected. :(

[planet_tv]

Music rights mess up a lot of shows being put on DVD, like WKRP. I heard the first season of Quantum Leap had the original music that it aired with, but not the other three. Hopefully the Elivs episode was able to have the music.

That's what I heard too. I just hope it doesn't effect any songs Scott Bakula sang in the series like a couple Elvis songs and the one Beatles song which also happen to be on the soundtrack. I guess I will find out when I get around to rewatching all 5 seasons of Quantum Leap on DVD which is next on my rewatch list. It's probably a good thing I have the episodes on VHS too, taped it when SYFY reran it, so if I wanted to compare the music in episodes I would be able to do that.

[Thunderstorm]

The copyright stuff only affects the original songs and music they had to pay to outside artists. So anything Scott sang would be owned by the show.

[Gen. Chris]

I would kinda like to have Cold Case released, cause I was never all that interested when it was running...But the royalties...Oh man, would it ever be expensive.

[atlantis_babe34]

Third Watch - They have the first 2 out on dvd but who knows if they'll ever release the remaining 4 seasons.

China Beach - Probably will never happen because I think they are hung up on music rights.


Was gonna Say Third Watch I do love that show

[Thunderstorm]

I would kinda like to have Cold Case released, cause I was never all that interested when it was running...But the royalties...Oh man, would it ever be expensive.

I read somewhere that before the show even ended they said it would never be released because of the music.

But it still plays in syndication, so if you want it I'd say start recording.

[Linda06]

Must not be an official release. TVShowsOnDVD doesn't have anything listed. (http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/showresults.cfm?ShowName=china+beach&ShowCategory=&Decade=&MaxRows=25&StartRow=1&Sort=Alpha)

Can't remember where I got it from, but I found this website. http://www.tvdvdstore.net/china-beach-dvd-collection.html

[DigiFluid]

The copyright stuff only affects the original songs and music they had to pay to outside artists. So anything Scott sang would be owned by the show.
Yes and no... If an actor is singing a licensed song, I believe they still have to pay royalties.

That's why you're always hearing people singing 'for s/he's a jolly good fellow' at birthdays on shows instead of 'Happy Birthday'--someone owns it, and they'd have to pay royalties.

[4thDoctor]

I wish that they would release the 1968 Batman & Robin cartoon to DVD.

[Morgania]

Animaniacs. I'm still waiting for the rest of the series.

[Thunderstorm]

Yes and no... If an actor is singing a licensed song, I believe they still have to pay royalties.

That's why you're always hearing people singing 'for s/he's a jolly good fellow' at birthdays on shows instead of 'Happy Birthday'--someone owns it, and they'd have to pay royalties.

Yes, but you're just paying the writers and that's a whole lot cheaper that paying for the perfornance of the song.

They did a episode on Sports Night were one of the characters sang Happy Birthday to the other on air and he got called to the legal dept and informed he had to pay $2000 for doing that. I don't know if that's the actual price or just made up for the show. But writers fees are probably 1/10 maybe even 1/100 or less of the musical performance.



Can't remember where I got it from, but I found this website. http://www.tvdvdstore.net/china-beach-dvd-collection.html

That's a bootleg site. If you look around, you can't find any physical address, phone number, or email to contact them. The only way to contact them is to use their form.

And the give away is this in their FAQ


Some of these DVD's haven't even been released yet. How is it possible that you sell them?
There is a section of the American copyright law known as "The Berne Act" that Clearly states: films unreleased in the United States, including original versions of films altered and/or edited for release in the United States, are NOT protected by American copyright; thus, they are considered public domain. The entire purpose of our website is to provide otherwise unavailable films or television shows to the serious collector.

Doesn't exist. Many years back they may have been able to make this case, but laws were passed in the late 80's and early 90's that works copyrighted in one country apply to all countries. And they made this retroactive. So for something to be public domain now it would have to be at least 75 yrs old and then their are still some laws that allow the renewal of copyrights after that.

[DigiFluid]

Doesn't exist. Many years back they may have been able to make this case, but laws were passed in the late 80's and early 90's that works copyrighted in one country apply to all countries. And they made this retroactive. So for something to be public domain now it would have to be at least 75 yrs old and then their are still some laws that allow the renewal of copyrights after that.
Bingo. Sounds like bootlegging to me!

[4thDoctor]

I'd like them to release the 1970's sitcom 'Alice' to DVD, I haven't seen that for years.

[DigiFluid]

I wish that they would release the 1968 Batman & Robin cartoon to DVD.
I want the Adam West series to come to DVD :D All they've put out is their movie :(

[Linda06]

Yes, but you're just paying the writers and that's a whole lot cheaper that paying for the perfornance of the song.

They did a episode on Sports Night were one of the characters sang Happy Birthday to the other on air and he got called to the legal dept and informed he had to pay $2000 for doing that. I don't know if that's the actual price or just made up for the show. But writers fees are probably 1/10 maybe even 1/100 or less of the musical performance.




That's a bootleg site. If you look around, you can't find any physical address, phone number, or email to contact them. The only way to contact them is to use their form.

And the give away is this in their FAQ



Doesn't exist. Many years back they may have been able to make this case, but laws were passed in the late 80's and early 90's that works copyrighted in one country apply to all countries. And they made this retroactive. So for something to be public domain now it would have to be at least 75 yrs old and then their are still some laws that allow the renewal of copyrights after that.

Oh right. Didn't know that :o

I wish they would release the rest of the Gargoyle cartoon series on DVD.

[Starfist]

I wish they would release Gerry Anderson's 'The Secret Service' on DVD

[4thDoctor]

I want the Adam West series to come to DVD All they've put out is their movie
That series is bogged down by legal rights issues, it may never come to DVD. 32396

I'd like for the other seasons of the live-action Superboy TV series to be released. They released season one, then DC Comics and Warner Brothers temporarily lost the rights to the "Superboy" name, but now that they have them back, I hope the other 3 seasons will be released.

[DigiFluid]

One show I would to complete on DVD is Sliders because Season 5 is not on region 1 and is only available on region 2 in Germany.

Today, sir, is your lucky day!

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Sliders-Season-5/16112

[4thDoctor]

http://www.amazon.com/Six-Million-Dollar-Man-Season/dp/B005LFQRTC/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1319206757&sr=1-1

I see that they are releasing the Six Million Dollar Man season by season at last.

[Starfist]

I can now cross Chuck season 4 off my wish list.
As I bought it yesterday... :D

[DigiFluid]

Though some of the humor may be a little dated now, I wish that there were more seasons of Night Court on DVD. The first three seasons are available but I think the show had its finest moments in seasons 4 and later, especially when Marsha Warfield became a regular.
Season 4 is on Amazon, and WB announced Season 5 (http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Night-Court-Season-5/16131) today. Looks like it'll be manufacture-on-demand for a while, then make its way to Amazon a little later :)

[Cold Fuzz]

Season 4 is on Amazon, and WB announced Season 5 (http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Night-Court-Season-5/16131) today. Looks like it'll be manufacture-on-demand for a while, then make its way to Amazon a little later :)

Good info Digi. Yakov Smirnov's appearances on Night Court were really memorable. :D

[4thDoctor]

I wish that they would release seasons 4 & 5 of Highway to Heaven, the DVD series was discontinued in region 1 after season 3 was released due to poor sales.

[loserinc]

Jem and the Holograms..... shut up! I loved that show!

[4thDoctor]

I wish that the Adam West Batman series was out, I'm in the mood to watch it again.

[Morgania]

[4thDoctor]

I wish that Universal Studio's DVDs weren't such garbage! I have yet to buy a Universal TV show on DVD where the discs don't freeze-up and skip. 33523

[iheartshep]

What's the deal with Amazon and the Six Million Dollar Man? They either have Season 1 or the whole series for sale.....all the other seasons are "unavailable" and don't have a date when they'll be available again. Now that I've starting watching again.....I want to see the rest of the seasons. So happy to see the pilot episode again! I don't think I'd seen it since it first aired all those years ago.

IHS :sheppard:

[Fan-e-Gate]

I wish that the Adam West Batman series was out, I'm in the mood to watch it again.
If you're somewhere where they have Me-TV (http://metvnetwork.com/index.php), they run two episodes every saturday.