Scrubs DVD Box Sets released ever?
09-06-04 | 06:57 PM
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Originally posted by jough
Well, the show won't be syndicated until 2007. So we could be waiting awhile.
Well, the show won't be syndicated until 2007. So we could be waiting awhile.
09-06-04 | 07:27 PM
#29
Originally posted by calhoun07
And yet we get other shows as soon as the next seasons air, like WB's Smallville season three coming out in conjunction with season four. How do studios determine which shows to release while the series are still on the air and in conjunction with new season premiers or if they wait until syndication?
And yet we get other shows as soon as the next seasons air, like WB's Smallville season three coming out in conjunction with season four. How do studios determine which shows to release while the series are still on the air and in conjunction with new season premiers or if they wait until syndication?
09-06-04 | 07:57 PM
#30
Originally posted by Chaza
Since Smallville is on a smaller network that probably has something more to do with it. Also, half hour shows are probably easier to sell into Syndication.
Since Smallville is on a smaller network that probably has something more to do with it. Also, half hour shows are probably easier to sell into Syndication.
09-06-04 | 09:49 PM
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Originally posted by calhoun07
Yeah, who would want to pay money to syndicated that show about that unheard of character Clark Kent/Superman from that mom and pop operation, Warner Brothers? That would be lunacy.
Yeah, who would want to pay money to syndicated that show about that unheard of character Clark Kent/Superman from that mom and pop operation, Warner Brothers? That would be lunacy.
09-07-04 | 03:04 AM
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Really, though, have many network sitcoms come out on DVD before entering into syndication?
I can't think of any.
But I'm glad that shows like 24 and Alias come out on DVD to push the new season (although I don't know if I'll be able to get through the season 3 DVDs before 24's new season airs two weeks later - so maybe I'll just wait another year for the DVDs - can't they put it out like, two months in advance?).
Anyway, I'll happily pick up all of the Scrubs seasons. It's the funniest sitcom to air in years.
I can't think of any.
But I'm glad that shows like 24 and Alias come out on DVD to push the new season (although I don't know if I'll be able to get through the season 3 DVDs before 24's new season airs two weeks later - so maybe I'll just wait another year for the DVDs - can't they put it out like, two months in advance?).
Anyway, I'll happily pick up all of the Scrubs seasons. It's the funniest sitcom to air in years.
09-07-04 | 03:57 PM
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Originally posted by jough
Arrested Development isn't a major network sitcom, though.
Arrested Development isn't a major network sitcom, though.
Fox has started a lot of trends. First with TV shows in general coming out with X Files, and then with current running shows coming to DVD when they put out 24 season one before the premier of season two, and now they are doing something different with Arrested Development. You bet that if it pays off for them, the big 3 will catch on as well.
09-07-04 | 05:04 PM
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Well, CSI is a popular show that's already come to DVD (including the spinoff that isn't in syndication yet) so the networks (NBC, CBS, ABC) have noticed that dramas sell. I guess they don't syndicate as well as sitcoms, though, which may have a larger syndication market.
It's good news, then that Arrested Development is coming so soon - especially since Fox doesn't have a lot of success with syndication.
It's good news, then that Arrested Development is coming so soon - especially since Fox doesn't have a lot of success with syndication.
11-19-04 | 05:22 PM
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Good news!
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2477
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2477
Scrubs - Listen up, Newbie: Scrubs IS coming!
Posted by David Lambert
11/19/2004
I talked to "Turk" the other night.
Fans of Scrubs who've caught the latest episodes will recall that the show which aired a couple of Tuesdays ago (Nov. 9th; the first of two that guest-starred ER's Julianna Margulies) had a sub-plot where Dr. Chris Turk, played by Donald Faison, changed his cellphone number to "1-916-CALL-TURK". Usually these phone numbers mentioned in films or TV shows aren't working numbers, because of issues in years past where the writer made up some number and it turned out to be a real number of an innocent bystander, who got a ton of weird phone calls as a result. Not this time.
The phone # turns out to be real, all right, but it goes to a phone that stays on the set where Scrubs is filmed. Calling it, as it turns out, will usually get you to a voicemail message recorded by Donald Faison, playing in character as Turk. In the message, you are told that the show - which currently airs on NBC's Tuesday at 9:30 Eastern, 8:30 Central, is going to move in the near future to 9PM, 8PM Central. Not quite yet, but soon, so it's good to get that heads-up. The message also urges fans to head on over to PCAvote.com, where voting for the People's Choice Awards is going on right now. Scrubs is nominated, and so is Zach Braff ("J.D.") for both his role on this show, and for his recent film role. "Turk" wants you to make sure you cast your votes there. Unfortunately, no mention of DVDs is made on the voicemail.
However, every blue moon the phone will be answered by somebody from the cast or crew of the show. How cool is that? I've gotten reports of people who have talked to writers, to creator Bill Lawrence, to actors for recurring characters like Robert Maschio ("Todd") and Sam Lloyd ("Ted"). A few have reported talking to Zach Braff. Many of these reports mentioned that the cast/crew member talked to said that DVDs were on-the-way. So I gave it a try myself the other night, and "Turk" himself - Donald Faison - answered the phone!
Faison was extremely nice, and we talked for several minutes about the show, and I had to tell him how much I've been enjoying it. After filling him in about this site and how I'm the News Director here, I asked him to tell me about DVDs. He responded that it's accepted as a fact among the people who work at the show that Scrubs is coming to DVD in the first part of next year, but says that noone among the cast or crew has recorded any interviews or commentaries so far for extras. He felt sure that this will happen, though, and indicated that everyone there is eager to see these discs. We chatted a bit more, and then I let him go. He was very nice, and I invited him to drop by here and to send notes to either Gord or myself anytime he wanted to. Donald, if you're reading this, thanks so much for your time the other night...I really enjoyed it! If anyone else wants to try calling that number, go right ahead. Word is that the folks at the show will keep randomly answering it for a little while, but not forever. And don't forget that they're mostly going to be taking next week off for the holiday..."Turk" needs some turkey!
Before I jumped onto my keyboard and told you all that DVDs were on-the-way, I wanted to check in with the folks at Disney/Buena Vista about this. After all, last March we passed on word from Zach Braff that the DVDs were coming, then in July we had to update that with new word from Braff that the DVDs had to be held off for a bit. So I thought it was best to check in with my contacts at the studio, which owns the Touchstone division that produces Scrubs.
The good news from the studio is that there ARE plans to put Scrubs on DVD in the late Spring 2005 timeframe. Internet rumors had mentioned "May" as a tentative month, and Disney confirmed that this is the direction their thoughts were going. Everything's subject to change, of course, and official announcements won't be made until after the first of the new year. But right now things are looking good for Turk, J.D., Elliot, Carla, Perry, and The Janitor.
Posted by David Lambert
11/19/2004
I talked to "Turk" the other night.
Fans of Scrubs who've caught the latest episodes will recall that the show which aired a couple of Tuesdays ago (Nov. 9th; the first of two that guest-starred ER's Julianna Margulies) had a sub-plot where Dr. Chris Turk, played by Donald Faison, changed his cellphone number to "1-916-CALL-TURK". Usually these phone numbers mentioned in films or TV shows aren't working numbers, because of issues in years past where the writer made up some number and it turned out to be a real number of an innocent bystander, who got a ton of weird phone calls as a result. Not this time.
The phone # turns out to be real, all right, but it goes to a phone that stays on the set where Scrubs is filmed. Calling it, as it turns out, will usually get you to a voicemail message recorded by Donald Faison, playing in character as Turk. In the message, you are told that the show - which currently airs on NBC's Tuesday at 9:30 Eastern, 8:30 Central, is going to move in the near future to 9PM, 8PM Central. Not quite yet, but soon, so it's good to get that heads-up. The message also urges fans to head on over to PCAvote.com, where voting for the People's Choice Awards is going on right now. Scrubs is nominated, and so is Zach Braff ("J.D.") for both his role on this show, and for his recent film role. "Turk" wants you to make sure you cast your votes there. Unfortunately, no mention of DVDs is made on the voicemail.
However, every blue moon the phone will be answered by somebody from the cast or crew of the show. How cool is that? I've gotten reports of people who have talked to writers, to creator Bill Lawrence, to actors for recurring characters like Robert Maschio ("Todd") and Sam Lloyd ("Ted"). A few have reported talking to Zach Braff. Many of these reports mentioned that the cast/crew member talked to said that DVDs were on-the-way. So I gave it a try myself the other night, and "Turk" himself - Donald Faison - answered the phone!
Faison was extremely nice, and we talked for several minutes about the show, and I had to tell him how much I've been enjoying it. After filling him in about this site and how I'm the News Director here, I asked him to tell me about DVDs. He responded that it's accepted as a fact among the people who work at the show that Scrubs is coming to DVD in the first part of next year, but says that noone among the cast or crew has recorded any interviews or commentaries so far for extras. He felt sure that this will happen, though, and indicated that everyone there is eager to see these discs. We chatted a bit more, and then I let him go. He was very nice, and I invited him to drop by here and to send notes to either Gord or myself anytime he wanted to. Donald, if you're reading this, thanks so much for your time the other night...I really enjoyed it! If anyone else wants to try calling that number, go right ahead. Word is that the folks at the show will keep randomly answering it for a little while, but not forever. And don't forget that they're mostly going to be taking next week off for the holiday..."Turk" needs some turkey!
Before I jumped onto my keyboard and told you all that DVDs were on-the-way, I wanted to check in with the folks at Disney/Buena Vista about this. After all, last March we passed on word from Zach Braff that the DVDs were coming, then in July we had to update that with new word from Braff that the DVDs had to be held off for a bit. So I thought it was best to check in with my contacts at the studio, which owns the Touchstone division that produces Scrubs.
The good news from the studio is that there ARE plans to put Scrubs on DVD in the late Spring 2005 timeframe. Internet rumors had mentioned "May" as a tentative month, and Disney confirmed that this is the direction their thoughts were going. Everything's subject to change, of course, and official announcements won't be made until after the first of the new year. But right now things are looking good for Turk, J.D., Elliot, Carla, Perry, and The Janitor.
