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Old 07-25-07, 02:46 AM
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Cimarron Strip - great 90 minute western that only lasted one season but had some great plots and terrific guest stars, as well as one of the best themes of any TV show ever. Stuart Whitman owns the rights and he's sitting on them, unforunately.

Thriller-the Boris Karloff anthology, a few of them have been released on VHS but no word on a DVD.

Ellery Queen-also a one season wonder with Jim Hutton and lots of Murder She Wrote style guest stars.

Judd for the Defense-Carl Betz, Mr. Donna Reed, as a high powered Texas attorney, another one with a great theme song.

The Invaders-If Time Tunnel can make it to video, why can't this.

The FBI-one of the best police procedurals ever made.

Police Story-If they can release Police Woman, these are much, much better.

Harry O- David Janssen's followup to the Fugitive and and a very classy private eye eye series that was a good precursor to Rockford Files.

The Six Million Dollar Man/The Bionic Woman-There's got to be a tiein with the new series with these shows, hokey slo mo but lots of fun.

The Defenders-The cutting edge legal issues series ever made... bonus if they release the pilot movie with Steve McQueen (ironically, they used clips from the pilot sans McQueen in an episode of the Practice last season, since Ralph Bellamy and William Shatner played the roles E.G. Marshall and Robert Reed wound up with).
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Originally Posted by Silverscreenvid
Harry O- David Janssen's followup to the Fugitive and and a very classy private eye eye series that was a good precursor to Rockford Files.
When I was looking through IMDB I saw reference to a DVD set of these but the referenced site seems a little scarce on detail as to the provenance of what it is selling. A search threw up a number of similar looking sites which I think are all different versions of the same etailer.

A "chat" with a rep gave the answer " our manufacturer have a right to produce our dvds" which is less than reassuring. Probably best avoided.
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I want Models Inc to come out, since Beverly Hills 90210 and Melrose Place came out, why not Models Inc?
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Originally Posted by DVDFreaker
I want Models Inc to come out, since Beverly Hills 90210 and Melrose Place came out, why not Models Inc?
I would think this would be a hard sell since the series ended on a cliffhanger.
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I was always hoping for "High Incident" with David Keith and Cole Hauser among others. I thought it was very underrated.
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Originally Posted by gjamesm
I would think this would be a hard sell since the series ended on a cliffhanger.
The series "Soap" ended in several cliffhangers (does Burt get killed?, etc), yet it's on DVD.
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The One I Would Love To Have ...freakylinks Y Fox Pulled It I Dont No
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Originally Posted by gjamesm
I would think this would be a hard sell since the series ended on a cliffhanger.
V: The Series and Twin Peaks both end with massive cliffhangers... they're out too.
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Quincy Season 3.. Simon & Simon Season 2... Anybody Reamber Freakylinks?
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The Tonight Show - The Complete Series
Old 07-26-07, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Silverscreenvid
The Invaders-If Time Tunnel can make it to video, why can't this.

The Six Million Dollar Man/The Bionic Woman-There's got to be a tiein with the new series with these shows, hokey slo mo but lots of fun.

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The Invaders is due for release this September here in the UK. We also have the first and second seasons of The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman already released here.

So you can have these, unless you're one of those die-hards who won't go multi-region or shop outside your own country...
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Interesting to bring back up this thread and see what actually did come out of all the listed shows. The thread, basically, turned into a share-the-pain-of-an-unreleased-fav, but nonetheless..
I've read the whole thread, can't guarantee that I've pulled out everything that was actualy put on DVD, since most of the shows you all listed, hmm, how do I say it... are real crap and I'd be thankful if they DONT get a release. Heh.
So I've quoted only those I know about, like and/or was interested myself in.

Originally Posted by nemein
Space Above and Beyond is one of the first that comes to mind.
That one did, for example.

Originally Posted by Yocke
I don't think we'll ever see Fastlane on dvd. It had too much music integrated with the editing of the show, and it wasn't big enough to warrant all the money they would have to pay for the rights to all that music.
Looks like this one is gona come out after all. Not sure if they're going to keep the music, though.


Originally Posted by WarriorPrincess
Jake 2.0 (I think I'm the only one who watched it)
Odyssey 5 (to spite me)
Would like to see Jake 2.0 also, but Odyssey 5 is already out in all regions.

Originally Posted by MovieExchange
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal - Matt Frewer, Nigel Bennett, quirky show. Got mired down towards the end, but that's true for most shows out there.
I got all 4 seasons, they were released in Germany in nice digipacks for about 20-25 euros each.

Originally Posted by Giles
I had missed it when it originally aired but I like to see Oliver Stone's tv mini series "Wild Palms"
Already released


Originally Posted by greatmuta3
Any chance of these on dvd
Profit
American Gothic
Wild Palms
Beavis and Butthead
Nowhere man

All are out.

Originally Posted by critterdvd
There are a bunch of shows that will never make it... the ones on my list include:

- The Net (based on the Sandra Bullock Film)
Have it since the end of last year. Available in Australia and UK on 6 DVDs, complete series.

Originally Posted by cisman
How about that show with Linda Hamilton...I think it was called Beauty and The Beast. I loved that as a kid.
All 3 seasons were released!

Originally Posted by DJariya
The Boomtown thing really pissed me off. Why couldn't they have released the complete series since Season 2 was only 6 episodes? I believe season 1 was only 18 episodes, so that would have been only 24 episodes total, which is normal for TV on DVD sets. Season 2 was short, but had some really compelling stories and I really liked the addition of Vanessa Williams as a new Detective.
Oh, damn, yeah! I was thinking the exact same thing. One of the more terrible and painful issues. It's like a tease without payoff. But we TV show fans got used to far worst scenarios. Literally. Without ending, with a madenning cliffhanger, and all that crap. At least we got those 18...

Originally Posted by jdumbjokes
John Doe
Even though I would love to see it on DVD
Me too! Excellent show!
Besides that, I'd add those that are still, at the beginning of 2008, not out or even announced:
Now and Again
Strange World
Jeremiah Season 2
Robbery Homicide Division
Witchblade
Birds of Prey
Veritas: The Quest
and Tremors: The Series, goddamnit!
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I second Now and Again. I'm also waiting for

Strange Luck
Early Edition
Blood Ties
Old 02-27-08, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Lenny Nero
... and Tremors: The Series, goddamnit!

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Tre...s-Planned/9017
Old 02-27-08, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Mysteryfan
Early Edition
June 24th - http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Ear...-Season-1/8688
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sigh.

don't remind me..

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My four most desired:

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
It's Your Move
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
The Maxx
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"NICHOLS"

James Garner has often said this was his favorite TV show to perform on.
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The Wonder Years. Have not heard an update for ages.
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Re: Which TV series will NEVER make it to DVD?

I figured I'd give this thread a bump, as I really enjoyed reading through it.

What the heck is the deal with Valerie/The Hogan Family? I'm surprised they haven't tried to tie a release of this series around any of the recent Jason Bateman flicks.

Also, thanks to ukywyldcat for bringin this thread to my attention

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/36...-pictures.html

I only wish more of the pictures were still viewable.
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Re: Which TV series will NEVER make it to DVD?

Seeing as since the last time I posted in this thread (4 posts ago) Parker Lewis is now out on DVD, I'll add another to my list:

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Seeing Blair Brown on Fringe and having the complete Ally McBeal in my hands (a spiritual successor) has got me thinking of this show again.
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Re: Which TV series will NEVER make it to DVD?

Nasty Boys. Man, I would like to watch that again.


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