Growing Pains / Diff'rent Strokes future releases?
04-06-10, 11:15 PM
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Re: Growing Pains / Diff'rent Strokes future releases?
Some news about the 2nd season of Growing Pains. 
http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Growing...Season-2/13567
http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Growing...Season-2/13567
04-06-10, 11:58 PM
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Re: Growing Pains / Diff'rent Strokes future releases?
*laughs* that episode of "Growing Pains" where Mike's friend Boner runs for student council... his name was... Boner! *laughs*
12-16-10, 09:50 AM
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Re: Growing Pains Season 2 04/26/11
Some news about the 2nd season of Growing Pains.
http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Growing...Season-2/13567
http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Growing...Season-2/13567
05-12-12, 12:36 AM
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Re: Growing Pains / Diff'rent Strokes future releases?
I just noticed Diff'rent Strokes: Season 3 is available to pre-order. I hadn't heard of additional seasons being released and figured we'd never see any more.
05-12-12, 07:36 PM
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Re: Growing Pains / Diff'rent Strokes future releases?
I just noticed Diff'rent Strokes: Season 3 is available to pre-order. I hadn't heard of additional seasons being released and figured we'd never see any more.
07-18-12, 09:32 AM
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Re: Growing Pains / Diff'rent Strokes future releases?
Diff'rent Strokes Season 3 is out now. $21.99 on Amazon.
05-22-13, 03:45 PM
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Re: Growing Pains / Diff'rent Strokes future releases?
Season 3 on it's way!
Courtesy, TVShowsonDVD.com
Today, May 21st, the Warner Archive Collection has released an MOD (manufacture on demand) DVD set of Growing Pains - The Complete 3rd Season. Priced at just $29.95 SRP, this 24-episode collection includes two double-length episodes (including the season opener, "Aloha," with the Seavers in Maui). Guest stars include Kelly Hu (appearing in the extended premiere, and then returning again later in the season), Heather Graham, Brad Pitt (yes, THAT Brad Pitt!), Dawn Wells, Dick Butkus, Dennis Haysbert, and Heather Langerkamp.
As a Warner MOD title, Growing Pains - The Complete 3rd Season is only available right now from Warner's "WBshop" online store (see button link below) for delivery to customers in the United States. However, if you live outside the USA, don't worry, because this title is also expected to be available shortly via Amazon's CreateSpace MOD program, and Amazon usually ships DVDs to anywhere in the world.
Fans may well wonder why the change for Growing Pains from "traditional" in-stores releases over to the MOD program. Well, frankly, this show has indeed seen its share of "pains" on DVD. The first season, released in 2006, was widely known to have fallen below sales goals, leading to a five-year gap until the second season came out on disc in early 2011. Our home video industry contacts tell us that this second title also had problems selling, and largely sat on store shelves. Mind you, Warner has NOT commented to us about this...but obviously we expect that the choice the studio had to make was to either stop the releases entirely or else to move the show's DVDs to the MOD program. Via the Warner Archive, at least the dedicated fans still had access to buying the remaining seasons (there were 7 seasons produced). We applaud this as absolutely being the right decision among those two choices. And there's nothing wrong with MOD releases; I personally own Warner Archive titles from four years ago through current titles, and they all work perfectly. Here's the package art:
Taken from: http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Growing...#ixzz2U3YxKgav
Courtesy, TVShowsonDVD.com
Today, May 21st, the Warner Archive Collection has released an MOD (manufacture on demand) DVD set of Growing Pains - The Complete 3rd Season. Priced at just $29.95 SRP, this 24-episode collection includes two double-length episodes (including the season opener, "Aloha," with the Seavers in Maui). Guest stars include Kelly Hu (appearing in the extended premiere, and then returning again later in the season), Heather Graham, Brad Pitt (yes, THAT Brad Pitt!), Dawn Wells, Dick Butkus, Dennis Haysbert, and Heather Langerkamp.
As a Warner MOD title, Growing Pains - The Complete 3rd Season is only available right now from Warner's "WBshop" online store (see button link below) for delivery to customers in the United States. However, if you live outside the USA, don't worry, because this title is also expected to be available shortly via Amazon's CreateSpace MOD program, and Amazon usually ships DVDs to anywhere in the world.
Fans may well wonder why the change for Growing Pains from "traditional" in-stores releases over to the MOD program. Well, frankly, this show has indeed seen its share of "pains" on DVD. The first season, released in 2006, was widely known to have fallen below sales goals, leading to a five-year gap until the second season came out on disc in early 2011. Our home video industry contacts tell us that this second title also had problems selling, and largely sat on store shelves. Mind you, Warner has NOT commented to us about this...but obviously we expect that the choice the studio had to make was to either stop the releases entirely or else to move the show's DVDs to the MOD program. Via the Warner Archive, at least the dedicated fans still had access to buying the remaining seasons (there were 7 seasons produced). We applaud this as absolutely being the right decision among those two choices. And there's nothing wrong with MOD releases; I personally own Warner Archive titles from four years ago through current titles, and they all work perfectly. Here's the package art:
Taken from: http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Growing...#ixzz2U3YxKgav
05-22-13, 08:13 PM
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Re: Growing Pains / Diff'rent Strokes future releases?
Meh MOD. I'm really only interested in Season 5 anyway.
But congratulations to those who've been waiting and find this format acceptable.
But congratulations to those who've been waiting and find this format acceptable.
05-23-13, 12:10 PM
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Re: Growing Pains / Diff'rent Strokes future releases?
Ordered it as soon as it was available. I'm curious to see if there has been any music replacement. This season had an episode with a prominent use of a Tiffany song and the two part Dance Fever episode has a TON of Motown songs.
05-24-13, 06:21 PM
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I didn't know Season 2 came out. Such a shame they weren't selling. I might buy them, but the best part about DVD releases for older TV shows are the special features and look back stuff.
05-25-13, 09:32 PM
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Got my Season 3 today. It's on pressed discs.
Also it's totally uncut as far as I can tell. All the episodes are 24+ minutes and the Tiffany Song is intact in the episode it is featured in, as well as all the Motown songs in the two part Dance episode.
Also it's totally uncut as far as I can tell. All the episodes are 24+ minutes and the Tiffany Song is intact in the episode it is featured in, as well as all the Motown songs in the two part Dance episode.
05-26-13, 03:01 PM
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05-28-13, 07:30 AM
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It's not really Shout Factory's issue. They don't license the entire series all at once. It's usually on one or two seasons at a time. Once they put out all the seasons they contracted for, they would have to renegotiate for the rest. If the sales numbers aren't there, it's hard to justify.
I have no issue with a MOD option for TV series.
I have no issue with a MOD option for TV series.
