20th Century Fox set to release TONS more shows on DVD in 2003!

[TVJunkie101]

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/gofuton.cgi?action=thisdayintv&id=20021204

already announced releases are:
Angel: Season 1
Buffy: Season 3
The Shield: Season 1
NYPD Blue: Season 1

firm to go for 2003:
Dark Angel: Season 1
Family Guy: Season 1
Futurama: Season 1
King of the Hill: Season 1
Millennium: Season 1
Son of the Beach: Season 1
The X-Files: Seasons 7-9

considered, but in legal rights hell:
Batman (1960s)
The Ben Stiller Show

consider, but facing music rights hell:
Ally McBeal
Roswell

under consideration, but no set releases:
Alien Nation
Hill Street Blues
Lost in Space
St. Elsewhere
The Time Tunnel

not being worked on:
Adventures of Brisco County JR.
Firefly
Greg The Bunny
The Honeymooners
Space: Above & Beyond
The Tick (Live Action)
The Tick (Animated)
Undeclared
* these shows are owned by 20th Century Fox, but not currently being considered for release.

Read the link I gave for tons more information.

[ClassicTV4Ever]

I really wish they'd release Beverly Hills, 90210 :(

[Sean Snow]

Originally posted by TVJunkie101
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/gofuton.cgi?action=thisdayintv&id=20021204
The Honeymooners


Oh, I saw that interview with that guy on the Home Theatre Forum. I'm surprised classic 39 episodes are not on The Honeymooners hasn't been released yet, since the lost ones are on DVD from MPI.

I also read in the interview with Sadden (sp? lol) that MTM Show DVD Season One set didn't do as well as expected. Hopefully they'll still release Season Two in March instead of pushing it back like some companies do.

[The Obsolete Man]

It's about time the put Family Guy out on DVD in the US.

The UK has had Family Guy and Futurama season 1 sets for a while now.

[TJL]

I can't understand why they wouldn't put the animated "Tick" series on video or DVD. That was one of the best animated shows of all time!

[JT]

What the hell is with all the current shows? People who like classic TV want their shows on DVD too!! "The Shield"? is that still on? Why is everyone making such a big deal over an fX show? "Son of the Beach" too? They need to sit down somewhere for a long time...

[ABC1]

None of those shows interest me in the slightest. At least I'll be saving some money. The more shows that get released that I don't watch, the less I'll be spending.
However, if shows like The Love Boat get released, I'll be very happy. Every show has its fans, and I want to see The Love Boat get released on DVD. Don't think it will happen, although I have heard rumors to the effect that it would be.

[DarleneIllyria]

Originally posted by JT
What the hell is with all the current shows? People who like classic TV want their shows on DVD too!!

Let me add a big ditto to that.

[ClassicTV4Ever]

Originally posted by JT
What the hell is with all the current shows? People who like classic TV want their shows on DVD too!!

AMEN! I couldn't agree more! I'm sick and tired of the newer shows getting better treatment than the older shows. But I guess the reason for that is because since the newer shows are still fresh in people's minds it will sell better.

Here's a list of all the shows I'd like to see on DVD:

Valerie/The Hogan Family
ALF
Jem!
Married...With Children
Blossom
Beverly Hills, 90210
Angie
One Day at a Time
Charles In Charge
Silver Spoons
Family Ties
Our House
Alice
Diff'rent Strokes
The Great Space Coaster
The Mommies
Life Goes On
Baby Talk
Who's The Boss?
Full House
Empty Nest
Designing Women
Moonlighting
Nurses
The Facts of Life
Sisters
Roseanne
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Golden Girls
Mama's Family
Mork & Mindy
Too Close for Comfort
Webster (this would be so cute for my nephews to watch)
SCTV
Perfect Strangers
Growing Pains
Just The Ten of Us
Saved By The Bell
Thirtysomething
Liquid Television
Solid Gold (will probably never happen though because of music rights)
Kate & Allie
WKRP In Cincinnati
Love Boat
Wonder Woman
Charlie's Angels (though I think that will be released in 2003)
Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley
Love, American Style
My Two Dads
Out of This World
Three's Company
Welcome Back, Kotter

[APPLEI]

i want 20th century fox to release wkrp in cincinnati on dvd in season by season boxsets.
but the music rights make it almost impossible.
i would buy st. elsewhere seasons 2,3 & 4 because they were the best seasons in my opinion.

[Impressions]

Originally posted by JT
What the hell is with all the current shows? People who like classic TV want their shows on DVD too!! "The Shield"? is that still on? Why is everyone making such a big deal over an fX show? "Son of the Beach" too? They need to sit down somewhere for a long time...

I agree, they're plenty other shows I could think of, instead of those that are listed, like a wider variety of classic tv, if they are going to provide these sitcoms on DVD, why not have some classic tv on the list. It would be nice to have some more "classics" on DVD.

[Christopher]

Originally posted by ClassicTV4Ever
I really wish they'd release Beverly Hills, 90210 :(


At least FX airs it, I like to see Melrose Place on DVD or back on TV, the show deserves re-runs. :(

I am so happy Buffy is on DVD, that show really deserves it. I hope they do season 6 real soon, that was really a good year for Buffy, but a bad one to critics.

[sara]

Does any one know if Barney Miller is going to be on DVD any time soon. That is the show that I would want.

[peter may]

I am so glad KING OF THE HILL is coming to DVD!:)

[ClassicTV4Ever]

Originally posted by Silver Daze
At least FX airs it, I like to see Melrose Place on DVD or back on TV, the show deserves re-runs. :(

True, but they always show the same episodes from the last couple seasons. I'd love to see the high school episodes again, which FX hardly ever shows. I'm surprised that FX doesn't air "Melrose Place."

BTW, I forgot to add "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" to my DVD want list :)

[theshark8777]

Wow, The Great Space Coaster! Now theres a show I havent seen in at least 15 years!! Remeber No Gnus is goog Gnus with Gary!

[Czas na Zywiec]

This sucks tremendously!!! Why are they wasting their time with Buffy and The Shield?!? Honestly, some people might be happy, but I'm mad as hell, especially Buffy. Buffy is still airing new episodes on UPN and FX airs it constantly! Release shows on DVD that can't be seen anywhere at all on TV! Us classic TV fans are geting screwed over and it's not fair. I can't even watch my favorite shows anymore.............

:thumbsdow:(

[Barnabas1]

Originally posted by Jenny


Let me add a big ditto to that. Ditto to that too!:D

[Christopher]

Originally posted by Original Prankster
This sucks tremendously!!! Why are they wasting their time with Buffy and The Shield?!? Honestly, some people might be happy, but I'm mad as hell, especially Buffy. Buffy is still airing new episodes on UPN and FX airs it constantly! Release shows on DVD that can't be seen anywhere at all on TV! Us classic TV fans are geting screwed over and it's not fair. I can't even watch my favorite shows anymore.............

:thumbsdow:(


They aren't wasting time or money with Buffy. If they were they stop releasing Buffy on DVD. Why do you hate Buffy so much? It's a great show.

[DarleneIllyria]

Originally posted by Silver Daze



They aren't wasting time or money with Buffy. If they were they stop releasing Buffy on DVD. Why do you hate Buffy so much? It's a great show.

I'm not Chris, but I'll try to explain what he meant. If I'm wrong, he can always correct me. I've never watched Buffy, but I know it's a pretty popular show. (Am I the only one that has never caught an episode, or am I just a loner? lol)

Anyway, Buffy is shown in reruns on a few stations. Some old shows are just rotting somewhere because stations refuse to play them. If they would wade through the shows that aren't played as often and put them out on dvd (season by season) it would be easier for the fans to get. They wouldn't have to wait for some station to pick it up. You might have to wait who knows how many years for a station to pick up X show. With Buffy, you can either buy the dvds and enjoy them or if you don't have a dvd player- you can catch it on some of the stations.

Let me use Archie Bunker's Place for an example. I'm 18 years old and I've never seen the show before, until TVL picked up the first 27 eps. It's not likely I'll ever get to see the full run of the show because ABP is not as popular as All in the Family was. I'll just have to make do with what I can because it's not very likely another station will pick up the rights or they get released on dvd. If they were released on dvd, I could have the episodes right here and now. Once TVL loses rights, I guess it'll just be another show that rots somewhere.

[Christopher]

Originally posted by Jenny


I've never watched Buffy, but I know it's a pretty popular show. (Am I the only one that has never caught an episode, or am I just a loner? lol)



:eek: :eek2: OMG!! You never watched Buffy! :eek: I am shocked! I think you would like the show if you saw it. FX is on Buffy's 2nd best season right now. But they aren't going to air the episode where Willow skins a person then sets him on fire which is pretty sad because that episode rocked!


Original Prankster and Jenny I understand what you are saying but what if they do put old shows that networks don't air on DVD and they don't make any money on them? It would be a complete waste to them. They are apparently sticking with popular shows on DVD because they know they will make money off of them.

[DarleneIllyria]

Originally posted by Silver Daze



:eek: :eek2: OMG!! You never watched Buffy! :eek: I am shocked! I think you would like the show if you saw it. FX is on Buffy's 2nd best season right now. But they aren't going to air the episode where Willow skins a person then sets him on fire which is pretty sad because that episode rocked!


Original Prankster and Jenny I understand what you are saying but what if they do put old shows that networks don't air on DVD and they don't make any money on them? It would be a complete waste to them. They are apparently sticking with popular shows on DVD because they know they will make money off of them.

I've never seen Buffy. I seen the movie they made around 1990 (?) with Kristy Swanson playing Buffy. I've never seen the actual tv show though. Willow skins a person? That sounds like some of the stuff I'd write about. I may try and catch a few episodes.

I have to admit money is a bit of a problem. If you put something like Bewitched out on DVD. I'm not sure if they have even released Bewitched, so I'm just using this as an example. Bewitched prob. wouldn't sell so great. I'm not sure if Bewitched has a young lineup of fans or not, and I'm not sure many adults would buy the DVD either. Most adults probably buy stuff for their kids even if they see something they want. Others might see the DVD and say to themselves, 'I grew up on that show. I haven't seen it in years.' Buys DVD.

Sometimes I wished we had some kind of DVD company that focuses only on classic shows. They could even test out shows. Release a season of Bewitched. See how the sells go. If it does moderately well, go into a production with another season. Even if these companies look at one show and think nobody is gonna buy that. It might not sell, but you never know. It could be the top selling DVD of 2002, or something.

Argh, I better stop for now because I keep spelling 'sell' as 'seel'. Oh lord. lol

[Czas na Zywiec]

Originally posted by Jenny


I'm not Chris, but I'll try to explain what he meant. If I'm wrong, he can always correct me. I've never watched Buffy, but I know it's a pretty popular show. (Am I the only one that has never caught an episode, or am I just a loner? lol)

Anyway, Buffy is shown in reruns on a few stations. Some old shows are just rotting somewhere because stations refuse to play them. If they would wade through the shows that aren't played as often and put them out on dvd (season by season) it would be easier for the fans to get. They wouldn't have to wait for some station to pick it up. You might have to wait who knows how many years for a station to pick up X show. With Buffy, you can either buy the dvds and enjoy them or if you don't have a dvd player- you can catch it on some of the stations.

Let me use Archie Bunker's Place for an example. I'm 18 years old and I've never seen the show before, until TVL picked up the first 27 eps. It's not likely I'll ever get to see the full run of the show because ABP is not as popular as All in the Family was. I'll just have to make do with what I can because it's not very likely another station will pick up the rights or they get released on dvd. If they were released on dvd, I could have the episodes right here and now. Once TVL loses rights, I guess it'll just be another show that rots somewhere.

Yea, that's exactly what I meant. I hate to see shows released on DVD that are already playing on TV stations. I don't have anything against Buffy at all, I just get pissed when a network decides to stop playing a show I like. Everyone does. Like for example, I never really saw ALF before, and I heard that Hallmark was dropping it. So I decided to record the two last episodes today and I totally loved it. Now I can't do anything because it isn't going to be shown anywhere. It could be years for all I know that another station decides to pick it up or for it to return to Hallmark. So yea, basically I don't hate Buffy, I hate the DVD companies that decide to put shows on DVD that can already be seen.

[Arfies]

Originally posted by Jenny



I have to admit money is a bit of a problem. If you put something like Bewitched out on DVD. I'm not sure if they have even released Bewitched, so I'm just using this as an example. Bewitched prob. wouldn't sell so great. I'm not sure if Bewitched has a young lineup of fans or not, and I'm not sure many adults would buy the DVD either. Most adults probably buy stuff for their kids even if they see something they want. Others might see the DVD and say to themselves, 'I grew up on that show. I haven't seen it in years.' Buys DVD.

Sometimes I wished we had some kind of DVD company that focuses only on classic shows. They could even test out shows. Release a season of Bewitched. See how the sells go. If it does moderately well, go into a production with another season. Even if these companies look at one show and think nobody is gonna buy that. It might not sell, but you never know. It could be the top selling DVD of 2002, or something.

Argh, I better stop for now because I keep spelling 'sell' as 'seel'. Oh lord. lol

Ho Ho Ho..... (And I don't mean Santa Claus). ;)
I guess you haven't heard about the big push to get Bewitched out on DVD on its 40th anniversary and the movie tie-in to go along with it in 2004 (more and more proof keeps popping in to back up the rumor..... YAY!!!!:D )

Besides, MUCH, MUCH less well-known stuff has already been released on DVD. Add that to the fact that the Bewitched Columbia House video collection, even though there's only 4 episodes per video (and barely one fourth of the total BW episodes), is one of their biggest sellers. There's 20 tapes in that set vs. only 10 tapes in other series.

And for a while, Bewitched was one of the Hallmark Channel's top-ranked shows..... until they scheduled it into overkill. I love BW (duh;) ) but not 7 times a day with some of the best parts edited out for commercial time. :( BW has also been climbing higher and higher in one website's polls for "Which shows do you want on DVD?"

I know you used Bewitched only as an example, but since this is Sitcoms Online, there's bound to be fans from every show ever mentioned. :woohoo:

[Superbatboy]

MAUDE!!!!!

[Czas na Zywiec]

ALF! It only had 4 seasons, so it wouldn't be too hard for them to release ALF. Plus I bet DVD sales would be pretty good cause everyone loves him!

[ClassicTV4Ever]

Originally posted by Original Prankster
ALF! It only had 4 seasons, so it wouldn't be too hard for them to release ALF. Plus I bet DVD sales would be pretty good cause everyone loves him!

I'd definitely buy it :) It was on our list of "must watch" shows when I was little.

[DarleneIllyria]

Are they doing all dvd tv shows season by season now? Star Trek and The Twilight Zone have so many dvds and I think ST has like 2 episodes per dvd and TZ has 4 episodes per dvd. I still have my Batman movie dvd, but I haven't moved into the tv show DVD's yet. Are they still seperating some shows or what? I know All in the Family, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jeffersons are season by season but are all the other tv show dvds season by season too? j/w

[FOLrocks1]

Originally posted by ABC1
None of those shows interest me in the slightest.

I'll say! These show suck! LOL

[TVJunkie101]

Originally posted by Jenny
Are they doing all dvd tv shows season by season now? Star Trek and The Twilight Zone have so many dvds and I think ST has like 2 episodes per dvd and TZ has 4 episodes per dvd. I still have my Batman movie dvd, but I haven't moved into the tv show DVD's yet. Are they still seperating some shows or what? I know All in the Family, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jeffersons are season by season but are all the other tv show dvds season by season too? j/w

I Love Lucy is sold in 4 episode sets, not a season by season set, which sucks, because in the long run you are spending more money, but eh, and they're not even UNCUT. Unlike all other DVD releases of TV Shows. That ticked me off, LOL. But TV DVD's are worth it just to see the episodes uncut. I've heard the MTM set has tons of features in it (old promos, etc.) I'm surprised it didn't do well.

I agree with everyone here and I too think more classic programming should be released. I mean, we should be counting our blessings we are getting what we are getting. I think, eventually, if Columbia Tri-Star keeps this up, we may be getting more. 20th Century Fox, what shows do they distribute, classic, I mean. Don't they have the distribution rights to all of the MTM library (Rhoda, Phyllis, Bob Newhart???)

[DarleneIllyria]

Originally posted by TVJunkie101


I Love Lucy is sold in 4 episode sets, not a season by season set, which sucks, because in the long run you are spending more money, but eh, and they're not even UNCUT. Unlike all other DVD releases of TV Shows. That ticked me off, LOL. But TV DVD's are worth it just to see the episodes uncut. I've heard the MTM set has tons of features in it (old promos, etc.) I'm surprised it didn't do well.


Now I'm surprised they do that to Lucy. I wonder if they'll ever go back and remake the TZ, ST, and Lucy DVDs and make them season by season? In Lucy's case to make them uncut? I guess they won't because it'll take so much money to remake them all over again.

Thanks for answering my question Shawn. :)

[Eni6mA18]

Well, i think sound fx is really good, i love ellen degeneres show too.... love the episode when charice pempengco sang in her show..