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It seems that all the attention which has been heaped upon The Andy
Griffith Show - by way of TVLand's Legend Award, great ratings on the reunion show from last year, and general fan demand - not to mention a pretty good ranking here at TVShowsOnDVD to boot! - has not been lost on Paramount, the studio which officially owns this property.
Even though more than a dozen DVDs are on the market featuring
episodes from that series, all of them are part of the same small group of
"public domain" episodes which feature bad video quality, due to lack
of remastering (since the companies involved don't have the right to
access the original material and do restoration work on it). Those meager releases don't even begin to touch the legacy of this beloved series, which ran for 249 episodes over 8 seasons.
Now it has come to our attention that Paramount Home Video has
got this show in their sights...and are determined to aim at it better than ol' Barney Fife. A DVD package for The Andy Griffith Show - Season 1 is in-the-works, and could possibly even reach store shelves before the year is out. That last part is unsure, but the fact is that this IS coming.
And that's all we can tell you for now. Stay tuned, and we'll bring you more on this just as soon as we can. Get ready to party, Mayberry-style!
  
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