As of this past mid-October, we had
passed along word from VEI (Visual Entertainment Inc., of Toronto) that their 3-DVD release of the
Diagnosis Murder - Television Movie Collection (a compilation of 3 pre-series "pilot" telefilms and 2 post-series "reunion" telefilms) had been moved to January 31st. Since then we've gotten TONS of reader e-mails about this title: truckloads of fans are upset because the item hasn't been spotted in stores, and
the Amazon listing for this title has claimed it's "
temporarily out of stock." since before the street date...for that e-tailer, a sure sign that they never got stock of it in the first place. What's going on?
Today we were able to reach the people at VEI that we've been needing to, who were back in the office following some recent travel to sign a couple of deals for other upcoming home video titles (please see the two separate news posts we've written up today with info about those!). We asked about the status of the
Diagnosis Murder - Television Movie Collection DVD set, and we were told that it's been delayed for now, with no new street date set at this time. Part of the delay, we understand, is concerns from people in the retail distribution channel about whether there's a large demand for this compilation of pre- and post-series telefilms, especially since only 3 of the show's 8 seasons have been released on DVD by their rights-holder (CBS Home Entertainment). Honestly, the best thing that a fan who wants this title can do is pre-order it, and show sellers that there are indeed buyers for it! That's true for any title, though, of course. VEI wants to bring this to you, so let the retailers and distributors know just how many of you are out there! Here at TVShowsOnDVD, we KNOW that's a BUNCH of you, because of all the thousands of people who have read the news posts about VEI's release. Here's the Amazon button link again, so you can lock in your copy, and stay tuned because we'll bring you word about the new release date just as soon as we can!
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