A month ago
we let you know that there was no reason to worry: DVDs full of paramedic adventures were on the way for 2010, per our industry sources. That was made good this morning, with Universal officially announcing an
April 13th street date for
Emergency! - Season 6 on DVD. This final regular season of the classic series, featuring 24 episodes that originally aired in 1976-77, will come on 5 discs for just $39.98 SRP. Running 1138 minutes long, the set is presented in full frame video, English mono audio, and with English subtitles.
Package art hasn't been made available yet, but stay tuned and we'll bring that to you just as soon as we can. While the studio hasn't officially said anything yet, we're hearing that they are considering a 2011 DVD release of the six post-series telefilms which aired in 1978-79, reuniting DeSoto and Gage for a number of feature-length adventures. Chances are good that we will see that, probably with a title along the lines of "
Emergency! - Movie Collection".
On the other hand, there's been no indication yet about whether we should expect any part of the short-lived (11 episodes) 1974 spin-off series
Sierra, or the animated version of the original series, the two-season-long 1973 series
Emergency +4 (which featured the voices of live-action stars Kevin Tighe and Randolph Mantooth). We know that passionate fans are hoping to see both of these on DVD, but right now we just don't know either way. We'll let you know if we hear anything, though, so stay tuned!
