One of the most-anticipated TV-DVD sets we've ever had here is
Friends - The Complete 10th Season. The year that wraps up one of the most popular sitcoms of all time is all set to arrive on
November 15th, and consumers are enjoying the $29.94 discounted price
at Amazon's pre-order listing (SRP is $44.99). Also available on the same date, for fans who haven't invested in any of the DVDs so far, is
Friends - The One With All Ten Seasons, a "complete series" release that lists for $299.99, but which is
available for Amazon pre-order at the nice price of just $209.99! It comes in a special Collector's Box that looks VERY nice:
Fans who have already been collecting the DVDs need not be upset over the special packaging, though! Warner Home Video is very nicely making it available for consumers to get via a mail-in offer, which will be promoted inside all new copies of
Friends, including
The Complete 10th Season. That offer is mentioned in the press release below, which Warner has very kindly sent over for us to share with our readers. There are also other consumer offers, including with the PlayStation 2 game
Friends: The One With All The Trivia. Check out the better pic of the box that many readers have been suggesting we post, and then read the complete text of the press release for all the details. It's all just below, so scroll down!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Warner Home Video Presents,
The One America Has Been Waiting For.
FRIENDS:
THE COMPLETE TENTH SEASON
The Final 17 Episodes of the #1 Selling TV on DVD Series
Arrives Just in Time for the Holidays on November 15, 2005
BURBANK, CA (August 16, 2005) - Warner Home Video presents the end of an era and the final chapter of America's most beloved sitcom with
Friends: The Complete Tenth Season, available November 15, 2005. The four-disc deluxe collector's set is priced at $44.98 SRP and includes 17 hilarious episodes with never-before-seen footage and exclusive special features, including a 43 minute gag reel! Order due date is October 11, 2005.
During the final season of the Emmy Award-winning
Friends, loyal fans tuned in every week to see how their decade-old "Friends" would say goodbye. An audience of more than 51 million people tuned into the series finale, making it one of the most-watched episodes in modern television history. Speculation ran wild all season: would Ross and Rachel reunite; would Chandler and Monica start a family; would Phoebe get married; and would Joey move to Los Angeles? The tenth and final season is full of timeless moments, fun guest stars including Christina Applegate, Greg Kinnear and Danny DeVito, and extraordinary bonus features, making it the perfect addition to any definitive DVD collection.
"Warner Home Video is proud to bring
Friends: The Complete Tenth Season, the long-awaited final chapter of one of the most adored series in television history, to DVD," said Rosemary Markson, WHV Executive Director, TV Marketing. "We anticipate extraordinary consumer response for this must-have DVD release with fans eager to add the final chapter of this top-selling DVD franchise to their home collection."
DVD Special Features include:
- 43 Minute Gag Reel - from Seasons 1 through 5 and Season 10
- Friends Final Thoughts - cast and crew reminisce about their ten years together on the series.
- Friends of Friends Part IV, including interviews with Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd and Aisha Tyler.
- Joey Joey Music Video - all-new music video featuring Matt LeBlanc and directed by Kevin S. Bright
- Commentary by Executive Producers on three episodes:
- "The One With the Late Thanksgiving"
- "The One Where the Stripper Cries"
- "The Last One" (Parts 1 & 2)
- Episode Previews
Just in time for the holidays, Warner Home Video will also release
Friends: The One With All Ten Seasons, the must-have gift for the any
Friends fan! This limited-edition collector's set will showcase all ten seasons in an exclusive collectible case. Timed to coincide with the release of Season 10,
Friends: The One With All Ten Seasons is priced at $299.98 SRP.
Consumers can also mail-in for the limited edition collector's box to house their existing
Friends DVD collection. The mail-in offer will be promoted within all Season 10 DVDs and will be available while supplies last.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will also debut the first ever
Friends-based videogame,
FRIENDS: THE ONE WITH ALL THE TRIVIA. Fans can now put their
Friends knowledge to the test with the interactive game, which includes over 3,000 trivia questions and 700 video clips from all ten seasons of
Friends. The videogame will be available on the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system and for the PC at $19.99 SRP and will be distributed by Warner Home Video (WHV).
The Emmy Award-winning
Friends stars Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe), Courtney Cox-Arquette (Monica), Jennifer Aniston (Rachel), David Schwimmer (Ross), Matthew Perry (Chandler) and Matt LeBlanc (Joey). The show aired its series finale on May 6, 2004.
Throughout its wildly successful run on NBC's "must-see TV" line-up,
Friends won several Emmys, People's Choice, Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globe and American Comedy awards. In addition, fans have collected the DVD sets in record numbers.
MARKETING SUPPORT
Friends: The Complete Tenth Season will be supported by an unprecedented multi-million dollar national media campaign including TV, print, radio and online. The television campaign will run in primetime, syndicated
Friends programming and top cable networks. Full-page color print ads will run in entertainment and female-targeted publications. In addition, national radio spots will air on major radio stations in the top 50 markets and online advertising and promotions will occur on entertainment sites.
Both the
Friends: The One With All Ten Seasons collector's set and the
FRIENDS: THE ONE WITH ALL THE TRIVIA videogame will be featured within the
Friends Q4 media blitz.
In addition, numerous consumer promotions will support the DVD release including:
- $5 back by mail for consumers who purchase both the Friends Season 10 DVD and the videogame.
- Up to $50 back by mail for consumers who purchase additional season sets of specially marked Warner TV series on DVD.
- Radio promotions with top Friends stations throughout the country
Friends: The Complete Tenth Season
Price: $44.98 SRP
Street Date: November 15, 2005
Language: English
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Running time: 467 mins.
Friends: The One With All Ten Seasons
Price: $299.98 SRP
Street Date: November 15, 2005
Language: English
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Running time: 6,598 mins.
