One of the hottest pieces of news we've posted recently is this past Saturday's
story that
The Nanny - The Complete 1st Season was finally heading to DVD on
July 12th. In that story, we posted cover art for the show, both front and back. We'll repost the front art below, but let's first examine the back cover Sony has designed:
As you can see for yourself, there is nothing listed there about extras, supplements, bonus material, etc. TV-on-DVD fans who purchase products from Sony know that the studio will always advertise that sort of thing on the back of the box, and in this case there's just nothing to see. Obvious conclusion: no extras.
And that might be all that needs to be said right now, except that TVShowsOnDVD has received a communication from somebody close to the production of the release, who spoke to us on the condition of anonymity. We're told by this person that there ARE going to be extras on this set, at minimum in the form of 3 commentary tracks from Fran Drescher, including one on the first episode (the pilot), and one on the season-ender. This person confirmed that the Region 2 version will street in Europe several weeks ahead of the Region 1 version hitting in North America, and "guarantees the info" for both Region 2 and Region 1.
Now, we don't really know this person, so "guarantee" is not a word we will use in relation to this information. We CANNOT guarantee that this industry source is accurate in that the extras are there, that they are for region 1, or even that this person is who they claim to be. And we've got a box rear cover that seems to say there are not going to be any extras, so it's hard for us to get people's hopes up on this issue. However, box art can (and often does) change, and the info provided by this source is so specific that it's hard to disbelieve it out-of-hand. ARE these extras for us? We'll find out, and we'll let you know on or about the announcement date, which is a week away. Stay tuned...
