The sixth season of
Simon & Simon (out of eight total) ran for 22 episodes in 1986-87, and included guest stars such as Belinda Montgomery, Anne Lockhart, Nancy Kulp, Daphne Reid, Elisha Cook Jr., Lew Ayres, Lyle Waggoner, Gary Coleman, Kenneth Mars, Gary Lockwood, Ken Swofford, Alan Hale Jr., Ray Walston, William Schallert, Dirk Blocker, William Boyett, Susan Oliver, Thom Christopher, and Vanna White.
Last July Shout! Factory released the fifth season of the show, selling it exclusively online via the studio's web-based store. Now Shout! has exclusively revealed to us that
Simon & Simon - Season 6 will also be coming out through their
Shout! Select direct-sales program, just like the most recent release did. It's not up for pre-order yet, but the current plan is to have this title ready to begin shipping to fans on
May 17th. Stay tuned for updates, including pricing and cover art, just as soon as everything gets finalized!
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Within 3 hours of our posting of the above news, our contact at Shout! Factory contacted us back with an important follow-up about this title. It appears that
Season 6 went back on hold status at the studio, due to a need to further work out the music licensing issues for episodes during this season.
We're not sure which episodes or musical pieces are at issue, and past experience shows that the studio wouldn't tell us even if we asked. It's just on hold, and we're very sorry to get your hopes up and then turn around and say "never mind"...but that's the case here. Stay tuned, of course, and we'll keep you updated as further developments occur.
