Hi, News Director Dave Lambert here. Last year I
took a look at the 111 television shows which we thought (as of New Year's Day) would be coming to DVD in 2005. This past Christmas I
posted a recap of those predictions, and found out I was 78.38% correct. Not bad, eh? So this year I'm going to do it again!
Below you will find a list of
128 shows that, before the year is out, we expect to show up on DVD for the first time ever. That's greater than two dozen more than last year's expectations, and that's not even the whole list, really. For example, Jenna Elfman has a brand-new network show coming this season called
Courting Alex (you probably saw the ads with her in the skimpy little silver outfit...yowser!); if that program is even remotely successful, then I think it's a safe bet we'll finally see
Dharma & Greg make it to DVD at long last. And it may come anyway, since Thomas Gibson ("Greg") is doing well with his new show this season,
Criminal Minds.
There are at least a dozen other shows that Gord and I have heard will have a good fighting chance to come to DVD for the first time in 2006, but they aren't on the list below and won't be named here because truly no decision has been made on them. When we and the studios are ready to name them, look to us for more breaking stories.
Additionally, there are shows not on the list because they have already been released on DVD before. However, many shows that fall into that category - like
Beverly Hills 90210, That Girl, Over There, Cheyenne, Pink Panther Batman Beyond, C.O.P.S., Super Mario Bros. Super-Show, Inspector Gadget and even
The Bugaloos - are returning to DVD (some for the first time in years) in new, better versions that will be multi-disc sets: season sets, volume sets, or complete series. Sweet!
Then there's the long-awaited return to DVD of
Twin Peaks. All indications are that this WILL happen in 2006...watch for it!
Finally, there are the handful of items delayed from 2005 which appear on the list below:
I Dream of Jeannie, Star Trek: The Animated Series, The Tomorrow Show, The Venture Bros. and - confirmed since our Christmas Day article -
Gidget and
The Flying Nun (sooner than you think!).
A lot of the items you'll see below are no surprise, and are on the release schedule to ship very soon now (
Alien Nation and
Gunsmoke street the day after tomorrow). On the other hand, we fully expect that you'll be surprised by several of the items on the list (are any of you
Huff fans?).
Without further delay, here is THE list! Enjoy it. Gord and I hope you all had a safe and happy New Year's celebration last night, and we hope you enjoy the list and find something on it that you can't wait to own. Stay tuned for updates on these as the information leaks out.
- 30 Days
(Morgan Spurlock)
- Action
- Adventures of Brisco County Jr., The
- Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin, The
- Alice
- Alien Nation
- All Dogs Go To Heaven
- All-American Girl
- American Dad
- Andy Milonakis Show, The
- Animaniacs
- Archie Bunker's Place
- Baby Looney Tunes
- Beggars and Choosers
- Black Books
- Bleak House
- Cagney & Lacey
- Charles in Charge
- Codename: Icarus
- Comeback, The
- Cut, The
(Tommy Hilfiger)
- Dinah!
- Dinosaurs
("Not the mama! Not the mama!")
- Doctor Who
(2005)
- Donny and Marie
- Dr. Shrinker
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Electric Company, The
- Family Affair
- Family Matters
- Flash, The
- Flying Nun, The
- Garbage Pail Kids
- Gastineau Girls
- Get Smart
- Gidget
- Gimme a Break!
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
- Good Morning, World
- Goof Troop
- Grey's Anatomy
- Grosse Pointe
- Grounded for Life
- Growing Pains
- Gunsmoke
- Hardcastle and McCormick
- Hawaii Five-O
- Here Come the Brides
- Here Comes The Grump
- Hill Street Blues
- Huff
- I Dream of Jeannie
- Invisible Man, The
(1958)
- Jackie Gleason Show, The
(a.k.a. The Honeymooners in color)
- JAG
- Kate & Allie
- Knots Landing
- Life Goes On
- Life With Louie
- Lily the Witch
- Little House on the Prairie
(new mini-series)
- Little Lord Fauntleroy
- Living Single
- Love Boat, The
- Mama's Family
- Masters of Horror
- Maude
- Medium
- Melrose Place
- Merv Griffin Show, The
- Mind of Mencia, The
- Missing
(a.k.a. 1-800-Missing)
- Mission: Impossible
- Movie Macabre
(Elvira)
- Mr. Magoo Show, The
- Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigation Service
- Nighty Night
- Not the Nine O'Clock News
- Numb3rs
- Odd Couple, The
- Odyssey 5
- Perfect Strangers
- Perry Mason
- Phil Silvers Show, The
- Pinky and the Brain
- Police Squad!
- Police Woman
- Poltergeist: The Legacy
- Power Rangers Mystic Force
- Quack Pack
- Quick Draw McGraw
- Rat Patrol, The
- Rawhide
- Real Ghostbusters, The
- Ren & Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon
- Rising Damp
- Robot Chicken
- Sahara
- Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour, The
- Sentinel, The
- Shadow Warriors
- Shaquille
(a.k.a. Shaq TV)
- She Spies: Bad Girls Gone Good
- Significant Others
(2004)
- Sleeper Cell
- Star Trek: The Animated Series
- Step by Step
- Storybook International
- Strong Medicine
- Time Tunnel, The
- Tommy Lee Goes to College
- Tomorrow Show, The
(Tom Snyder)
- Ultraman
(1966)
- V.I.P.
(Pamela Anderson)
- Venture Bros., The
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
- Walking Tall
- Wally Gator
- Weeds
- Wild 'N Out
- Wild On...
- Wild, Wild West, The
- Wildfire
- Wings
- Wonder Showzen
- You Can't Do That on Television
- Young Riders, The
- Zoey 101
