Just a bit under a month ago we were a part of the live online chat between The Home Theater Forum and the folks at Warner Home Video. When we
reported about the TV-DVD news from that chat, fans of
Welcome Back, Kotter were happy to know that the show was being considered as a "Potential Title for Release." Little did we know that we'd get something this fast!
Unfortunately, though, the first DVD release for
Kotter won't be a complete season set. Instead, Warner has opted to go with their new "Television Favorites" line of releases with this property. The only other time we've heard about this new type of TV-DVD release was a couple of weeks ago, when we
brought you news about a similar release for
The Dukes of Hazzard. The
Dukes "Television Favorites" is a single-disc release featuring 3 episodes of the show, drawn from different seasons, and clearly falls into the "Best Of" category of release. It looks like this is the sort of initial DVD lesson we can expect to be taught by
Kotter.
Hopefully this is just a quick way of giving the
Kotter fans an inexpensive taste while they get busy working on the season sets that they must know all the fans want. Fans won't mind that sort of an upgrade, we're sure, especially if the price is low enough (the similar
Dukes release lists for just $9.97). We don't have an official price, though, or a street date, or any other info about this upcoming title. But we DO have the cover art for you:
