folbartman
03-30-2005, 02:09 AM
Warner Brothers and The Home Theater Forum finished holding a live online chat with several executives at Warner Home Video. Tomorrow you can look for the full transcript of the chat to be posted by The Digital Bits website http://www.thedigitalbits.com/ .
The 3-hour chat, which - as usual - resulted in LOTS of news about TV-DVD titles.
Warner's response:
Mama's Family is not planned on being released AS OF YET!
Murphy Brown "Season 2" was also in this category. So hope is not all lost. Hopefully Warner Brothers will release it sometime soon. I'm guessing there are no immediate plans for releasing the shows in this category, but are not out yet and may be considered. I am sure glad the show was not on their "WILL NOT RELEASE" list, as of only one show was listed there. Here's more results:
2005 Releases:
Friends S10 ("before the end of the year...loaded with goodies")
Smallville S4 ("this Fall")
Nip/Tuck S2 ("out by Fall")
Dallas S3 ("this Summer")
Lois & Clark S1 ("June; contains special features including new Teri Hatcher interviews; expect more Lois & Clark in 2006")
Looney Tunes V3 ("coming before Xmas")
Working on Release Plans:
George Lopez Show
Chico and the Man
Potential Titles for Release:
Welcome Back Kotter
Drew Carey Show
Knot's Landing
The Flash
Witchblade
"LOTS of great DC Comic-related product in your future!"
Growing Pains
Falcon's Crest
Will Be Considered:
Enos
Superboy
Family Matters
Step By Step
Music Rights Preclude Release:
Cold Case
No plans yet for:
Murphy Brown S2
Veronica Mars
Perfect Strangers
Brimstone
Third Watch
Opposite Sex
Run of the House
Bucky O'Hare
Fish Police
Xiaolin Showdown
Everwood S2
Jack & Bobby
Mama's Family
Hogan Family
Flamingo Road
Freddy's Nightmares
Just The Ten Of Us
Midnight Caller
New Scooby-Doo Movies remaining episodes
Hangin' With Mr. Cooper
Shazam! set
Time Trax
No rights for:
Get Smart (David's note: funny, Paramount says they don't own it, either; a separate source tells me Paramount's rights ended at the end of 2004, and the rights reverted to Warner)
Batman 60's ("The Batman TV issue is between DC Comics and Fox. It doesn't involve Warner Home Video")
Saturday Night Live (David's note: Broadway Video owns this, and Lions Gate distributes releases)
Doctor Who 1996 TV Movie ("We only distribute the BBC product, so we have no idea what their marketing plans are for Doctor Who")
Asked/No Answer Given or No Info Available:
Brisco County Jr.
Alice
Max Headroom
Birds of Prey
Justice League box sets
Batman Beyond box sets
Fantastic Four 60's
Tom & Jerry shorts corrected and unedited
Popeye (Fleischer)
The 3-hour chat, which - as usual - resulted in LOTS of news about TV-DVD titles.
Warner's response:
Mama's Family is not planned on being released AS OF YET!
Murphy Brown "Season 2" was also in this category. So hope is not all lost. Hopefully Warner Brothers will release it sometime soon. I'm guessing there are no immediate plans for releasing the shows in this category, but are not out yet and may be considered. I am sure glad the show was not on their "WILL NOT RELEASE" list, as of only one show was listed there. Here's more results:
2005 Releases:
Friends S10 ("before the end of the year...loaded with goodies")
Smallville S4 ("this Fall")
Nip/Tuck S2 ("out by Fall")
Dallas S3 ("this Summer")
Lois & Clark S1 ("June; contains special features including new Teri Hatcher interviews; expect more Lois & Clark in 2006")
Looney Tunes V3 ("coming before Xmas")
Working on Release Plans:
George Lopez Show
Chico and the Man
Potential Titles for Release:
Welcome Back Kotter
Drew Carey Show
Knot's Landing
The Flash
Witchblade
"LOTS of great DC Comic-related product in your future!"
Growing Pains
Falcon's Crest
Will Be Considered:
Enos
Superboy
Family Matters
Step By Step
Music Rights Preclude Release:
Cold Case
No plans yet for:
Murphy Brown S2
Veronica Mars
Perfect Strangers
Brimstone
Third Watch
Opposite Sex
Run of the House
Bucky O'Hare
Fish Police
Xiaolin Showdown
Everwood S2
Jack & Bobby
Mama's Family
Hogan Family
Flamingo Road
Freddy's Nightmares
Just The Ten Of Us
Midnight Caller
New Scooby-Doo Movies remaining episodes
Hangin' With Mr. Cooper
Shazam! set
Time Trax
No rights for:
Get Smart (David's note: funny, Paramount says they don't own it, either; a separate source tells me Paramount's rights ended at the end of 2004, and the rights reverted to Warner)
Batman 60's ("The Batman TV issue is between DC Comics and Fox. It doesn't involve Warner Home Video")
Saturday Night Live (David's note: Broadway Video owns this, and Lions Gate distributes releases)
Doctor Who 1996 TV Movie ("We only distribute the BBC product, so we have no idea what their marketing plans are for Doctor Who")
Asked/No Answer Given or No Info Available:
Brisco County Jr.
Alice
Max Headroom
Birds of Prey
Justice League box sets
Batman Beyond box sets
Fantastic Four 60's
Tom & Jerry shorts corrected and unedited
Popeye (Fleischer)