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Too bad you are all stuck with Season 1 forever but hey, it is better than NO Murphy Brown DVDs at all

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5868

Too bad you are all stuck with Season 1 forever but hey, it is better than NO Murphy Brown DVDs at all

I know, this really does stink. I'm glad I was able to tape all my faves off N@N at least. I wish these studios would at least let another company do the DVD's if they don't want to.

Yet Newlyweds gets an instant release...

from tvshowsondvd.com:

"Warner Home Video’s season-one sets of “The Jamie Foxx Show,” “Murphy Brown” and “Night Court,” all released in 2005, sold 6% or less units compared to Warner’s top seller for 2005 — Friends: The Complete Ninth Season."
:rolleyes:

I think that is crap comparing Murphy Brown and Friends dvd sells. I wanted to complete my Murphy Brown and Night Court sets but I guess that will never happen.

Sign this petition if you disagree with warner brothers decision. http://www.petitiononline.com/mbondvd/petition.html

This really stinks. What about me?! We never had Murphy Brown on TV so my only hope to ever see MB AT ALL were the releases on DVD. And now? I will be stuck forever with Season 1! I will never see a pregnant MB, I will never see MB dealing with breast cancer and I don´t know what else I´m missing. That so f***ing stinks!

We get Murphy Brown twice a day here in Australia, but I still want the dvds.

We don't get more Murphy because it didn't sell as well as Friends?? And the first season of Night Court wasn't even its best one...give these shows a chance WB!

What I don't get is why compare to the top seller? They knew that Fiends was going to be a big seller but that doesn't mean that in order for a show to keep releasing that they need to sell around the same amount of units. I think that they should give MB more of a chance and release the second season. Besides if they want to save money maybe they should just make less copies that way we at least have a little bit of a chance.

There are so many things here to consider when selling this release.

First of all, like many said, they are comparing it with Friends. Both are totally different shows, and deserve completely different treatment. Friends is the most overrated, simpleminded show on television. You put a bunch of friends in a sitcom, and everyone suddenly starts watching it. Murphy on the other hand was a brilliant, well written, crisp show that is completely looked over and forgotten about that deserves better treatment.

Second, Warner Bros. released 6 first season sets on the day, and none of them sold very well. This was Warner's biggest mistake. All 6 shows I enjoyed watching, but I couldn't afford to spend around $130 on all 6 shows, so I had to choose 3 of them to buy now, and 3 to buy later. This is probably the case with most people, which would tell us why Murphy Brown didn't sell up to standards. If they would have released season 1 on its own, seperate day, then it probably would've sold much better.

Basically, all I want is a second season. I've watched all 22 first season episodes more than 15 times each, and I'm still not bored cause its such a great show. Bring on season 2!

There are so many things here to consider when selling this release.

First of all, like many said, they are comparing it with Friends. Both are totally different shows, and deserve completely different treatment. Friends is the most overrated, simpleminded show on television. You put a bunch of friends in a sitcom, and everyone suddenly starts watching it. Murphy on the other hand was a brilliant, well written, crisp show that is completely looked over and forgotten about that deserves better treatment.

Second, Warner Bros. released 6 first season sets on the day, and none of them sold very well. This was Warner's biggest mistake. All 6 shows I enjoyed watching, but I couldn't afford to spend around $130 on all 6 shows, so I had to choose 3 of them to buy now, and 3 to buy later. This is probably the case with most people, which would tell us why Murphy Brown didn't sell up to standards. If they would have released season 1 on its own, seperate day, then it probably would've sold much better.

Basically, all I want is a second season. I've watched all 22 first season episodes more than 15 times each, and I'm still not bored cause its such a great show. Bring on season 2!


I would love to see a complete series set (in the same vein as the "Get Smart" release). I never watched Murphy during it's initial run and despised it when they put it on Lifetime, but I finally got into it on Nick-at-Nite and I wish I could see it much more often than it's being shown (which is never).

Sign this petition if you disagree with warner brothers decision. http://www.petitiononline.com/mbondvd/petition.html

Yes, please sign that petition! I didn't start it, but I've been posting the link everywhere I can think of, LOL. The petition starter has said his goal is 5,000 signatures, so we have a ways to go yet!

Edit: There's now an Amazon page where you can sign up to be notified if/when Season 2 becomes available. That also helps let Warner Bros. know that people want it, so it's another option for those who still want future seasons. Here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/Murphy-Brown-Complete-Second-Season/dp/B000P1XJ98/ref=pd_rhf_p_2/102-0266563-2372931

- Kristen

from tvshowsondvd.com:

"Warner Home Video’s season-one sets of “The Jamie Foxx Show,” “Murphy Brown” and “Night Court,” all released in 2005, sold 6% or less units compared to Warner’s top seller for 2005 — Friends: The Complete Ninth Season."
:rolleyes:

I think that is crap comparing Murphy Brown and Friends dvd sells. I wanted to complete my Murphy Brown and Night Court sets but I guess that will never happen.


I agree. and how about comparing "Who's the Boss" sales to "Seinfeld."


In all of these scenarios, the "top-selling" DVD sets were of far more recent, popular shows. So of course they are bound to sell more. It would be far more logical, to compare the cost of producing the sets to their sales and profit from those sets.

I wonder if this has a lot to do w/ the perception that Murphy Brown is too dated (w/ it's frequent references to then real life current events/pop culture) as well as music licensing issues (since Murphy Brown didn't have a traditional opening theme, but instead used Motown songs).

I used to watch this show every chance I got, whether first-run or in syndication. Fan of Faith Ford. Anyway there must be a lot more people in my age group with disposable income that would support more releases. This series was big, I mean high-profile. TMC makes excellent points but having 1 season out gives hope that some company will step in and produce more.

I wonder if this has a lot to do w/ the perception that Murphy Brown is too dated (w/ it's frequent references to then real life current events/pop culture) as well as music licensing issues (since Murphy Brown didn't have a traditional opening theme, but instead used Motown songs).
I think the music is the reason this isn't seeing releases past season 1. I've been re-watching this on Encore and I'm just noticing how much music was actually used in this show...it's like a Motown infomercial.

At this point, I think Time Life/StarVista is our ONLY hope with getting this released but I think that's even wishful thinking. If they did release it, it would be butchered with edits. I will just continue recording the episodes off of Encore and that will be fine for me.

Actually I've watched up through S5 and I thought the opposite: the Motown songs are mostly used over the intro and could easily be replaced in many instances without losing much.

I'm still holding out hope for a complete series set of Murphy Brown from Shout or StarVista. I don't honestly care who does it at this point, but I do desperately want it. I think Shout or StarVista would release it if they were approached about it.

I doubt it will happen, so am grateful I have the Encore episodes.

I actually think this show had more music than "The Wonder Years" which causes a huge problem.

StarVista/Time-Life is probably the only hope for this show getting completed on DVD.

I have the series recorded from Encore so I'm happy with that.

I am seriously going to get a set of the Encore episodes too soon.

I'd always just assumed this series was on DVD but had never actually looked for it. Stinks to know it's not.

The show is not on encore but it will be soon coming to Antenna TV.

I recently got a homemade set recorded from Encore. So it's not bothering me as much that it isn't complete.

Why the Hell Can't I Watch Murphy Brown Online? (http://gizmodo.com/why-the-hell-cant-i-watch-murphy-brown-online-1697060751)

Why the Hell Can't I Watch Murphy Brown Online? (http://gizmodo.com/why-the-hell-cant-i-watch-murphy-brown-online-1697060751)


One word: YouTube

Actually I've watched up through S5 and I thought the opposite: the Motown songs are mostly used over the intro and could easily be replaced in many instances without losing much.

Bluntly speaking, Murphy Brown has disappeared in no small part due to the greed of Motown (or technically, Universal Music Group since Motown as it stands today is merely an imprint of UMG trading on long-past glories). They released the first season on DVD, but it didn't sell well enough to pay for the music rights to release the remaining episodes on DVD, and it isn't on streaming services for the same reason. They can't just replace the music because of the tendency to have Murphy sing the songs.

It's going to be on Antenna TV starting January 2, Weeknights at 10PM and Weekends at 5PM.

Why isn't Murphy Brown available for streaming? (https://decider.com/2018/02/28/heres-why-you-cant-stream-murphy-brown/)
Blame ownership issues and music rights, which have delayed the streaming and DVD release of other classic TV shows.

I wonder how Antenna TV manages

I wonder just how dicey it is for CBS to bring Murphy Brown back after being off the air for 20 years? Murphy Brown was a huge hit in its day but it really didn't have much of a life re-runs (likely because it was so topical) after it went off the air. Only one season was every released on DVD and suffered from poor sales. The show is also not available on any streaming site (allegedly due to the high music licensing fees associated with the show). Outside of people who were alive in the late '80s and early '90s, who remembered watching the show during its peak, it's largely forgotten. Shows like Roseanne and Will & Grace had much more cultural significance and continued on in syndication and DVDs long after their runs were over.