There is a sheet included with the Stacked DVD set that promotes some other 20th Century Fox DVD releases that says WKRP in Cincinnati and The Loop are coming soon! More details as they become available.

Blog story with a photo of the insert saying this:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2006/12/fox-finally-releasing-wkrp-dvd-soon.html

I'm hearing from my company that it will be released in Fall 2007. :cool:

CHiPS is expected to come out on DVD in the Fall of 2007, and Technicolor gets to duplicate it. There should be an announcement soon. :)

I can't give too much info on this other announcement, but The Sopranos is also rumored to be released on HD-DVD and the Blu Ray format sometime in the future as well, along with a few more newer shows.

what the hell is the loop?

First the resurrection of HD and LAS, and now this! I didn't want to say this before in fear of a jinx, but 2007 looks to be a banner year for DVD! I love Fox and PHE more than ever right now!

"The Loop" was a short-lived show from the mid '06 season that I found quite entertaining actually,
but alas it was canceled (unless it was postponed for an undecided period of time).

Back on topic, Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm not sure if I just proclaimed all of my joy just now, but just to give you a general idea...

I've been catching up with WKRP lately on YouTube (thanks to whoever's responsible for that),
and I for one am fondly remembering the show from the days when NAN aired quality entertainment...

I think this release will be an ENORMOUS success, ESPECIALLY if they play up (which I'm almost certain they will), the classic "Turkeys Away" episode!

I suppose they got releases for the music they used or perhaps did an editing job and placed generic music in its place. Either way, this is GREAT news.

I been waiting for This Day for WKRP in Comcinnati to come out on DVD So this is really Awsome News

WOW.

I'm really surprised. And really happy.

Just read that there will be music substitutions though.

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6708

I'll still be buying WKRP in Cincinnati on DVD even if the music is replaced. As long as the episodes are uncut, that's good enough for me!

Yeah, that sounds great, even with some of the music being replaced. I watched some episodes on TVLand when it was on there, and really liked it. I'll also have to try watching it on youtube.

So then will these be new "prints" and won't have the same generic music as the N@N prints? And hopefully less soundalikes sloppily dubbing over lines to fit the altered music. (If they can get just one episode unaltered, it better be when they get to "The Americanization of Ivan," as the altered version was a train wreck from what I heard. Since the music that would be eliminated fit the plot directly, I can see why)

I am not sure at all that I like that announcement...I AM a strong advocate against what I've called the "Music Clearance Monster," after all. Sometimes it is more subtle than others, but when it's not, it takes at least a bit away from the pure classic element of the program, often more. Which is why I feel it's worth fighting against. I would be undecided about buying the WKRP set as such, as it would imply to Fox that we don't care if the classic element is altered, we'll just take whatever it serves up. Someone else mentioned The Wonder Years, I'd hate to see a watered down version of that as well.

J.

So then will these be new "prints" and won't have the same generic music as the N@N prints? And hopefully less soundalikes sloppily dubbing over lines to fit the altered music. (If they can get just one episode unaltered, it better be when they get to "The Americanization of Ivan," as the altered version was a train wreck from what I heard. Since the music that would be eliminated fit the plot directly, I can see why)

I am not sure at all that I like that announcement...I AM a strong advocate against what I've called the "Music Clearance Monster," after all. Sometimes it is more subtle than others, but when it's not, it takes at least a bit away from the pure classic element of the program, often more. Which is why I feel it's worth fighting against. I would be undecided about buying the WKRP set as such, as it would imply to Fox that we don't care if the classic element is altered, we'll just take whatever it serves up. Someone else mentioned The Wonder Years, I'd hate to see a watered down version of that as well.

J.

I think it sucks that they didn't go the route of Freaks and Geeks and pay for all the music. I know there must have been hurdles that were too great.

The worst part is, there will never be a second release of Season 1, so this is the only DVD that will ever be.

Season 1 being my favorite, I would have hoped they could have had all the original music.

There is always a chance that the future season may have no changes, but I don't see them going back to Season 1.

As far as The Americanization of Ivan goes, that is season 2.
Maybe they can salvage it.

i am getting it whether they use music substitutions or not - i'd prefer all original, but I'll take it any way I can, and hope that they try to do it justice.

personally I think that they should BOLDLY ANNOUNCE all of the music that has been replaced, and which artists refused to license the rights to include their music, so fans of the show can actively boycott them.

I think it sucks that they didn't go the route of Freaks and Geeks and pay for all the music. I know there must have been hurdles that were too great.

The worst part is, there will never be a second release of Season 1, so this is the only DVD that will ever be.

Season 1 being my favorite, I would have hoped they could have had all the original music.

There is always a chance that the future season may have no changes, but I don't see them going back to Season 1.

As far as The Americanization of Ivan goes, that is season 2.
Maybe they can salvage it.

About Ivan...seeing as they needed the Elton John lyrics to make most of the jokes work, I'm still not so sure. We saw how it turned out the first time they tried to do without them!

Again this is a bit of a conundrum (sp?)...if we don't buy, they might think, "Hmmmm...we did something wrong here." OR they might think, "OK, no one wants a DVD set of this series, forget releasing any more seasons." If we do buy it, they might think, "OK, this series does sell and is worth releasing more of." OR..."They don't really care about how much of the original integrity is saved."

About Ivan...seeing as they needed the Elton John lyrics to make most of the jokes work, I'm still not so sure. We saw how it turned out the first time they tried to do without them!

Again this is a bit of a conundrum (sp?)...if we don't buy, they might think, "Hmmmm...we did something wrong here." OR they might think, "OK, no one wants a DVD set of this series, forget releasing any more seasons." If we do buy it, they might think, "OK, this series does sell and is worth releasing more of." OR..."They don't really care about how much of the original integrity is saved."

Maybe this time around Elton John won't be as hard a sell as apparently he was for the syndication package.

After all, "Tiny Dancer" was prominently featured in Almost Famous. I don't think it cost them a ridiculous amount to use it since they originally wanted to go with "Stairway to Heaven" and switched to the Elton John song when the price was too high.

Elton John even sent the original tracks so they could remix them as they needed.

So I would be willing to bet that is one song that will be salvaged come Season 2.

I am expecting a Season 2 set.
And 3 and 4.

There is a sheet included with the Stacked DVD set that promotes some other 20th Century Fox DVD releases that says WKRP in Cincinnati and The Loop are coming soon! More details as they become available.
this is excellent news!
this is the christmas present i've been wanting for along time:wave:
the best thing to happen since they started releasing TV shows on dvd:wave:
i hope the episodes are uncut 24-25 minutes

i looking forward to getting the WKRP in Cincinnati message board cooking again!

I'm just hoping that TvLand! will start showing WKRP 5 nights a week

YES!!!!:dance: :dance: :clap: :clap: :banana: :banana: :banana:

I don't care about the music; I just hope the episodes are uncut; and it sounds like they will be!!! YAY!!!

YES!!!!:dance: :dance: :clap: :clap: :banana: :banana: :banana:

I don't care about the music; I just hope the episodes are uncut; and it sounds like they will be!!! YAY!!!


I agree one-hundred percent; and let's hope we get some quality bonus features!

Hey WKRP fans i am happy that the series is coming out but i was reading on this website about the music rights, i just have something to say, i never actually saw the whole seasons of wkrp but i am quite sure that the scenes will be uncut and showing all of the original deleted scenes on the dvd, but as for the original music, i gurante you all this, i bet you that if all of the original music is replace or changed i bet you all that you will not see season 2 or the rest of the seasons, those who grew up watching the show can relate to the music, but watch what i tell you, season one will not sell unless the series itself has all of the elements including the music

Hey WKRP fans i am happy that the series is coming out but i was reading on this website about the music rights, i just have something to say, i never actually saw the whole seasons of wkrp but i am quite sure that the scenes will be uncut and showing all of the original deleted scenes on the dvd, but as for the original music, i gurante you all this, i bet you that if all of the original music is replace or changed i bet you all that you will not see season 2 or the rest of the seasons, those who grew up watching the show can relate to the music, but watch what i tell you, season one will not sell unless the series itself has all of the elements including the music

I bet it will sell well, regardless of the music changes.

And it's not going to be all the music.
And I feel when it comes to Season 2- which I believe will come out- there will be even more original music.

Hey, I'm trying to be optimistic here.

:)

maybe 10 episodes of WKRP in cincinnati AT THE MOST were ruined by the music changes.

i'm hoping that all fans of WKRP in cincinnati will buy the first season dvd so fox will release seasons 2,3 & 4

Holy crap! I thought WKRP would NEVER be released on DVD! Especially because of that whole music clearances issue.

Let's wait and see how much music is replaced before we jump for joy yet.

Yes, once I find out that all the original music is intact then I will jump for joy (and run out and buy the set ASAP) as this is one of my favorite shows and it is seldom seen on television anywhere anymore.

I don't care about the music; just as long as the shows are complete and unedited.

tvshowsondvd.com has a list of the extras that will be on the set.

And; they say the episodes will be UNEDITED!!!:happyface :dance: party:

And; they say the episodes will be [U]UNEDITED!!!:happyface :dance: party:
Great! I hope that means the original music is intact.

They already said SOME of the music will be replaced. It remains to be seen how much "some" is.

I heard that Hugh Wilson approved every music change for the release so hopefully that will make a good difference.

It sounds like getting WKRP on DVD is going to be difficult. Do they have to
get releases for each of the songs that were on the show? Wouldn't that
have been taken care of in the original episodes?

I'm of two minds about the music.

On the one hand, the music helped make WKRP so awesome, and gave it a solid grounding in the era.

On the other hand, it's better to have some music substitutions and have a DVD set than have the set withheld due to some notions of purity.

Let's hope that the substitutions are scarce, or at least are done with some modicum of professionalism. Nothing is worse than a horribly done substitution in which it was clear the music was replaced. There were some very horrible examples of that for the shows Hunter and Greatest American Hero in which the characters were part of a band for the plot and they either eliminated the singing scenes altogether or replaced them with horrible substitutes and screwed up the editing.

ALthough it's not in this season, I'm hoping that they can get the rights to the Star Wars theme that they used in the episode with Carlson's city council campaign.

Here's the official press release from Fox!

http://tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6901

And here's the cover art:

http://tvshowsondvd.com/graphics/news3/WKRP-S1.jpg

I like the cover art myself!

Here's the official press release from Fox!

http://tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6901

And here's the cover art:

http://tvshowsondvd.com/graphics/news3/WKRP-S1.jpg

I like the cover art myself!

that looks good:cool:

Each song must be negotiated so it is very unlikely that we will see the sets totally intact (and as mentioned, they won't be). However, unless it is notably bad, I will certainly look forward to purchasing this set. Fans upset and waiting for the complete, unchanged set, will be waiting forever, and waiting something that isn't coming.

Each song must be negotiated so it is very unlikely that we will see the sets totally intact (and as mentioned, they won't be). However, unless it is notably bad, I will certainly look forward to purchasing this set. Fans upset and waiting for the complete, unchanged set, will be waiting forever, and waiting something that isn't coming.

It's too bad about the music but I am happy to know the episodes will be unedited. Another show to add to my collection. :D The show had one of my favorite tv intros.

I don't care about the music; just as long as the shows are complete and unedited.


If the music is replaced it's not complete and it is edited. Music edits are edits.

season one will not sell unless the series itself has all of the elements including the musicI'm not a fan of most of the music on the show. And I never saw WKRP's original airing(a little before my time); I started watching sindicated eps in '86.......And I LOVED it!!!

This IS one of the best shows ever made. And I will buy it for that. I think a lot of people will.:thumbsup:

Here is a list of music changes

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=7103

They cut footage too?! That is a huge disappointment, I have to pass :(

I bet it will sell well, regardless of the music changes.

And it's not going to be all the music.
And I feel when it comes to Season 2- which I believe will come out- there will be even more original music.

Hey, I'm trying to be optimistic here.

:)

You bet it will sell well with almost all the music changes and edited cuts? I highly doubt it

You bet it will sell well with almost all the music changes and edited cuts? I highly doubt it

Well, I obviously wrote that before the extent of the music replacement was known. And the cuts too.

Now I see a big problem.

I can't believe they couldn't salvage a few songs that would make the cuts unecessary. The "Dogs" scene from Turkeys Away being cut really annoys me.

I'm still getting the DVD though.

i'am disappointed by the latest news:(

i was hoping at the very very least that ALL of the episodes would be UNCUT.
i think its time for Fox to give up and license the show to a smaller company like SHOUT!
however i'am still going to buy this dvd

I am now calling this the "Cincinatti Massacre."

It would be easy to ignore the DVD, but yes we know the spin jobs that are likely...they won't blame themselves, they'll blame the show for not being a draw. So I say we write all we can to Fox on the matter. Oh and it could help to make them aware of/to join a certain group devoted to putting a stop to music clearance issues (coughHTTP://GROUPS.YAHOO.COM/GROUP/STOPTHEMONSTERcough)

Don't hold your order, terrible dresser, do it today ;-)

Was disappointed to hear about MTM series not selling well, mostly cause I wouldn't mind more of them being on the market, and DVD is the one place where Fox saves the MTM logo (last time shows like Hill St. Blues and St. Elsewhere were on cable, they had the boring current 20th Television logo instead. It was AWFUL)

What a gyp. At least Universal ponied up the cash to buy the music rights for the Miami Vice DVDs. It paid off, too! The 4th season of MV just came to DVD and they have only one season to go before the whole show is out.

I still plan on buying the DVD so I can have Les Nessman's call of the Turkey Drop, as well as the disasterous remote from Del's Stereo. But what a rotten deal!! Shame on you, Fox!! :mad:

The music replacement doesn't bother me that much. I first started watching WKRP back in 2001 on TNN and most of the original music had already been replaced so I'm use to it. I understand why a lot of people are upset though. What bothers me are the cuts. Looking at that list, it seems like 1/3 of the episodes are missing scenes/lines. :(

I will wait for the DVD to go on sale or for a used copy to show up. Too bad about all the music cuts, a reissue company should have been in charge of this instead. I bet Fox didn't try for music clearances, they just cut corners. The cover art is good, I'll have to nick it for when I put episodes I have on tape onto DVD.

I don't mind having the replaced music, in fact, I'm used to watching WKRP with the generic music in it anyway. I will be buying season 1 when it comes out and hopefully, the other three seasons will be released quickly.

And here's the cover art:

http://tvshowsondvd.com/graphics/news3/WKRP-S1.jpg

As far as I'm concerned if anything is cut including music, It's not complete.

I have read nothing but bad reviews of this set: Music subsitutions, entire scenes cut because of the music licensing issue, etc. It sounds to me like they shouldn't have put this out at all, because you're not getting the complete, uncut episodes in their original form.

A fan would be better served with bootleg DVDs sourced from original network airings, even if they're not up to par technically due to their age and recording source.:(