(Lifted from my post in a thread on the Beverly Hillbillies board. Someone said the "I Love Lucy" sets weren't that bad before, hence the starting sentence.)

Well Lucy was before the whole restructuring of Viacom which led to CBS/Paramount being created. Since that time, their DVDs really deteriorated for some reason...I don't know why. Before, CBS DVD releases and the Paramount Television ones were much better, I don't think the music problems and editing problems were there back then.

There's also the plastering of Paramount logos of any kind, which PTV did sometimes but were improving on (the Split Box Paramount logo of the '70s appeared on all Brady Bunch seasons and the first season of Happy Days). Not only does it come off like they want to wipe Paramount Television from existence, but it's like CBS is putting under its thumb shows it DIDN'T air or create (which, if I didn't know better, would appear to be to spite ABC and NBC. Egos are very strong forces in the entertainment business)

So yeah, I won't buy anything from CBS DVD and that won't change until there are major changes with how they treat the Classic Element.