Anyone know the reason for the delay for season 5 and 6? Seems odd since the show had 4 releases in a 2 year period.

Anyone know the reason for the delay for season 5 and 6? Seems odd since the show had 4 releases in a 2 year period.

The reason is quite simple: FOX, who apparently owns all MTM properties home video rights, can't get anything right on the DVD/Bluray front. For a company as large as they are their home entertainment division is poor by almost any measure. Choosing to not release certain properties (or even license them) is only one of the several problems they have. As a whole they place almost no focus on their their back catalog compared to say Warner Bros. or CBS/Paramount.

The reason is quite simple: FOX, who apparently owns all MTM properties home video rights, can't get anything right on the DVD/Bluray front. For a company as large as they are their home entertainment division is poor by almost any measure. Choosing to not release certain properties (or even license them) is only one of the several problems they have. As a whole they place almost no focus on their their back catalog compared to say Warner Bros. or CBS/Paramount.


My plan is the buy the series once it's complete on DVD. I should have done that with Rhoda

I got the 4th season for my 18th birthday, I am going to be 25 this year-lol I was still in high school when the last season came out.

I still have the preorder listing in my wishlist on Amazon. Even that was over 2 years ago

I got the 4th season for my 18th birthday, I am going to be 25 this year-lol I was still in high school when the last season came out.

I still have the preorder listing in my wishlist on Amazon. Even that was over 2 years ago


The only option is for me to do what I did with the jeffersons, buy the first 4 seasons on DVD and then record seasons 5 and 6 from Me-TV on DVD:wave:

I hate when only one or two more seasons are needed to complete the series and the companies keep delaying the releases. There are many examples of this in the "stalled tv shows on DVD" thread. The other one that really gripes me is Green Acres, the final 3 seasons NEED to be released ASAP.

I hate when only one or two more seasons are needed to complete the series and the companies keep delaying the releases. There are many examples of this in the "stalled tv shows on DVD" thread. The other one that really gripes me is Green Acres, the final 3 seasons NEED to be released ASAP.


I think it's a little better just to record the last two seasons from Me-TV while you wait for the DVD release. Atleast that way you will have a complete series on DVD but the last two would just be non-commercial

Every few weeks, I get emails from Amazon.com regarding the pre-orders I placed two years ago, for seasons 5 and 6. I get to the point of rolling my eyes before hitting DELETE. One of these days I hope they surprise me with a release date!

In the meantime -- I have all but one episode as taped from Hallmark Channel. That channel ran the entire show, 4 episodes per night, for a short period of time, then stopped. I missed "My Son the Comedian" episode because of a power outage at my home. :-(

I have to wonder, too, if it may have to do with the residuals that were worked into the contracts of the players for the last two seasons. In meeting Bill Daily, Bill said he thought that was the hangup. Peter Bonerz wouldn't admit to that when I met him (on the fly once), but he did say about the potential release: "when pigs fly".


Donna

Every few weeks, I get emails from Amazon.com regarding the pre-orders I placed two years ago, for seasons 5 and 6. I get to the point of rolling my eyes before hitting DELETE. One of these days I hope they surprise me with a release date!

In the meantime -- I have all but one episode as taped from Hallmark Channel. That channel ran the entire show, 4 episodes per night, for a short period of time, then stopped. I missed "My Son the Comedian" episode because of a power outage at my home. :-(

I have to wonder, too, if it may have to do with the residuals that were worked into the contracts of the players for the last two seasons. In meeting Bill Daily, Bill said he thought that was the hangup. Peter Bonerz wouldn't admit to that when I met him (on the fly once), but he did say about the potential release: "when pigs fly".


Donna



Wow, that sucks to have all but one episode especially since you tried to complete the series on your own while you waited for the commercial DVD release. And to make things worse I just found out that ME-TV has put Bob Newhart Show on hiatus:mad:

It's just not fair :(

I recently bought all four seasons of TBNHS + the one season of Newhart on DVD to help boost sales.. couldnt hurt.

Got unedited Comedy Gold copies of seasons 5+6 for the time being :)

I think it's a little better just to record the last two seasons from Me-TV while you wait for the DVD release. Atleast that way you will have a complete series on DVD but the last two would just be non-commercial

I don't think it's airing on ME TV anymore

I don't think it's airing on ME TV anymore


Yeah when I made that post that was before it was reported that ME-TV put Bob Newhart on Hiatus.

I don't think I get ME-TV anyway. We have DirecTV, and I don't think I've seen that on the listings.



Donna

I recently bought all four seasons of TBNHS + the one season of Newhart on DVD to help boost sales.. couldnt hurt.

Got unedited Comedy Gold copies of seasons 5+6 for the time being :)
Any suggestions on getting copies from Comedy Gold? My copies of Rhoda seasons 1 and 5 came from that channel (another show not likely to be finished on DVD.)

It still airs (but not the christmas episodes, which only air on christmas -.-), so find someone in canada to record? :P

I don't think I get ME-TV anyway. We have DirecTV, and I don't think I've seen that on the listings.



Donna

In the Los Angeles area MeTV airs on DirecTv channel 20.

It still airs (but not the christmas episodes, which only air on christmas -.-), so find someone in canada to record? :P


Christmas eps are supposed to be aired during the holiday season

It still airs (but not the christmas episodes, which only air on christmas -.-), so find someone in canada to record? :P
Don't know anybody in Canada who'd do that, but thanks anyway.

In the Los Angeles area MeTV airs on DirecTv channel 20.

With DirecTV, I found out, the absence/presence of ME-TV and Antenna-TV completely depends on your location. DirecTV customers in LA and Albuquerque get these channels. San Diego, unfortunately, does not, and currently DirecTV has no plans to add them. That was the response I got from a query to DirecTV, when I asked (after finding out that other areas DO have ME-TV service).



Donna

With DirecTV, I found out, the absence/presence of ME-TV and Antenna-TV completely depends on your location. DirecTV customers in LA and Albuquerque get these channels. San Diego, unfortunately, does not, and currently DirecTV has no plans to add them. That was the response I got from a query to DirecTV, when I asked (after finding out that other areas DO have ME-TV service).



Donna


Did they say why it depends on your location?

No, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least if it was a battle between DirecTV and Cox Cable in our area!


Donna

No, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least if it was a battle between DirecTV and Cox Cable in our area!


Donna

As far as I understand it, carriage of all free over-the-air digital subchannels (MeTV, AntennaTV, etc) on cable/sat providers is negotiated very differently from the standard cable channels. Instead of negotiating with a large parent company to carry their channel nation-wide, cable & sat companies deal directly with the local affiliate who broadcasts MeTV.

So for instance in San Diego, MeTV's affiliate KFMB negotiates with the cable/sat companies for not only the main KFMB channel but MeTV as well, and may simply not reach a carriage agreement for the subchannels they broadcast. Here in the Pittsburgh market WPXI has carriage of MeTV on Comcast but not on DirecTV and this varies from market to market. Hence why it "depends on your location."

If I were you I'd call KFMB and ask them about their carriage agreements and if they plan to negotiate for MeTV on DirecTV anytime soon.

I just caught this answer regarding KFMB. I'll sure try that, and see what happens!


Donna