http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Married-Children-Seasons-1-and-2/19163

I'm not sure if this means only seasons 1 & 2 will have the theme song or if seasons 3-11 will also have it included.

Yeah, I'm only concerned with seasons 3-11 which if they contain the original theme song, I would gladly re-buy them. This is good news for now but the real test comes with the season three news.

Here is the box art for the Mill Creek Release Married With Children Seasons 1 & 2 Combo Pack.
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/graphics/news3/MarriedWithChildren_S1and2_MCE.jpg

I hope that Seasons 3-11 have the "Love & Marriage" theme on it. I was really disappointed when they replaced it with a similar sounding theme for both the Opening and Ending titles. If it has the original theme on them than I will gladly re-buy them as well.

PS: Here are the Box Art for The Season 1 and 2 Individual Releases:

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Hopefully season 4 will get released with original theme song and be unedited :D

Hopefully season 4 will get released with original theme song and be unedited :D

unedited?:confused: I thought all the married with children seasons (besides the theme song in seasons 3-11) was unedited.

unedited?:confused: I thought all the married with children seasons (besides the theme song in seasons 3-11) was unedited.

No there were episodes that were edited:

http://www.bundyology.com/dvd4.html

That's why I never started collecting the series sets of this show!

unedited?:confused: I thought all the married with children seasons (besides the theme song in seasons 3-11) was unedited.

Besides the altered theme song, dozens of episodes are edited on DVD. Most suffering from the end scene being replaced by a freezeframe so the end credits could be altered to give credit to the new theme song.

It would be interesting to see whether they restored the original music in season 1, episode 7, "Married without Children". There should be two different Beastie Boys songs played in the episode, but the DVD uses one of the songs twice.

Seven eps from season 4 were included as syndicated prints, while "Its a Bundyful Life" was presented in 2 parts instead of an hourlong special, as originally seen. The missing scenes listed on bundyology are present in the original one hour airing only.

That's why I never started collecting the series sets of this show!

Same here! Just waiting on the Season 3 re-release, and I will see if I start to get these!

According to the new info on TVShowsOnDVD, seasons 3 & 4 will have the original theme song!

http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Married-Children-Seasons-3-and-4/19499

According to the new info on TVShowsOnDVD, seasons 3 & 4 will have the original theme song!

http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Married-Children-Seasons-3-and-4/19499

Hope this is true, AND that Season 4 has 100% uncut episodes!

Since I already own the complete series that Sony released, I will just wait until Mill Creek releases a complete series set instead of buying the individual seasons. I know they will release a complete series set because they have with all their other releases in the past like Roseanne, 3rd Rock from the Sun, & That '70s Show.

If they redid seasons 3-11 from original masters, I might buy them again.

If they simply overdubbed the Sony sets with the original theme song, its a no-buy for me. The many edited episodes would still suffer from freeze-framed end scenes.

If they redid seasons 3-11 from original masters, I might buy them again.

If they simply overdubbed the Sony sets with the original theme song, its a no-buy for me. The many edited episodes would still suffer from freeze-framed end scenes.

This is one thing we will have to wait and see about...

Since I already own the complete series that Sony released, I will just wait until Mill Creek releases a complete series set instead of buying the individual seasons. I know they will release a complete series set because they have with all their other releases in the past like Roseanne, 3rd Rock from the Sun, & That '70s Show.


That's what I am waiting for since I never purchased any of the sony releases

Hope this is true, AND that Season 4 has 100% uncut episodes!

According to tvshowsondvd.com, Mill Creek has confirmed that all the episodes will be UNCUT. So original theme and all uncut episodes!

My only concern now is that they're squeezing all the episodes of 1 season onto 2 discs. Sony used 3 discs for each season.

According to tvshowsondvd.com, Mill Creek has confirmed that all the episodes will be UNCUT. So original theme and all uncut episodes!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!

According to tvshowsondvd.com, Mill Creek has confirmed that all the episodes will be UNCUT. So original theme and all uncut episodes!

This is great news! I doubt I'll buy season 3 since there weren't any edits in the episodes other than the theme song, but Season 4 is a must buy. My only concern now is compression issues with 23 episodes on 2 discs.

Tvshowsondvd.com did post more news about the s4 release, claiming the full length "its a bundyful life" will be in it.
While they state "both parts will be unedited", one can wonder.
Part two should be in the 25:30-range to be fully unedited. If its any shorter, its the regular network print (should be around 23:10 then)

Tvshowsondvd.com did post more news about the s4 release, claiming the full length "its a bundyful life" will be in it.
While they state "both parts will be unedited", one can wonder.
Part two should be in the 25:30-range to be fully unedited. If its any shorter, its the regular network print (should be around 23:10 then)
Always thought it was a one hour episode originally. Not 2 parts back to back.

Yeah it is a one hour special.. when separated into two parts, part 1 even credits the guest actors from part 2 in the end credits.

Why aren't they presenting the one hour version on this dvd?

Why aren't they presenting the one hour version on this dvd?

According to Mill Creek, who got the information from Sony, it WAS originally aired as 2 episodes just on the same night, back to back.

No there were episodes that were edited:

http://www.bundyology.com/dvd4.html

Really? Wow, I had no idea. :eek: Hopefully they get all that straightened out with the new releases.

Besides the altered theme song, dozens of episodes are edited on DVD. Most suffering from the end scene being replaced by a freezeframe so the end credits could be altered to give credit to the new theme song.

It would be interesting to see whether they restored the original music in season 1, episode 7, "Married without Children". There should be two different Beastie Boys songs played in the episode, but the DVD uses one of the songs twice.

Seven eps from season 4 were included as syndicated prints, while "Its a Bundyful Life" was presented in 2 parts instead of an hourlong special, as originally seen. The missing scenes listed on bundyology are present in the original one hour airing only.

It seems weird that that they still play the Frank Sinatra song "Love and Marriage" when the show is in syndication on television but was altered for DVDs. Why did this happen I wonder? Anyways, I never knew that they changed of few things in the episodes. I wonder then if the first and second season are unedited then or is it just rehashing of an old release?

Does anyone have the Mill Creek Seasons 3 and 4 DVD release yet? If so, does it have the right theme music, and in the case of Season 4, unedited episodes?

I found a review of Seasons 3 & 4 at amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Married-Children-Season-3-4/dp/B00I099JYQ/ref=sr_1_3?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1397929745&sr=1-3&keywords=married+with+children+season+4


Seasons 3 and 4 of Married...With Children were previously released on DVD by Sony. Reviews were mixed. The biggest complaint was the replacement of "Love and Marriage" by Frank Sinatra. Instead, it featured a generic theme song. Things got worse in season 4. On top of the theme still being gone, the ending credits were altered (in this case, re-created) to remove "Love and Marriage" from the credits. This didn't become too much of an issue in season 4, since they featured a static image throughout. However, an even bigger issue crept in. A total of 8 episodes were edited, using syndication prints instead of the original network versions.

When the news of Mill Creek re-releasing Married...With Children was first announced, I was a little skeptical. I figured it would just be a simple re-release of the Sony DVDs. Then it was announced that "Love and Marriage" would be intact on seasons 3 and 4, and suddenly, I was thrilled. I became even more excited when it was announced that all episodes would be uncut.

Now that the set is out, the question must be asked: Is this the definitive version to buy?

Definitive compared to the Sony sets? Yeah, sure. In general? Not so much.

Yes, "Love and Marriage" is intact, and that is a good thing. However, it seems like it was more of a dub job than actually using the original masters. It's very noticeable in the first episode on season 3, when the music is out of sync during the intro. Things do get better in the rest of season 3, and as such, I'm satisfied overall in that regard. The credits music seems to be of little issue, at least, even using the right edit for "I'm Goin' To Sweatland". Then we get to season 4, and things take a step backward. It seems like the theme song was taken from seasons 1-3. But you're probably asking, "Wasn't 'Love and Marriage' used throughout the series?" Yes, it was, however, the sound that plays when the show's logo appears on screen plays at a different point during the seasons 4-10 intros. So, as a result, it becomes completely off-sync when the wrong intro edit is used. Season 4 further proves that this was a dub job and nothing more. The credits still remain altered, which really doesn't bode well for seasons 5-10, at least, where some episodes have something happening during the credits. On the Sony DVDs, those credits feature a still image instead.

The good news, at least, is that the 8 episodes that were edited on Sony's season 4 set are now uncut here. Even though It's A Bundyful Life still appears as 2 parts instead of 1, Part 2 is a whomping 25:32, which definitely means nothing is missing here. All episodes are slightly over 23 minutes long.

Mill Creek's DVD re-release also uses less discs compared to the Sony sets (2 discs instead of 3 per season), and while it may seem questionable to stuff 11-12 episodes in one disc, the quality surprisingly holds up decently. Compression artifacts do creep up from time to time, but it's never really bad, and the episodes still appear better than watching them in reruns. Sound quality is good, on-par with Sony's DVDs.

Overall, I do give the edge to Mill Creek's re-release. It's not perfect, but with "Love and Marriage" intact (somewhat), all episodes uncut, and a great price point, it's still worth it. I do hope these issues can be resolved in the future re-releases. My score of 3 stars out of 5 balances out the pros and cons of the set, IMO.

I'm just going to wait and buy the complete series set when Mill Creek releases it. Hopefully they eventually release a complete set like they did with Roseanne and 3rd Rock from the Sun.