Question about the Home Improvement DVDs - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

MA · 10-19-2018, 03:20 PM

I have the whole series on my computer and am curious to know if the episodes are the original broadcast versions or if they are the syndicated versions?

Do the DVDs also have cut scenes, or are they the complete episodes?

stevea · 10-19-2018, 11:07 PM

I have some of the seasons, and the episodes are "kind of" complete. By that I mean they are not the syndicated versions. But IMO they are not the complete network versions, either. The ABC primetime versions included clever animated bumpers (into commercials), many of which were also used in syndication in the 2000s, before not a second of ad time could be lost. Now, you don't see them anymore, at all. (I have some of them on DVD when I recorded some episodes back in the 2000s, off WGN, TBS, and local TV.)

I think the DVD sets should have included those. But, if you don't count that, they are complete episodes, as far as I can tell.

MA · 10-20-2018, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by stevea

I have some of the seasons, and the episodes are "kind of" complete. By that I mean they are not the syndicated versions. But IMO they are not the complete network versions, either. The ABC primetime versions included clever animated bumpers (into commercials), many of which were also used in syndication in the 2000s, before not a second of ad time could be lost. Now, you don't see them anymore, at all. (I have some of them on DVD when I recorded some episodes back in the 2000s, off WGN, TBS, and local TV.)

I think the DVD sets should have included those. But, if you don't count that, they are complete episodes, as far as I can tell.

Alright, thank you for the answer.

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stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 45,191	I have some of the seasons, and the episodes are "kind of" complete. By that I mean they are not the syndicated versions. But IMO they are not the complete network versions, either. The ABC primetime versions included clever animated bumpers (into commercials), many of which were also used in syndication in the 2000s, before not a second of ad time could be lost. Now, you don't see them anymore, at all. (I have some of them on DVD when I recorded some episodes back in the 2000s, off WGN, TBS, and local TV.) I think the DVD sets should have included those. But, if you don't count that, they are complete episodes, as far as I can tell.