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Adamantium · 03-09-2009, 12:04 AM

What if DVD companies announced that they were going to stop releasing TV shows on DVD! However, (and this part is pure fantasy) they say that they will release the remainding seasons of 10 shows that you own. What 10 shows would you choose from your collection that you’d have them release?

Also, current shows will continue to come out, it’s only past shows that, in this thread, are ending. So don’t waste any of your turns on a current show.

Also, again… if the final season of the show has already been announced, then it counts as having come out and you don’t have to list it (for example: Wings - The Final Season comes out in April. It’s been announced so I don’t have to mention it)

My list: (and this was HARD)
1. My Three Sons (seasons 2-12)
2. Happy Days (seasons 5-11)
3. Taxi (seasons 4-5)
4. Boy Meets World (seasons 4-7)
5. Sliders (season 5)
6. The Donna Reed Show (seasons 2-8)
7. Blossom (seasons 2-5)
8. Perfect Strangers (seasons 3-8)
9. Charles In Charge (season 5) *4 is coming in a couple weeks!*
10. One Day at a Time (seasons 2-whatever the last season is)

This was tough. I wanted “Bewitched”, especially with only one season to go. While I would like the last season, I’d be content with just the first seven. Only if this was the situation. I also wanted “Night Court”, but it just didn’t make the cut. And “Saturday Night Live” is a tough call. It’s hard to refer to it as a current series, when the last DVD to come out is the 1978-79 season.

Okay, so what ten shows would you pick?

Remember this is only for shows that have one or more seasons already out on DVD.

JulieSomoski · 03-09-2009, 08:13 PM

Very cool thread. Here's my choices:

1. Murphy Brown (seasons 2-10). Of course, with only 1 season out and 9 to go, and with this being one of my favorite shows, this was a no brainer.

2. Mad About You (seasons 4-7). There were some great and memorable episodes from the last season, that I just couldn't live without having them on DVD. This show really gets mistreated, and it's the same way on DVD.

3. The Jeffersons (seasons 7-11). 5 more seasons are needed on DVD. While seasons 1-6 are good, this is one show I have to see completed.

4. Drew Carey Show (seasons 2-9). I have torrents of this show that I watch, but they're nowhere as good as DVD masters would be. 8 more seasons are needed on DVD. This is one of my favorite shows. This was another nobrainer.

5. Whose Line is it Anyway? (seasons 2-8). This is another show that has so many episodes of it yet to be released, and only 1 season (with another best-of release on the way) released. This show has managed to get me laughing like no other, so I'd need this on DVD.

6. Boy Meets World (seasons 4-7). This is a classic for me. I've been waiting to get season 4 back when BV announced it, then cancelled it, then when Lionsgate picked it up, but has made no announcement on it yet. All in all, I want this show completed on DVD!

7. A Different World (seasons 2-6). This has always been a favorite show of mine. Sure, episodes got a little out there and boring in later seasons, but this is still a good show that deserves to have more DVDs released.

8. Who's the Boss? (seasons 2-8). WTB has so many great episodes and moments in it season 2 on. It remains one of my favorites, and I'd need to have this completed on DVD.

9. Old Christine (season 3-4 at the moment). These last 2 slots were tough, because there are so many other shows I could have chosen. But in the end, I had to pick the shows I first would enjoy watching over and over, and second would actually watch and not just let collect dust. So, this is one of them - I have the first 2 seasons, and I watch them all the time. OC has great rewatchability for me, so I'd want to have any other remaining seasons to watch as well.

10. Maude (seasons 2-6). Like Old Christine, this was hard. but, I chose Maude because I haven't seen these episodes since I was a kid. I own season 1 on DVD, and those episodes remained fresh and funny for me.

gilligan fanatic · 03-09-2009, 10:22 PM

Maybe not in this order, but I would like to finish these series.

1. Leave it to Beaver (3+)
2. The Bob Newhart Show (5+)
3. Rocky and Bullwinkle (4+)
4. Happy Days (5+)
5. All in the Family (7+)
6. Father Knows Best (4+)
7. Welcome Back Kotter (2+)
8. Green Acres (4+)
9. Pete and Pete (3+)
10. Barney Miller (4+)

comedyfreak · 03-10-2009, 05:59 AM

The Flying Nun Season 3
Father Knows Best Seasons 3-6
Donna Reed Show Seasons 2-8
Petticoat Junction Seasons 2-7
The Beverly Hillbillies Seasons 4-9
Bewitched season 8
All In The Family Seasons 7-9
The Jeffersons Season 6-9
Laverne & Shirley seasons 5-8
Happy Days Seasons 5-12

Robert 13 · 03-10-2009, 10:12 AM

1. The Facts Of Life
2. Laverne & Shirley
3. What's Happening Now!!
4. Gimme a Break!
5. Kate & Allie
6. Father Knows Best
7. All in the Family
8. Archie Bunker's Place
9. The Lucy Show (even though it hasn't begun yet)
10. One in a Million (rare one season wonder)

the bat · 03-10-2009, 10:14 AM

tony orlando and dawn shows all of them!

robby76 · 03-10-2009, 10:48 AM

This is going to be hard as most shows on my "Wants" list don't even have their 1st season out yet. And some shows which I want further seasons of, I've not actually bought the first season (Who's The Boss, Silver Spoons).

So my short list from the shows I OWN is...

Facts of Life
Growing Pains
Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries
Equalizer
Love Boat

TV_Fan · 03-10-2009, 08:37 PM

1) Gimme A Break season 3 & up
2) Silver Spoons season 2 & up
3) Mr Belvedere season 3 & up (I don't technically own S1-2 yet but it's on pre-order and only 7 days to go

)
4) The Fall Guy season 2 & up (preferably w/music intact of course)
5) Growing Pains season 2 & up
6) Highway to Heaven seasons 4-5
7) The Jeffersons season 7 & up
8) All In The Family season 7 & up
9) Mork & Mindy season 4
10) Diff'rent Strokes season 3 & up

Eric Paddon · 03-10-2009, 08:39 PM

1-Dragnet (2-4)
2-Adam-12 (3-7)
3-Ironside (3-8)
4-MTM Show (5-7)
5-The Big Valley (2.5-4)
6-McMillan And Wife (2-6)
7-Bob Newhart Show (5-6)
8-Barney Miller (4-8)
9-Burke's Law (2-3)
10-The Fugitive (3-4) (with the right music)

I am exempting "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea" and "Mission: Impossible" which have their last releases into the preliminary pipeline (MI S7 is already committed).

And I am going to give myself five additional titles that have had *no* releases.

1-The FBI (9 seasons)
2-Ellery Queen (1 season)
3-Car 54, Where Are You? (2 seasons)
4-Batman (3 seasons)
5-The Girl From UNCLE (1 season)

Dr. Thong · 03-10-2009, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by comedyfreak

The Flying Nun Season 3
Father Knows Best Seasons 3-6
Donna Reed Show Seasons 2-8
Petticoat Junction Seasons 2-7
The Beverly Hillbillies Seasons 4-9
Bewitched season 8
All In The Family Seasons 7-9
The Jeffersons Season 6-9
Laverne & Shirley seasons 5-8
Happy Days Seasons 5-12

There was a 12th season of Happy Days? Must've missed it.

dakert · 03-11-2009, 09:36 AM

Hardy Boys season 3
Charlie's Angels season 4
The rest of Captain and Tennille, Tony Orlando and Dawn and Sonny and Cher
Alfed Hitchcock Presnts season 4-10?

rsandcm1 · 03-12-2009, 02:56 PM

I guess the 10 of them that I would love are:

1. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Seasons 2-8)

2. Growing Pains (Seasons 2-7)

3. The Drew Carey Show (Seasons 2-9)

4. Silver Spoons (Seasons 2-5)

5. Touched By An Angel (Seasons 5-9)

6. Spin City (Seasons 3-6)

7. The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air (Seasons 5-6)

8. 7th Heaven (Seasons 9-11)

9. 8 Simple Rules (Season 3)

10. Family Ties (Seasons 6-7)

P.S. I would also like the first seasons of Family Matters, Adventures In Wonderland and Step By Step

Retro76 · 03-16-2009, 01:45 AM

Love, American Style (Seasons 2-5)
Melrose Place (Seasons 5 Vol. 2-7)
Laverne and Shirley (Seasons 2-up)
Happy Days (All Seasons)

That's all I could think of right now.

robyrob · 03-30-2009, 06:54 AM

1 Happy Days
2 Too Close For Comfort
3 Facts of Life
4 The Love Boat
5 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
6 Hardy Boys
7 Benson
8 Bob Newhart Show
9 Mary Tyler Moore
10 Saturday Night Live

those aren't specifically in order, and I would've added Donny and Marie to the list if possible

bencasey · 04-01-2009, 06:30 PM

1 - Baretta
2 - Here Come The Brides
3 - Police Woman
4 - SWAT
5 - White Shadow
6 - Ironside
7 - Charlie's Angels
8 - Kojak
9 - Big Valley
10 - The Bill Cosby Show

03-09-2009, 12:04 AM	#1
Adamantium TVAdam No More Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 11, 2002 Location: Springfield, Ohio Posts: 7,839	What If the DVD Companies...? What if DVD companies announced that they were going to stop releasing TV shows on DVD! However, (and this part is pure fantasy) they say that they will release the remainding seasons of 10 shows that you own. What 10 shows would you choose from your collection that you’d have them release? Also, current shows will continue to come out, it’s only past shows that, in this thread, are ending. So don’t waste any of your turns on a current show. Also, again… if the final season of the show has already been announced, then it counts as having come out and you don’t have to list it (for example: Wings - The Final Season comes out in April. It’s been announced so I don’t have to mention it) My list: (and this was HARD) 1. My Three Sons (seasons 2-12) 2. Happy Days (seasons 5-11) 3. Taxi (seasons 4-5) 4. Boy Meets World (seasons 4-7) 5. Sliders (season 5) 6. The Donna Reed Show (seasons 2-8) 7. Blossom (seasons 2-5) 8. Perfect Strangers (seasons 3-8) 9. Charles In Charge (season 5) 4 is coming in a couple weeks! 10. One Day at a Time (seasons 2-whatever the last season is) This was tough. I wanted “Bewitched”, especially with only one season to go. While I would like the last season, I’d be content with just the first seven. Only if this was the situation. I also wanted “Night Court”, but it just didn’t make the cut. And “Saturday Night Live” is a tough call. It’s hard to refer to it as a current series, when the last DVD to come out is the 1978-79 season. Okay, so what ten shows would you pick? Remember this is only for shows that have one or more seasons already out on DVD.

03-09-2009, 08:13 PM	#2
JulieSomoski Roseanne Reboot - March 27! Forum Veteran Join Date: Nov 06, 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 7,558	Very cool thread. Here's my choices: 1. Murphy Brown (seasons 2-10). Of course, with only 1 season out and 9 to go, and with this being one of my favorite shows, this was a no brainer. 2. Mad About You (seasons 4-7). There were some great and memorable episodes from the last season, that I just couldn't live without having them on DVD. This show really gets mistreated, and it's the same way on DVD. 3. The Jeffersons (seasons 7-11). 5 more seasons are needed on DVD. While seasons 1-6 are good, this is one show I have to see completed. 4. Drew Carey Show (seasons 2-9). I have torrents of this show that I watch, but they're nowhere as good as DVD masters would be. 8 more seasons are needed on DVD. This is one of my favorite shows. This was another nobrainer. 5. Whose Line is it Anyway? (seasons 2-8). This is another show that has so many episodes of it yet to be released, and only 1 season (with another best-of release on the way) released. This show has managed to get me laughing like no other, so I'd need this on DVD. 6. Boy Meets World (seasons 4-7). This is a classic for me. I've been waiting to get season 4 back when BV announced it, then cancelled it, then when Lionsgate picked it up, but has made no announcement on it yet. All in all, I want this show completed on DVD! 7. A Different World (seasons 2-6). This has always been a favorite show of mine. Sure, episodes got a little out there and boring in later seasons, but this is still a good show that deserves to have more DVDs released. 8. Who's the Boss? (seasons 2-8). WTB has so many great episodes and moments in it season 2 on. It remains one of my favorites, and I'd need to have this completed on DVD. 9. Old Christine (season 3-4 at the moment). These last 2 slots were tough, because there are so many other shows I could have chosen. But in the end, I had to pick the shows I first would enjoy watching over and over, and second would actually watch and not just let collect dust. So, this is one of them - I have the first 2 seasons, and I watch them all the time. OC has great rewatchability for me, so I'd want to have any other remaining seasons to watch as well. 10. Maude (seasons 2-6). Like Old Christine, this was hard. but, I chose Maude because I haven't seen these episodes since I was a kid. I own season 1 on DVD, and those episodes remained fresh and funny for me.
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03-09-2009, 10:22 PM	#3
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03-10-2009, 08:37 PM	#8
TV_Fan Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 15, 2005 Location: USA Posts: 876	1) Gimme A Break season 3 & up 2) Silver Spoons season 2 & up 3) Mr Belvedere season 3 & up (I don't technically own S1-2 yet but it's on pre-order and only 7 days to go ) 4) The Fall Guy season 2 & up (preferably w/music intact of course) 5) Growing Pains season 2 & up 6) Highway to Heaven seasons 4-5 7) The Jeffersons season 7 & up 8) All In The Family season 7 & up 9) Mork & Mindy season 4 10) Diff'rent Strokes season 3 & up

03-10-2009, 08:39 PM	#9
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03-11-2009, 09:36 AM	#11
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03-12-2009, 02:56 PM	#12
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