Is the Virginia Madsen and Robert Stack version out there?

[MA]

I'm just curious to know if this is anywhere such as YouTube and whatnot.

Thank you.

[TheCars1986]

I have never seen them available for download, or on YT.

[MA]

So it must be hard to find then, because I see nothing but the original version and Dennis Farina when looking.

[James T]

Really peed off that none of them appeared on the Amazon seasons, yet we had loads of James Bond's wife who was hopeless.

[MA]

Originally Posted by James T

Really peed off that none of them appeared on the Amazon seasons, yet we had loads of James Bond's wife who was hopeless.

So even Amazon is just Stack and Farina too?

[James T]

Originally Posted by MikaelaArsenault

So even Amazon is just Stack and Farina too?

I only got the Stack ones-Keely Shaye Smith is on loads of them & even Lu Hanessian-who was a much better fit than Mrs Bond.

[ufohealer]

Originally Posted by MA

I'm just curious to know if this is anywhere such as YouTube and whatnot.

Thank you.

Here is a link to Virginia Madsen segment(s) from UM. Its at a different site. Let me know when u get it and if you saw it ok or not. Thanks.

https://archive.org/details/um.11.vh.../um.s11.e2.mp4

[Dude111]

Thats a good site for finding good WMV/MP4 media isnt it?? (Its nice they dont block HTTP!!)

Bobby Stack was the BEST host on that show.....

[BuffaloBill]

Wow, I had no idea the show moved to CBS for a few years after NBC dropped it in 1997. I don't even remember the CBS version or knew it existed till now. Interstingly enough its had 5 networks over the years. I think by far NBC's version was the best, with Lifetime doing an admirable job as well. No one and I mean no one was every as good narrating and story telling like Robert Stack was.

[diesteldorf]

Originally Posted by BuffaloBill

Wow, I had no idea the show moved to CBS for a few years after NBC dropped it in 1997. I don't even remember the CBS version or knew it existed till now. Interstingly enough its had 5 networks over the years. I think by far NBC's version was the best, with Lifetime doing an admirable job as well. No one and I mean no one was every as good narrating and story telling like Robert Stack was.

It only ran on CBS for 2 seasons from 1997-1999, at the same time it was running on Lifetime, though I don't believe Lifetime started producing new episodes till it was officially canceled on CBS.

I think most would agree that the NBC years were the best. It also conincided with the time that the show had the highest ratings, highest budget, and best health for Robert Stack.

In fact the show was originally produced on film and was of higher quality, in my opinion, during the years it was a top 20 show. One of the producers mentioned during the Agatha Christie segment, around 1990-1994, that they actually had a fairly decent budget to get vintage cars, clothes etc, for period pieces like that one.

I think the CBS and Lifetime segments were switched from film to tape, and it was also evident that Stack was getting older, not his fault, just the way life is.

As an actor, I liked Denis Farina, but I never watched during the Spike TV years. It always seemed like they were omitting key details and adding cheap graphics to make old Stack-era episodes seem new.

I don't recall if Spike ever produced completely original episodes or not.

[MA]

Originally Posted by ufohealer

Here is a link to Virginia Madsen segment(s) from UM. Its at a different site. Let me know when u get it and if you saw it ok or not. Thanks.

https://archive.org/details/um.11.vh.../um.s11.e2.mp4

Thank you for the link.

[drew790]

Originally Posted by diesteldorf

It only ran on CBS for 2 seasons from 1997-1999, at the same time it was running on Lifetime, though I don't believe Lifetime started producing new episodes till it was officially canceled on CBS.

I think most would agree that the NBC years were the best. It also conincided with the time that the show had the highest ratings, highest budget, and best heath for Robert Stack.

In fact the show was originally produced on film and was of higher quality, in my opinion, during the years it was a top 20 show. One of the producers mentioned during the Agatha Christie segment, around 1990-1994, that they actually had a fairly decent budget to get vintage cars, clothes etc, for period pieces like that one.

I think the CBS and Lifetime segments were switched from film to tape, and it was also evident that Stack was getting older, not his fault, just the way life is.

As an actor, I liked Denis Farina, but I never watched during the Spike TV years. It always seemed like they were omitting key details and adding cheap graphics to make old Stack-era episodes seem new.

I don't recall if Spike ever produced completely original episodes or not.

It felt to me like CBS was trying to reinvent it as their version of The X-Files complete with Mulder and Scully vibe.

I think I read that many of Madsen's segments were redubbed by Stack for Lifetime reruns. I wish someone would speak on why they erased her so completely from the legacy of the show.

Farina's era never produced anything original.

[VHSJunkie]

Originally Posted by drew790

It felt to me like CBS was trying to reinvent it as their version of The X-Files complete with Mulder and Scully vibe.

I think I read that many of Madsen's segments were redubbed by Stack for Lifetime reruns. I wish someone would speak on why they erased her so completely from the legacy of the show.

Farina's era never produced anything original.

Because producers would have to negotiate a new contract with her to her royalties/lump sump to have any episodes/segments with her in it in the Filmrise syndication package. Either theirs no money in the budget or its too much of a hassle right now

[VHSJunkie]

Anyone have in their Unsolved Mysteries collection the segments of Nyleen Marshall,Bill Rundle,Kari Lynn Nixon,Kristi Krebs,Dale Kerstetter,Patricia Carlton, Trenchcoat Robbers,segments(or any other I didn't mention) with the Lifetime update at the end(blue background,update typed out,creepy theme music playing)?

Or record Lifetime reruns from 1997-2006?

[drew790]

Originally Posted by VHSJunkie

Because producers would have to negotiate a new contract with her to her royalties/lump sump to have any episodes/segments with her in it in the Filmrise syndication package. Either theirs no money in the budget or its too much of a hassle right now

It just seems weird that those details wouldn't have been already included in her original contract. It was the late 90s, the show was already in syndicated repeats locally and globally. Reruns should have been a standard item in her deal, but they've been blacklisting her since the Lifetime era when every show was shooting for syndication number goals.