TV SHOWS ON DVD

[anotherguyTN]

I need to correct myself in that I found out that Netflix now only carries the first two seasons of The Twilight Zone, so now it's even worse than before.  :-\

On game shows, there have been DVD sets of the best of Match Game, The Price is Right, and possibly Family Feud, all former Goodson-Todman shows now owned by Fremantle.

 

[ronald54321]

I have the first season of Maverick, copyright 2012,and it has no reference to The Archives collection. It is a standard Warner Home Video release.

 

[ronald54321]

Both season one and two of Maverick are available on Amazon. They are both standard DVD releases, not part of the Archives Collection.

 

[Markieo]

I found All-Star Family Feud at Burlington Coat Factory for 98 cents!

 

[ronald54321]

I just saw the first two seasons of Maverick and the extremely fancy set of 30 DVDs of The Lone Ranger TV show at Costco today.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

I just saw the first two seasons of "Maverick" and the extremely fancy set of 30 DVDs of the "Lone Ranger" TV show at Costco today.

Based on information on IMDB.com, I counted 211 episodes of the "Lone Ranger" TV series, so I suspect a 30-DVD set would likely include the entire series and maybe even a DVD or two of special features.

 

[ronald54321]

It's all the Lone Ranger episodes, plus the two color movies,and a few bonuses. It was $99.99 and is from Classic Media. It's available from Amazon, but at a higher price. It comes in a coffee table style book.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

Given how awful (in my opinion) the current Armie Hammer/Johnny Depp "Lone Ranger" movie is, if I want to see "Lone Ranger" again, I'm going to stick to the classic 1950's TV series.



Seriously, I do know that the last 39 episodes of the TV series were filmed in color, but it's my understanding that they were initially broadcast on ABC in black-and-white during the 1956/57 TV season and that they weren't seen in color until rerun by NBC on weekend afternoons circa 1961.

 

[MCarney]

I need to correct myself in that I found out that Netflix now only carries the first two seasons of The Twilight Zone, so now it's even worse than before. :-\

If you can come up with the money I highly recommend the Blu-Ray set. I got it on sale last year and the picture is far superior to any episode you see on SyFy or MeTV, plus they are uncut and have CBS promo tags at the end of most episodes. There are very few sets that I would say are a must-have, but this is one of them.

 

[BD Sullivan]

In America, you can't stop people from using your music. You just have to pay them for it. And if you price the music high enough then, you effectively stop it.

Music in America is licensed for different venues, and at different rates. So while your TV shows can have music for broadcast license or Netflix, it won't be available for DVD, because of the cost.

Part of the reason is it's so easy to rip a DVD or BluRay, yes even with copy protection its a simple matter to get around that. Then you now have the song. So in a sense it's ownership of a song. Yes a 30 second Aretha Franklin song off "Murphy Brown" is a ridiculous thing to worry about someone owning, but they want to prevent precedent.

So by pricing licensing rights so high for DVD/BluRay releases they know if they have to they can recoup the loss (or perceived loss) should it come to that.

Now add to this things like, notice I said, "In America" in other places of the world an artist CAN prevent his/her songs from being used. So the DVD/BluRay distributers want to avoid a situation where a BluRay could be issued in America, but not Europe.

Well fine, but how hard is it to switch regions or get a region free player and just buy overseas? It's easy.

And finally remember a lot of artists/songwriters don't own or no longer own their collections. So a company may say, "If you want to use Aretha Franklin in 'Murphy Brown', you have to use Joe Schome (also part of their collection) in series XXX," which the company has no desire to release.

So it's a bit more complex when you start looking at the large picture.

Which is why the DVD's of shows like "The Monkees" or "Glee" are absurdly high--aince they have to add in music rights.

 

[MCarney]

The initial release of "The Monkees" is so expensive because it was in special packaging that looked like a 45rpm player. Both seasons have since been re-released in standard packaging and are more moderately priced. I spent the $$$ for season 1 when it first came out, but bought season 2 in the re-release.