What classic TV show would you like to see on DVD or Blu-ray?

It will never ever happen but:

Almost Grown
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On the other hand, the equally fabulous and even more short-lived Action made it to DVD, so who knows?

 

Scrolling thru this old thread and thought "Hey, this guy thinks just like me!" and then realized it was my post...

 

I wish they'd hurry up and release the last 2 seasons of The Muppet Show and be done with it.
(The last DVD set came out in 2008.)

 

Oh yeah- been there, done that, got the t-shirt.

 

Amazing Stories, on blu if possible. The first season was released on DVD, but they never got to the second. It would be nice if someone like Shout Factory did season 2.

I did also notice a region two box set that's unavailable.

 

My guess is that because Universal owned MCA Records (and all their divisions) at the time, when they made those deals, they got them very cheaply. And Vice was such an enormous hit in the 1980s, I think a lot of record labels quickly realized that when you promoted a song like Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight" and made it the centerpiece of a show, the cross-promotion was worth huge money. So I think that was a big reason why Universal was able to clear all the music cheaply. (Universal has traditionally been very difficult about music clearances; famously, they even replaced a song for the home video release of Jaws without telling Spielberg!)

I cannot comment, though I'd like to...

 

On which part? Twin Peaks or X-Files?

 

I bet he can't comment on which part he can't comment on.

 

I so want Hawaiian Eye on dvd or blu. I doubt it will ever happen, though, apart from the bootleg copies available which I haven't seen but which I assume look mediocre and were sourced from someone's VHS or DVD recordings from cable TV.

 

Like a lot of people, the Adam West "Batman"
1950s version of "Dragnet"
the mid 1960s tv series of "Profiles in Courage"

 

Twin Peaks blu ray

 

Rights clearances / legal disputes on Batman.
Dragnet is public domain, and Universal doesn't want to master something that can be immediately reissued by the PD companies.
And there's no audience for Profiles in Courage.

If it were up to me, I'd still digitally restore and remaster them all because they're historically important, and make them available for download in some form.

My gut feeling is that it's Warner Bros. who has the most to lose from a successful reissue of the Fox Batman TV show. Fox owns the show, WB owns the characters, and Greenway Productions has a share in the show as well. WB won't allow the show out if they feel it's going to interfere with modern-day Batman films (or the upcoming Superman/Batman live-action film). I can't fathom why they think a dated, campy, 45-year-old satire show would provide any competition for a 2014 movie, but that's me.

 

By putting the 60's Batman show out on DVD, it reminds people of that Batman- the goofy, silly, campy Batman.

That might (in WB's eyes) turn people away from wanting to see Batman/Superman.

I'm not saying I agree with that line of thinking, but… I think WB is perfectly happy if people forget that 60's goofy Batman ever existed.

 

But... you forget that the TV Batman is still available in syndication. It's only home video on which they couldn't come to an agreement. It's not like you can't still see the 1960s Batman show at all. The show is out there.

 

Have to agree with Batman. I used to watch double-billed episodes with cliffhangers all the time as a kid on The Family Channel. Still a shame it's not available on dvd or blu ray.

 

But WB allowed the campy Batman movie out on DVD and then on blu-ray (released by Fox).

 

I've seen bootleg copies, and the ones I saw were horrible.

 

Looks like it's coming out on DVD!

http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2013/10/digital-digest-more-alice-on-dvd-my.html

 

The ones I'd like to see on DVD (& Blu Ray) are:
The Space Giants
Hi Honey I'm Home!
The rest of "One Day At A Time" (they only put season one out.)

 

Bronk! loved this show!

 

did they ever fixed that forced Widescreen first season box? ridiculous!

 

we have them all now!

 

another wish that came through!

 

it's great how so many of the wants in this old thread came to fruition!

 

did you get both seasons? I did! but, I was not happy with the out of order episodes in the first season...thankfully they corrected this with the second season! and they are fab!