Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
This 25-disc set is the definitive collection of one of the decade's most stunning dramas. The high-definition audio and sound make every battle come to life, and the set is packed with bonus featurettes, cast and crew commentaries, and unaired extended versions of key episodes. Plus, you get a collecible Cylon figure. If you haven't picked this one up for the nerd on your list, what the frak are you waiting for?
2 of 18 Sony Pictures
The Shield: The Complete Series
Bring home all seven seasons of this groundbreaking, Emmy-winning cable drama with this arresting 29-disc set. Packaged with a 34-page anthology book filled with photos, quotes and a letter to fans from creator Shawn Ryan, the collection includes all 88 episode, plus two never-before-seen featurettes.
3 of 18 A&E Home Video
Homicide: Life on the Streets: The Complete Series
The complete collection of one of the most gritty, realistic cop dramas ever arrives in this newly-repackaged 35-disc set. The collection includes all 122 episodes, as well as the three Law & Order crossover episodes and Homicide: The Movie. Bonuses include commentary by and interviews with producers Barry Levinson, Tom Fontana, Henry Bromell, David Simon, and James Yoshimura, plus a feature-length documentary.
4 of 18 A&E Home Video
Farscape: The Complete Series Megaset
Relive all of John Crichton's space adventures just in time for the series' 10th anniversary with this 25-disc set. The collection includes all 88 episodes, a third of which feature cast and crew commentaries. Plus, watch over 90 minutes of deleted scenes and multiple featurettes and documentaries on how the show brought its alien creatures to life.
5 of 18 20th Century Fox
Ally McBeal: The Complete Series
Hike up your miniskirts, cue the dancing baby and bring home all five seasons of this groundbreaking Fox legal dramedy. The 32-disc set features every episode with all the original music — the rights to which have long delayed the series' release on DVD. Aside from one new featurette with the cast reflecting on the shows late-'90s impact, there aren't a ton of features. Even so, this one's been worth the long wait. Ooga-Chaka!
6 of 18 HBO Home Video
Rome: The Complete Series Gift Set
All 22 episodes of this epic, multiple Emmy-winning HBO drama are included in this gorgeous 11-disc set. Packaged in a bound book, the set also includes 13 feature commentaries, four featurettes detailing the history of Rome and its citizens, an interactive historical guide and five featurettes on how the show and its most pivotal scenes were created.
7 of 18 A&E Home Video
The Prisoner : The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
Want to be the No. 1 gift-giver this season? Try this five-disc set on for size. All 17 episodes of Patrick McGoohan's cult-classic 1968 British series have been digitally remastered for the highest quality video and sound. Bonuses include crew commentary on seven episodes, the original edit of the pilot episode as well as featurettes and documentaries never before seen in the U.S. You won't mind being locked away with this one.
8 of 18 20th Century Fox
Futurama: The Complete Collection
This limited edition, 18-disc set includes all four volumes of the hilarious animated comedy as well as four feature-length movies: Bender's Big Score, The Beast With A Billion Backs, Bender's Game, and Into the Wild Green Yonder. Also included is a letter from creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen. And, of course, the coolest feature: It all comes packaged inside Bender's head!
9 of 18 A&E Home Video
The Major League Baseball World Series Film Collection
Relive more than seven decades of World Series games. This set brings to life the team spirit, the thrilling victories and the heartbreaking defeats of America's favorite pastime. The 20-disc set is packaged in a 58-page book that tells the stories of the annual Fall Classic since its origin in 1903. With amazing pictures, a foreword by Bob Costas and video of all the World Series between 1943 and 2008, this is a must-own for any baseball fan on your list.
10 of 18 PBS
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Ken Burns: National Parks — America's Best Idea (Blu-ray)
Enjoy a stunning look at some of America's most treasured places in this wonderful six-disc collection. The high-definition images leap off the screen in one of the most beautiful documentaries ever to appear on American television. The stories behind the parks are fascinating, and you get even more of them in the bonus documentaries and featurettes. Picking this up is a very good idea.
11 of 18 Warner Home Video
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Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition (Blu-ray)
Dorothy's transition from black-and-white Kansas to Technicolor Oz has never been more breathtaking than in this limited edition Blu-ray set. The collection also features commentary by historian John Fricke, making-of and retrospective featurettes, tornado test sequences, outtakes and deleted scenes, and an all-new documentary on director Victor Fleming. It also features the TV movie, The Dreamer of Oz, starring John Ritter, Annette O'Toole and Rue McClanahan.
12 of 18 Warner Home Video
Gone with the Wind Anniversary Collector's Set (Blu-ray)
This classic love story and war epic has been fully restored and has never looked better. In addition to three hours of previously unreleased documentaries and features, this limited edition also includes a commemorative 52-page photo and production art book, 10 watercolor reproduction art prints, archival correspondence from producer David O. Selznick, a reproduction of 1939 original program and a bonus CD soundtrack sampler.
13 of 18 ABC Studios
Lost Season 5 Dharma Initiative Edition Blu-ray
Not only does this five-disc set contain all 17 of Season 5's time-tripping episodes in stunning high definition, but it also comes packaged in a vintage three-ring binder filled with materials to make every fan feel like a Dharma recruit. Bonuses include hours of never-before-seen cast interviews and making-of featurettes, as well as the interactive Lost University BD-Live experience, which will immerse you even more deeply into the show's mythology — just in time for the final season.
14 of 18 Sesame Street
Sesame Street : 40 Years of Sunny Days
Relive all the childhood moments brought to you by the first name in children's entertainment and education. This two-disc set celebrates the long history of Sesame Street with more than five hours of iconic moments, songs, celebrity segments and never-before-seen backstage footage. This set will bring you sunny days for years to come.