New releases announced today, July 3:30 Rock - Season 2 will be coming out October 7Ben 10: Alien Force - Season 1, Volume 1 will be coming out October 21The Flintstones - The Complete Series will be coming out October 28That '70s Show - The Complete Series will be coming out October 14Visit TVShowsOnDVD.com for the complete stories on these and other news items.
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The '70s come to a close with the eighth season of That '70s Show on DVD. Donna tries to get over Eric by dating Randy, the new guy at the record store, and Hyde tries to get over Jackie by... marrying a stripper?! Fez gets a new girlfriend, and Kelso gets kicked off the police force, but manages to land his dream job in Chicago. As the decade comes to a close, and the show airs its final episode, the gang reunites for one last party. The 4 disc set includes all 22 regular episodes on 4 discs, but "That '70s Show: The Final Goodbye," a special that aired a week before the final episodes, isn't included on the set. You'll also find 4 commentary tracks from director David Trainer, "A 70's Show Flashback" featuring Tommy Chong and Josh Meyers, a look at the entire season with "Season 8 in 8 Minutes," a set tour with David Trainer, and a look back at the series with cast interviews and clips from previous episodes in "That '70s Show Through the Years: A Retrospective."Okay, time for Tha...
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I've been thinking a lot about Tom Snyder since his death from leukemia was made public, in part because my mind already had been preoccupied with the '70s, when this unforgettable talk-show icon was in his late-night NBC heyday.My own late-'70s time warp was prompted by a 30-year high-school reunion over the weekend in which I referenced That '70s Show more than once. (Did we really look like that? Dress like that? Have hair like that? Only our senior class pictures know the truth, and I'm not sharing.) During my high school and college years, Snyder was a blazing, sometimes hair-raisingly pioneering presence in what had been a late-night wasteland following Johnny Carson's legendary Tonight Show.Snyder's show, which aired from 1973 to 1982, was called Tomorrow, and to me, the title always underscored the fact that everything about it was a bit ahead of its time. The show's level of discourse, its idiosyncratic host with his brash intensity and eclectic range (historic interviews w...
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A few thoughts after sitting through an L.A. satellite feed of CW’s Upfront presentation on Thursday, which was more impressive (the Pussycat Dolls performance aside) than I expected.The Reaper looks much funnier than I expected. Should have guessed given that the appealing lead, Bret Harrison as a schmo who learns his parents sold his soul to the devil, is best known for sitcom work (Grounded for Life, That ’70s Show, The Loop). Ray Wise is a scream as his demanding new boss, aka Lucifer. Only drawback: Reaper’s time-slot competition includes another largely comedic series about a reluctant nerdish hero, NBC’s Chuck. Is there room for two?Also getting a good response: Aliens in America, with its Muslim exchange student fish-out-of-water befriending his classmate/host, a nerdy social pariah. This looks perfectly suited as a companion piece to the similarly sardonic Everybody Hates Chris.Gossip Girl may well become a brand-appropriate hit, but I’m personally ...
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How great did it feel to have Ugly Betty and Grey’s Anatomy back on with new episodes this week? Such a scrumptious double feature of feel-good TV. I’m especially keen on Betty these days, this colorful and vibrantly funny new geek on the block. As others have said, it’s the perfect appetizer to the main course of Grey’s, with its usually irresistible blend of suds, scrubs and heartache.Best move both shows made this week: Ditching subplots that were going nowhere. On Betty, that meant saying goodbye to Ignacio’s case worker (who really wasn’t), the crazily smitten Constance (Octavia Spencer). On Grey’s, that meant saying goodbye to the arrogant Dr. Marlow, played by a miscast Roger Rees, a fine actor who came off more like a creepy Dracula than an intimidating Dr. McBrilliant. Of all the misbegotten love matches we’ve been forced to consider on this show, asking us to believe Cristina ever had a thing for this ghoul was almost as ewww-inspiri...
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