New releases announced today, January 12:
Andy Richter Controls the Universe - The Complete Series will be coming out March 24
The Fugitive - Season 2, Volume 2 will be coming out March 31
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New releases announced today, February 19:American Gangster - The Complete 2nd Season will be coming out June 3 The Fugitive - Season 2, Volume 1 will be coming out June 10 Jericho - The 2nd Season will be coming out June 10 Mannix - The 1st Season will be coming out June 3 The Odd Couple - The 4th Season will be coming out June 10 Penn & Teller: B.S.! - Season 5 will be coming out May 20 Comedy Central's Home Grown will be coming out June 10 My Three Sons - The 1st Season, Volume 1 will be coming out June 3 Robert Smigel's TV Funhouse will be coming out June 10 Visit TVShowsOnDVD.com for the complete stories on these and other news items.
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The set doesn't contain any special features, but fans have been waiting for The Fugitive to hit DVD for a long, long time, and they'll finally be able to pick up the first set on August 14, making it my pick of the week.I'm pretty excited for Avatar, since volume 4 will wrap the second season of the series. Loonatics Unleashed season 2 is coming, as well as the 7th volume of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (great, now I have the theme song stuck in my head), and the 4th volume of Baby Looney Tunes.The second season of Dynasty is also coming out on August 14th; fans who picked up the first season have been waiting patiently for this set. Horror fans will be eying the two Masters of Horror releases as well.Of course this isn't the complete list, but you can view the other titles at TVShowsOnDVD.com.http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releasesmonth.cfm?Month=8&Year=2007#14Sorry for the lack of updates here; I was traveling quite a lot in July, and my regular updates suffered. I'm back though, so y...
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The premiere of the most excellent Mad Men (I've watched the "It's Toasted" scene at least four times) improved upon AMC's typical Thursday ratings by 75 percent, and was the cabler's most-watched series telecast ever.... Dancing with the Stars finalist Laila Ali wed retired NFL star Curtis Conway on Sunday. Also per People, Jodie Sweetin tied the knot with Cody Herpin on Saturday in Vegas. It's the Full House alum's second marriage.... DVD releases have been set for The Hills: Season 2 (Aug. 7) and The Fugitive: Season 1, Volume 1 and Dynasty: Season 2 (both on Aug. 14).
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Question: The recent flap over the Sopranos finale got me thinking that in 50 years of TV watching, I can count on both hands the TV series whose finales I actually cared about. And most of those were because the ending was memorable in and of itself (Mary Tyler Moore, Newhart, St. Elsewhere), not because I was anticipating the final episode. Until recently, the only show that sticks in my mind is The Fugitive, and that ended 40 years ago. Now I don't even want to think about the level of discussion that will accompany the ends of Lost and Heroes! What has changed? The blogosphere made TV criticism and discussion a cottage industry. The serialization of TV drama made finales that much more important. Maybe the phenomenon is limited to shows that go out on their own terms — after all, the nature of TV is that most shows pass their shelf lives before they actually end, so that the ending is generally more a relief than an event. Has the quality of TV drama gotten so good that we care ...
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