New releases announced today, July 28:Beverly Hills, 90210 - The Complete 6th Season will be coming out November 25 The Fairly Oddparents - Season 6, Volume 1 will be coming out November 18 Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. - The Final Season will be coming out November 25 Hawaii Five-O - The 5th Season will be coming out November 18 The Mod Squad - The 2nd Season, Volume 1 will be coming out November 25 The Odd Couple - The Final Season will be coming out November 18 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Volume 2 will be coming out October 7 Route 66 - The Complete 2nd Season will be coming out October 21 SpongeBob SquarePants - Season 5, Volume 2 will be coming out November 18 Superman: Doomsday (Blu-ray) will be coming out November 25 Visit TVShowsOnDVD.com for the complete stories on these and other news items.
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OK, there've been a ton of releases lately that we need to discuss, because quite honestly, they are a hoot. And not just "funny, ha-ha" hoots, but also the kind that you see on the shelf and think "Oh. my god... I kind of want that!" So sit back, tell your shame to take the day off and get in with these guilty-in-the-first-degree pleasures of plastic!Walker, Texas Ranger — The Complete Fourth Season Come for the "Eyes of a Ranger" theme song, stay for the very special Christmas episode about an Old West Ranger who saved the day, then feast on the two-part season finale that gave us the Sons of Thunder spin-off. And never forget, when the Boogeyman goes to bed, he checks under his bed for Chuck Norris.Soul Food — The Complete 3rd Season Before Showtime ever got any attention for Weeds or The Tudors or even The L Word (which we [i[love), there was this stellar NAACP-lauded adaptation of the fabulous Vivica A. Fox-Nia Long flick. Filled with grand performances by Vanessa A....
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SOAPnet is staging a seven-hour marathon of Summer-and-Seth-centric O.C. episodes on Labor Day, Sept. 3, starting at noon/ET with "The Heartbreak" (Seth beds Summer for the first time) and concluding with "Earth Girls Are Easy" (Summer tries to conceal her pregnancy scare).... An Aug. 28 DVD release has been set for The Odd Couple: Season 2 and A Night at the Roxbury: Special Collector's Edition.... The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show this year will be broadcast by CBS on Dec. 4, and includes appearances by Heidi Klum, Adriana "Is She Still a Virgin?" Lima and Selita Ebanks.
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Jason Alexander (who got his start as a Broadway hoofer) recently seized the reigns of Los Angeles' Reprise! theater series. For his first offering, he's thinking of starring in a reading of The Odd Couple opposite Martin Short. "I want to do an absolute crowd-pleaser," Alexander told Playbill.com (which must be why he nixed the idea of a Bob Patterson adaptation).... A musicalization of 9 to 5 will enjoy a star-studded reading later this month, as West Wing's Allison Janney channels Lily Tomlin and Bebe Neuwirth takes on Roz, the office suck-up. The Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton and Dabney Coleman roles will be filled by stage vets Stephanie J. Block (Pirate Queen), Megan Hilty (Wicked) and Marc Kudisch.... Even in death, Law & Order's Lenny Briscoe gets justice: The Snapple Theater Center is rechristening its third-floor house as "The Jerry Orbach Theater." Snappleholic Michael Ausiello is green with envy. — Reporting by Raven Snook
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Former adolescents Michael Davis and Mark Nollinger can still summon their inner middle-schooler when they watch tween TV. They got together the other day to compare notes on the new season for kids who are approximately 5 feet tall, wear braces and inject the word "like" between words, like, all the time.
Michael Davis: Which new or returning shows will send parents screaming out of the room?
Nollinger: It's too early to tell with the new shows, although I can imagine that even some folks who loved Beavis and Butt-Head as college students might not welcome Mr. Meaty (premiering Sept. 22, on Nickelodeon) into their living rooms as parents. Personally, I can handle just about anything as long as I don't have to hear the Camp Lazlo theme song ever again. I do
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