# Great TV series that are only available on DVD **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 24, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-series-that-are-only-available-on-dvd/1017456 "2025-04-24T20:04:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-series-that-are-only-available-on-dvd/1017456/21 "2025-05-02T23:41:42Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > Andy Richter Controls the Universe Try the Internet Archive: ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2025, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-series-that-are-only-available-on-dvd/1017456/22 "2025-05-03T05:26:41Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > The whole series is $80 on Vudu right now. That’s too expensive for me still - but I bet it goes on sale around the holidays for $40-50. The portability of it may be worth the cost if you’re looking to buy it. The Batman complete series box set is $39.99 at the Apple TV store/iTunes right now. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2025, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-series-that-are-only-available-on-dvd/1017456/23 "2025-05-03T05:51:06Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Surprisingly enough, HBO’s Westworld. No, it’s not on Max, or anywhere else that I’m aware of. It’s streaming on Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) services like Tubi. The reason it isn’t on Max where you’d expect to be is because WarnerBros/Discovery dumped some of their own content onto FAST services in order to save money. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-series-that-are-only-available-on-dvd/1017456/24 "2025-05-03T11:38:29Z")
**Batman** is on MeTV Saturdays 9:30 PM Central and CatchyTV will be having a marathon June 29: > **[‘Batman’ Binge! Catchy Comedy Hosts Weekend Marathon](https://www.nexttv.com/news/batman-binge-catchy-comedy-hosts-weekend-marathon)** > > A full 78 episodes of ‘60s superhero drama on June 29-30 **Rocky & Bullwinkle** WAS on MeTV toons: > **[Watch The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends on MeTV Toons](https://www.metvtoons.com/shows/the-adventures-of-rocky-bullwinkle-friends)** > > on MeTV Toons. Find where you can watch at metvtoons.com So if you are willing to watch ads and on their schedule\*, things may be on OTA X.# channels. Brian \* or record them ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-series-that-are-only-available-on-dvd/1017456/25 "2025-05-03T12:04:00Z")
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd may or may not be on DVD somewhere. It certainly isn’t streaming anywhere. There are a few blurry episodes on youtube. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-series-that-are-only-available-on-dvd/1017456/26 "2025-05-03T14:48:29Z")
**The Shari Lewis Show** is available only on DVD (under the title “The Shari Show”). The 90s spinoff for kids, **Lamb Chop’s Play-Along** , was never released on DVD or streaming. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-series-that-are-only-available-on-dvd/1017456/27 "2025-05-03T19:55:52Z")
There are a few shows that I’ll google every few months and suddenly it appears! That happened with me and **_Coronet Blue_.** \* Suddenly, fifty years after it disappeared, it showed up one night on some digital archive! So I stayed up and downloaded every episode while I could. . \*That was bizarre, because I really had no idea what the show was, or whether I’d like it. The pilot had come in during an all-night sleepover on a friend’s B&W basement TV, from a staticky station that we shouldn’t have gotten. It faded out a couple minutes later, and I never saw or even heard of any more… and in the mid-'60s, there was nowhere to hunt. But [the jazzy opening](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqjw6gLDeLU) and a promise of an amnesia-fueled mystery had me hooked, though for decades all I knew was two words: Coronet Blue. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-series-that-are-only-available-on-dvd/1017456/28 "2025-05-07T01:08:11Z")
What I am frustrated about is the first 20 seasons of _Law & Order_ are available on multiple services and and NBC has the latest 24th season available but seasons 21 to 23 I can NOT find anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-series-that-are-only-available-on-dvd/1017456/29 "2025-05-07T05:15:28Z")
> [@dorvann](#): > > but seasons 21 to 23 I can NOT find anywhere. Not streaming, but FWIW, seasons 21 to current are available for purchase as digital downloads at the usual places like Apple TV and Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-series-that-are-only-available-on-dvd/1017456/30 "2026-01-25T07:12:25Z")
I wouldn’t go so far as to call it “great,” but I’m annoyed at my inability to find the comedy [Wrecked](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4168956/?ref_=fn_t_1) (imdb link) anywhere on streaming. It’s listed on Amazon but when you go to it it says something like “Not available due to expired rights.” Vudu/Fandango doesn’t even list the title. I recall the comedy being topical so I’m not sure how well it holds up, but it would be nice to be able to check it out. (One joke I remember was everyone being desperate to know what’s happening on Game of Thrones but the one douche-bro guy was more concerned about Ballers. heh.) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-series-that-are-only-available-on-dvd/1017456/31 "2026-01-25T17:47:18Z")
A post was merged into an existing topic: [Trolling posts by MenstrualColander](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolling-posts-by-menstrualcolander/1027015/2) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-series-that-are-only-available-on-dvd/1017456/32 "2026-01-25T17:26:41Z")
Hey, no need… the point of this entire thread is that there are a LOT of favorite TV shows that AREN’T available on streaming or cable or via antenna. I could list a dozen, but others have already done that right here. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-series-that-are-only-available-on-dvd/1017456/33 "2026-01-25T17:42:52Z")
> [@On another topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1027015/2): > > Nearly ALL of these shows are available on some cable channel or antenna tv. The Lenny Briscoe episodes of L&O are on various cable channels literally EVERY FUCKING DAY. Talk about living in a fucking bubble. I know, right? These people should be strung up with piano wire, beaten within an inch of their lives and then EXECUTED, with the bodies defiled and burned afterward for not being aware that many TV shows ARE in fact available! Welcome to the Dope. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-series-that-are-only-available-on-dvd/1017456/34 "2026-01-29T18:06:19Z")
Peter Falk’s pre-Columbo series _ **The Trials of O’Brien** _, which ran on CBS in 1965–66. Peter is a “flamboyant, Shakespeare-quoting” lawyer in New York City who takes on oddball cases, Some episodes have been posted on YouTube. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-series-that-are-only-available-on-dvd/1017456.md?page=1)