# Series that you went into cold on DVD **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 3, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142 "2012-07-03T21:41:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/41 "2012-07-09T05:59:45Z")
Freaks and Geeks, Weeds, Archer, Workaholics, Ugly Betty and The Riches, all of which I loved. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/42 "2012-07-09T15:36:38Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I’ve just put in the DVD of the original BBC series [Quatermass and The Pit](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051305/)… have to come back later to give my impression. I found it quite entertaining. The acting and effects might not be all that exciting for modern viewers–but I thought it was well written with interesting ideas and had a charismatic cast. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/43 "2012-07-09T15:54:13Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > _Alias_ with Jennifer Garner. Several friends having been raving about it to me. I saw a used Season 1 on Ebay cheap and recently bought it. I’m through ep4 so far. It is a really good show. I can’t believe I never heard about it when it was on TV. > > Clue me in, (no spoilers) does it jump the shark in the later seasons? Should I stop buying the dvds at a certain point? > > Nice seeing that Jennifer had a really good career in acting before marrying Affleck and making babies. She really kicks ass in _Alias_. It jumps BIG TIME between seasons 2 and 3 although it was faltering during 2, all of season 1 is a high point including the finale which reveals the identity of the big bad. I think they realized the show was running out of steam and decided to take a big game changing twist at the end of season 2 which sadly didn’t pan out. ---
**Author:** ![ScarletNumber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@ScarletNumber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScarletNumber)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/44 "2012-07-09T18:48:51Z")
Murphy Brown won Best Comedy TWICE and neither season is available on DVD, so if you ever see the first season in the $4.99 bin, be forewarned that that’s it. Why did it do so badly? Probably because it was so topical. A lot of the references are outdated. There are only so many Dan Quayle and George Stephanopolous jokes one can hear. Also, because of the series’ heavy use of Motown songs as a soundtrack, the DVDs would be expensive to produce. This is why The Wonder Years was never released. If one wanted to make a DVD collection of the all of the sitcoms to win an Emmy for Best Comedy Series the last 50 years, there would be only four missing: 1970 My World and Welcome to It 1988 The Wonder Years 1990 Murphy Brown 1992 Murphy Brown ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/45 "2012-07-09T18:55:26Z")
Oh, Sherlock. Watched it one afternoon because the plumber was over and I didn’t want to be playing video games. LOVED IT. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/46 "2012-07-09T19:17:58Z")
I knew just about nothing about _Veronica Mars_ other than hearing a few recommendations here. After watching the 1st episode I wound up watching all 3 seasons in about a week. It’s on a short list of shows I enjoy re-watching too. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/47 "2012-07-09T20:06:35Z")
_Fiefly_, _From The Earth To The Moon,_ _Band of Brothers,_ and _Breaking Bad._ When _From the Earth to the Moon_ was running, I was on a job with a significant travel requirement, and a lot of hotels did not have HBO. I so wanted to see this series, but had to wait for the DVD release. Both _Firefly_ and _Band of Brothers_ happened when I was having a fun time just keeping a roof over my head and food on the table; luxuries like TV were not in the budget. And my missing _Breaking Bad_ was only on accident; I was accidentally stupid! I had seen previews for the upcoming Season 1 debut the few times I was on AMC, thought that it would be an interesting series, and had fully intended to watch it…and then got busy with other “life stuff” and forgot all about it until half-way through season 2! :smack::smack::smack: ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/48 "2012-07-10T00:19:21Z")
I came to Alias late, on DVD, and loved it despite latter season flaws. Great strong female character, really strong supporting cast ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142/49 "2012-07-10T01:32:05Z")
count me for Breaking Bad. When I saw Bryan Cranston won his 3rd Emmy in a row I thought “well no, maybe this show MIGHT be good. I guess I’ll give it a try…” I watched all 3 seasons that were out at that point in 8 days. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-you-went-into-cold-on-dvd/627142.md?page=2)