G vs. E, the short lived silly 70’s action revival show about a bunch of dumbasses working for “The Core” in the never ending battle against demons. Absolutely AWESOME show. Had about five episodes on USA, went to Sci-Fi channel, changed the name to Good vs. Evil, schlocked it up a bit too much, then canceled it after about ten more episodes. A real shame, because it was great.
Soap. Awesome soap opera parody from the 70s staring a TON of people who went off to do bigger and better things, yet kept many of the same character names (Billy Chrystal played a homosexual transvestite in this, his first major television role. Crazy!!!)
Seinfeld Invader ZIM The Tick - just the animated series. You can keep the live action piece o’ crap. Northern Exposure - just the Rob Morrow ones, thankyouverymuch. Homicide The Family Guy Homicide: Life on the Street Daria Spy Groove - hey, I liked it, dammit! Eek! the Cat Space Goofs Futurama The Kids in the Hall
24 breaks this mold though. Networks usually like for a show to hit 100 eps before selling it into syndication. Fox has taken the high road by offering this show on DVD depsite the fact that it has only been broadcast once on its network (and several times each week on FX).
Thanks for adding The Job, Cholo, it slipped my mind earlier because ABC keeps yo-yoing it on and off the schedule. Funniest network comedy since Malcolm In The Middle, I even like it better than Scrubs.
BTW, does anyone know if it will be back next season? I haven’t heard anything about it in a while, but I figure the show is probably toast.
And I’ve only seen clips of these shows, but I’d snap up DVD collections of Not Only…But Also and Spike Milligan’s Q series in a heartbeat.
Although I have copies of them, they are only from mid-80s VHS copies off of Nickelodeon.
I want The Mysterious Cities of Gold!
Might even finally get off their butt and tell us what happened after Esteban, Tau and Zia flew off in their golden condor for more and greater adventures.
The first season of Yes, Minister is out in the UK on DVD, I believe the second is shortly to follow. I’m not sure whether they’re region 2 or region 0.
There’s a lot of obscure British television that ought to be seen on DVD. Some of it’s being agitated for, and some of that agitation is producing results, I’m glad to say. Despite my current state of poverty, I have the BBC’s classic adaptation of Dracula on order, and recently laid hands on the complete run of Moonbase 3 (i.e., all six episodes). There’s a lot of pressure for things like early horror/SF from the BBC; Nigel Kneale’s The Stone Tape has already been released, and there are rumours that the surviving Quatermass serials may come out soon.
Personally, I’d like to see The Omega Factor - the BBC’s version of the X-Files, ran for ten episodes back in 1980, never repeated. Wonderful stuff.