# TV shows we MUST have on DVD **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2004, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162 "2004-09-20T18:22:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/41 "2004-09-20T23:03:27Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > The _complete and total_ MST3K (I can dream) A pity this will never happen. At least as long as Sandy Frank is alive. Ditto on The Tick. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ecks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/42 "2004-09-20T23:24:32Z")
The Twilight Zone- Late 80’s incarnation. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/43 "2004-09-20T23:26:37Z")
> [@Johnny Ecks](#): > > The Twilight Zone- Late 80’s incarnation. Season One will be out in December and seasons 2 & 3 in March 2005. ---
**Author:** ![Dusty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@Dusty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/44 "2004-09-20T23:26:39Z")
I’ve screamed and screamed for a _Home Movies_ DVD until I lost my voice, but it looks like I’m finally going to get it. Season one is coming to DVD in either November or later this month, depending on who you believe. Now we need _Dr. Katz_. It had some poor episodes, but the good ones were absolute gold. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/45 "2004-09-20T23:28:08Z")
Last I heard, Moonlighting was due to be released around the end of this year. ---
**Author:** ![ShadiRoxan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@ShadiRoxan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadiRoxan)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/46 "2004-09-20T23:40:23Z")
Another vote for **Night Court** and **Scrubs**. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/47 "2004-09-20T23:46:52Z")
I’ve said this before in similar threads, and I’ll say it again here. _Cupid_, the 1998 series starring Jeremy Piven. I still have not seen a series yet that was a better blend of comedy, drama, sharp acting, and glorious writing. It was perfection. It was nirvana. It was killed in its crib by ABC after they put it in a dreadful time slot opposite NBC’s show about an emergency room. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/48 "2004-09-20T23:59:34Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > A big stumbling block with WKRP will be music licensing. When the show went into general syndication, a lot of “real” music played on the show was replaced by “generic rock”. Heh. Ever wonder what the song playing over the end credits is, or try to figure out what lyrics are being sung? It sounds vaguely like a rock song, but it’s really just gibberish being sung. Because there are no actual lyrics, there were no royalties to be paid to a songwriter. When the producers of _Roswell_ were preparing the season 1 set, they had to replace a lot of the music with covers or generic alternatives because the liscensing fees would have made the cost astronomical. If you watch the Sci-Fi reruns and compare them to the DVD’s, you’ll find a lot the music is vastly different from how it originally aired. Also, ever notice that syndicated versions of tv shows that open with a theme song will often either skip it or greatly truncate it? This is to avoid paying the liscensing fees. The only people guarateed royalties for sydicated tv shows are the song writers. Paul Williams is a rich man from the royalties he got from writing _The Love Boat_ theme, and Alan Thicke, in addition to his wealth from producing and starring in _Growing Pains_, made a fortune from the theme songs to _The Facts of Life_ and _Diff’rent Strokes_. Kelsey Grammer probably had the best gig in tv. He was paid as the star of _Frasier_, got a share of the show’s profits as producer, and got royalties for both writing and singing the theme song. One more. The screenwriter for Alfred Hitchcock’s _The Birds_ made the most money of anyone involved in the picture in the long run. During a key scene outside the school, one of the characters sits down to wait in front of a jungle gym, which slowly fills up with birds while the children inside are singing a traditional children’s rhyme. The song wasn’t long enough for the scene, so the screenwriter, who wasn’t a songwriter of any kind, wrote a couple of extra verses. As a result, he got a songwriting credit, and his royalties for that have amounted to many times what he was actually paid for writing the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/49 "2004-09-21T00:02:06Z")
For Matt Frewer fans: Max Headroom Doctor! Doctor! ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/50 "2004-09-21T00:37:45Z")
Many of the shows mentioned here are forthcoming. Season 1 of Golden Girls, for example, is due around Thanksgiving. Family Ties (which I’ll second, though I forgot to mention it in my initial post) is reportedly coming in early 2005. [TV Shows on DVD](http://www.tvshowsondvd.com) is an excellent resource for this subject. ---
**Author:** ![Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kansas_Beekeeper)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/51 "2004-09-21T00:43:02Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > _WKRP_ is not likely to ever appear on DVD, due to the huge expense that would be involved in licensing all the music that was played on that show. > > Of course, I would settle for a single DVD, filled entirely with Bailey Quarters scenes. Yes. I’ve got to admit that Bailey is why I mostly want a copy. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/52 "2004-09-21T01:15:24Z")
Now that it seems that **Eerie, Indiana** is really coming [out](http://www.oldies.com), my list is now: **So Weird Herman’s Head Picket Fences The Young Riders Joan of Arcadia, One Tree Hill**… ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/53 "2004-09-21T02:02:24Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > A pity this [the complete and total MST3K] will never happen. At least as long as Sandy Frank is alive. Do the Best Brains folks even **have** copies of the KTMA episodes any more? I thought they now existed only on poor-quality off-the-air VCR tapings. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/54 "2004-09-21T02:06:19Z")
> [@tracer](#): > > Do the Best Brains folks even **have** copies of the KTMA episodes any more? I thought they now existed only on poor-quality off-the-air VCR tapings. Word has it that Jim Mallon (one of the co-creators) has every KTMA episode, _including_ the three not available to the fans AND the 30-min pilot in his personal collection. Fresh, shiny, unadulterated episodes. [Homer]Mmmmmm…fresh MST3K episodes…droooollll[/Homer] ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/55 "2004-09-21T02:06:24Z")
Remember WENN ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/56 "2004-09-21T02:15:17Z")
The cult favorite from 1984-85, **It’s Your Move.** Maybe Jason Bateman’s series winning the Emmy will spark interest. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/57 "2004-09-21T02:23:28Z")
The news of _Home Movies_ and _Scrubs_ coming to DVD just made my day! I second _Daria_. I want _The Adventures of Pete and Pete_ and season 2 of _Upright Citizens Brigade_. ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/58 "2004-09-21T02:25:22Z")
> [@Mehitabel](#): > > The cult favorite from 1984-85, **It’s Your Move.** Maybe Jason Bateman’s series winning the Emmy will spark interest. I just barely remember that show. Jog my memory. What was it about and stuff? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/59 "2004-09-21T02:28:03Z")
> [@Abbie Carmichael](#): > > I just barely remember that show. > > Jog my memory. What was it about and stuff? [Read on, MacDuff.](http://www.tvtome.com/ItsYourMove/) ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162/60 "2004-09-21T02:28:22Z")
_The New Twilight Zone_ from 1986, which is the best modern Sci-Fi anthology series to ever appear on television. I got excited this weekend when I saw a couple of Twilight Zone disc sets at Wal-Mart. They were very similar, except that one was in color and the other in black and white. I was thinking my wife was going to kill me, but I must have this. Then I saw that the newer set was the series hosted by Forrest Whittaker from a couple of years ago, which was quite bad, and not the inspired greatness of the 86 version. Let’s hope both sell well so that CBS will try to capitalize by releasing the 86 version. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-we-must-have-on-dvd/265162.md?page=4)