# What TV series have yet to be released on DVD? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 30, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851 "2009-04-30T15:45:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/41 "2009-05-01T04:14:02Z")
I want to see the rest of the _Gummi Bears_. They’ve only released one box, of the first season and a half, and am disappointed that no more seem to be forthcoming. Disney is usually so greedy for cash, you’d think they’d make everything available that they could. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/42 "2009-05-01T06:03:43Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Warner Bros. doesn’t just have current film rights to Batman, it owns the Batman character and trademark – DC is owned by Warner Bros. DC could no more prevent Warner from coming to terms with Fox over such a DVD release than NBC could prevent GE from selling refridgerators. On the contrary, Warner Home Video claims they do not have the rights to the 60s TV Batman. In an [online chat](http://www.digitalbits.com/articles/033005htfchat.html) on March 29, 2005, Warners representatives made statements such as > [@](#): > > we have no rights to 60s BATMAN…The BATMAN TV issue is between DC Comics and Fox. It doesn’t involve Warner home video. This could be true as Warner Brothers didn’t own DC Comics in the 1960s. Fox may have exclusive non-transferable rights to the TV series that excludes Warner Brothers from making any decisions concerning rebroadcast and reproduction rights. Although Warner Brothers owns Batman now, it’s possible they have no control over deals made before 1976, when they assumed ownership of DC. For example, all of Paramount’s Superman cartoons from the 1940s are in the public domain. Warner Brothers owns the original masters and can issue impeccable home copies, but that doesn’t prevent anyone else from issuing those cartoons on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/43 "2009-05-01T06:03:58Z")
> [@Hometownboy](#): > > [Frank’s Place](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092354/) would be lovely. I’m a little scared that it might not be as good as I remembered. The article Lute linked to is interesting. Tim Reid will not release it without the proper music and is planning to record a new score with the proper New Orleans feel for the DVD release. ---
**Author:** ![mshar253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/44 "2009-05-01T06:10:05Z")
I was going to nominate Saved by the Bell: The New Class in a terrible attempt at humor, but then I discovered that it is on DVD … all seven seasons. _Seven seasons?_ What were they thinking? What were the people who have all seven seasons on DVD thinking? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/45 "2009-05-01T07:39:24Z")
There was an Australian series called **The Games** that’s one of my all-time favorites. I got Season 1 a few years ago. On John Clarke’s[sup]\*[/sup] website last spring was a notice that they knew of the demand for season 2 (aired in 2000) and hoped to have it released by the end of the year. I even sent an e-mail saying the demand stretched as far as Boston. No DVD, and last I looked the notice was gone from the site, too. Of course, my DVD player that did PAL-\>NTSC conversion has gone toes-to-the-moon, so I’m not in a huge rush. - Clarke and his collaborator Bryan Dawe were the driving forces behind the show. Some might recognize them from the [The Front Fell Off](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcU4t6zRAKg) video. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/46 "2009-05-01T07:53:02Z")
I was going to say **Darkwing Duck** , but I checked and it came out a couple of years ago. Now I know what I’m getting for my birthday; I loved that show. “Who’s a purple traitor?” ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/47 "2009-05-01T09:39:56Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > For example, all of Paramount’s Superman cartoons from the 1940s are in the public domain. Warner Brothers owns the original masters and can issue impeccable home copies [And have.](http://www.amazon.com/Max-Fleischers-Superman-1941-1942/dp/B001OD8E4G/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1241170778&sr=1-2) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/48 "2009-05-01T12:29:54Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > [And have.](http://www.amazon.com/Max-Fleischers-Superman-1941-1942/dp/B001OD8E4G/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1241170778&sr=1-2) They’ve also been released in several movie packages. I have them included in The Superman Ultimate Collecter’s Edition. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/49 "2009-05-01T13:16:18Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > They’ve also been released in several movie packages. I have them included in The Superman Ultimate Collecter’s Edition. Yes, Warner used them as special features when they rereleased the Superman films as a tie in with Superman Returns- half on Superman, half on Superman II (theatrical version, not Richard Donner Cut). ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/50 "2009-05-01T22:29:25Z")
> [@Scissorjack](#): > > I was going to say **Darkwing Duck** , but I checked and it came out a couple of years ago. Now I know what I’m getting for my birthday; I loved that show. “Who’s a purple traitor?” “I am the terror that flaps in the night! I am that show you like that never comes out on DVD! I am Darkwing Duck!” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/51 "2009-05-01T22:33:49Z")
_Kim Possible_ Why aren’t they releasing them in season box sets? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/52 "2009-05-01T23:00:46Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Which I still don’t understand, because the reruns they show on Sundays on WGN use the original music. I question this. I watched a couple of episodes last Sunday and there wasn’t a single original song used. I was going to say that _The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis_, the seminal youth show, with Bob Denver indelibly as Maynard G. Krebs (the G. stands for Walter), doesn’t have a full DVD release. Some rip-off crew did a bizarre partial release last year of only 36 of the 147 episodes on 18[!] DVDs. They were also said to be recorded off of cable, with the network logos visible. There’s one new. At $129[!]. However, just because Amazon doesn’t have it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. I found a 31-DVD collection through Google that’s complete. Off to order it. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/53 "2009-05-01T23:05:29Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > However, just because Amazon doesn’t have it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. I found a 31-DVD collection through Google that’s complete. Off to order it. It’s probably a bootleg, no doubt. I guess the adage could be changed to “just because it doesn’t exist legitimately doesn’t mean there’s a bootleg that exists.” ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/54 "2009-05-01T23:12:54Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > “I am the terror that flaps in the night! > I am that show you like that never comes out on DVD! > I am Darkwing Duck!” “I am the batteries that are not included!” ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/55 "2009-05-01T23:19:14Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > It’s probably a bootleg, no doubt. I guess the adage could be changed to “just because it doesn’t exist legitimately doesn’t mean there’s a bootleg that exists.” Yep. After doing some serious clicking almost all the hits appear to be versions of the same seller. There was one very odd site that has it for $9.99. However, there was nothing that would click on that page. I checked into the site and found that none of their pages had anything clickable with which to buy. However, Google ad boxes appeared in the middle of the description with the Buy Now arrows pointing toward them. Apparently, you’re meant to click on those and think you’re doing an order. A whole fake site set up to do nothing but gather Adsense revenue. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/56 "2009-05-02T00:11:12Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > **MTV’s The State** is really really really supposed to be out this summer. They promise they mean it this time, not like the last several times they promised. Monkey torture for everybody at MTV until those DVD’s are released. :mad: :mad: :mad: If miniseries count, I always used to post about wanting to the complete **Masada** movie on DVD, but they released it a couple of years ago, so I guess I can’t complain about that anymore. As far as TV shows go, I’m only waiting for **Eek! the Cat**. I don’t watch new stuff anymore, so I won’t be able to whine about the TV shows anymore. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/57 "2009-05-02T00:20:09Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Yep. After doing some serious clicking almost all the hits appear to be versions of the same seller. There was one very odd site that has it for $9.99. However, there was nothing that would click on that page. I checked into the site and found that none of their pages had anything clickable with which to buy. However, Google ad boxes appeared in the middle of the description with the Buy Now arrows pointing toward them. Apparently, you’re meant to click on those and think you’re doing an order. A whole fake site set up to do nothing but gather Adsense revenue. Here’s a good link all about [bootleg DVD scams](http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/bootlegsites.cfm). They even have a link to check whether a site is selling bootlegs. There are also some scammers who advertise bootleg DVDs only as a basis for phishing or other criminal activity. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/58 "2009-05-02T01:05:26Z")
**Brandy and Mr.Whiskers** I don’t know what Disney thinks about their under rated cartoon here, but it had SOLID writing, giving what it tried (and accomplished) to do. I want Brandy and Mr.Whiskers on DVD. Like most people, I have my money waiting. KGS, if I give you a shoehorn, _the kind with teeth_, will you stop bashing Malcolm and or TMBG? Is there a US version of Are you Afraid of the Dark? out yet? ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/59 "2009-05-02T01:31:23Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > What RPG? Bureau 13? That sounds right. I can’t seem to find the details now, but I remember reading that the RPG creators complained and the series creator did say that he had played the game at one point in his life. ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/60 "2009-05-02T01:41:00Z")
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