# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/81 "2009-06-28T23:33:13Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > **Ally McBeal** as complete seasons (all seasons were released in other places, but not the US) - music issues > \ > **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. Ditto for season two of **Everwood**. So since the end of April season two of Everwood has really appeared in stores, MTV’s The State’s pre-orders for July 14th haven’t been canceled, and [TVshowsondvd.com](http://TVshowsondvd.com) has just announced that both a US version of season one and a compete series boxset of [Ally McBeal](http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Ally-McBeal-Release-Rumors/12155) are being released this year. Where do we submit our “popular demand” forms for the other shows in this thread? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Enocavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e480ec/32.png) [@Enocavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enocavy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/82 "2009-06-29T00:18:27Z")
Dr. Kildare Ben Casey Lou Grant I’m really glad thirtysomething is coming out. I’ve been waiting for it forever. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/83 "2009-06-29T01:57:13Z")
MTV’s **The Maxx**. It’s a crime that it hasn’t been released on DVD. Doesn’t MTV _want_ to make money? ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/84 "2009-06-29T03:40:46Z")
Get A Life and Parker Lewis Can’t Lose ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/85 "2009-06-29T03:49:56Z")
According to IMDB, Get A Life was released on DVD in 2000 and 2002 and the first season of Parker Lewis Can’t Lose is to be released on Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/86 "2009-06-29T22:20:54Z")
The “Get A Life” DVD’s are only a couple episodes. I rented those and it just made me crave seeing the rest of them. Cool on the “Parker Lewis Can’t Lose” DVD of season one!! Thanks for the info… ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/87 "2009-06-29T22:41:18Z")
> [@Enocavy](#): > > Dr. Kildare > Ben Casey > Lou Grant > > I’m really glad thirtysomething is coming out. I’ve been waiting for it forever. Thank you for putting Lou Grant on your list. It’s been on my short list forever, but everyone else seems to have forgotten that it existed. It’s still in the top 10 of my all-time favorite T.V. shows. ---
**Author:** ![Patster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@Patster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patster)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/88 "2009-06-30T00:19:10Z")
Midnight Caller ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/89 "2009-07-01T02:50:52Z")
The rest of Gargoyles. ☹ 1.5 seasons on dvd, the other half is still hostage. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/90 "2009-07-01T03:38:28Z")
1.) **Men Into Space** --The ,most obscure TV SF series ever. I might be disappointed when I finally see it, but I’m curious. I haven’t seen this since its initial broadcast in the late 1950s. To my knowledge it’s never been rebroadcast or syndicated, and never on VHS or DVD. Even finding out about it through other media has been tough – even books _specializing_ in science fiction television never had more than a general brief statement aout it, and never listed individual episodes. It wasn’t until the internet came around that I found a listing of episodes, and stills from the series. It was “hard” SF, with (as far as I can recall) competant effects for the time. It was about the Conquest of Space, and avoided fantastic elements like aliens, FTL drive, and the like. > **[Men into Space](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_Into_Space)** > > Men Into Space (a.k.a. Space Challenge in later US syndication) is an American black-and-white science fiction television series, produced by Ziv Television Programs, Inc., that was first broadcast by CBS from September 30, 1959, to September 7, 1960. The series depicts future efforts by the United States Air Force to explore and develop outer space. The series' star, William Lundigan, played Col. Edward McCauley. > Men Into Space was not set in a specified time period, but clues dropped in the... I’m not sure my other choices even exist on tape. They’re British series: 2.) **Judge Dee** – there was a six-episode British TV series based on the novels of Robert Hans van Gulik about 7th century T’ang jurist Djien-Djieh Dee. He was the hero of a one-shot American TV-movie made by Nicholas Meyer from one of van Gulik’s books. That movie I’ve seen (and have a copy on DVD – but I dubbed it myself. To m knowledge it’s never been released in any form, and is shown very rarely). The American film was clearly supposed to be a pilot for a series that never happened. I’m curious to see how it fared as a series in Britain. That version predates the American Tv-movie. Timothy Dalton is in one episode. > **[Judge Dee (TV Series 1969– ) ⭐ 8.3 | Drama](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164265/)** > > 1h ( the American TV movie is here [Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders (TV Movie 1974) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071703/) ) 3.) **Out of This World** – British TV SF anthology. It features Asimov’s “Little Lost Robot” and Ton Goodwin’s “The Cold Equations” (ages before Sci-Fi did it, and probably more faithfully, too.) > **[Out of This World (TV Series 1962) - Episode list - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163475/episodes/)** > > Out of This World (TV Series 1962) - Movies, TV, Celebs, and more... 4.) **Out of the Unknown** – Another, later British SF anthology. One episode, at least (“Thirteen to Centaurus”) is or was up on YouTube in full. This series ran four seasons, and featured stories by J.G. Ballard, Frederick Pohl, E.M. Forster (!), Robert Sheckley, Isaac Asimov (The robot stories “Liar!” and “The Naked Sun”!), C.M. Kornbluth (“The Little Black Bag”, years before Night Gallery did it), and others. ---
**Author:** ![Atrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/91 "2009-07-01T15:28:07Z")
For me it’s a lot of stuff from the 80’s Automan Tales of the Gold Monkey Manimal Street Hawk (available on crappy VHS bootleg I think) I can sort of understand that all the digital remastering and cleaning up can be expensive, the hell, just do a decent digital transfer and release it at a reasonable price and I’d buy it. Better an OK version that I can own than letting these shows just disappear. Somehow I don’t think the studios will be willing to keep storing them forever if it’s not profitable to release them. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/92 "2009-07-01T17:43:53Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > MTV’s **The Maxx**. It’s a crime that it hasn’t been released on DVD. Doesn’t MTV _want_ to make money? Apparently it has been released in the past (unless this is some odd sort of bootleg): > **[Amazon.com: The Maxx : Movies & TV](https://www.amazon.com/The-Maxx/dp/B000W14WU6)** > > Amazon.com: The Maxx : Movies & TV And I’ve seen it on VHS [http://www.amazon.com/Maxx-Original-VHS-Michael-Haley/dp/6304016212/ref=pd\_cp\_d\_0](http://www.amazon.com/Maxx-Original-VHS-Michael-Haley/dp/6304016212/ref=pd_cp_d_0) ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/93 "2009-07-01T19:11:09Z")
> [@lizardling](#): > > The rest of Gargoyles. ☹ 1.5 seasons on dvd, the other half is still hostage. To be far, there’s only .5 seasons +1 episode more worth having. Most of season 3 was sub-par. It went from being a serious show that used the gargoyles as a metaphor for racism, prejudice, and the human condition, all while exploring mythologies from over a dozen cultures, that just happened to be a cartoon, to a cartoon about gargoyles. My contributions: The aforementioned **Daria** , **Rocko’s Modern Life** , and **The Maxx**. I’ll add: **The Adventures of Pete and Pete** , **The Head** (a show on MTV the same time as **The Maxx** that i actually liked a little better.) Is it weird that these are all Nickelodeon or MTV shows? Curse you, Viacom! ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/94 "2009-07-01T19:26:07Z")
**Mad About You** They dumped S1 onto DVD with crappy quality video and no bonuses. The fans decided they would boycott S2 if it received the same treatment. Due to the low sales of S2 they shelved plans on doing the other seasons. I think they released another season awhile ago but by now who cares? ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/95 "2009-07-01T19:31:47Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > Thank you for putting Lou Grant on your list. It’s been on my short list forever, but everyone else seems to have forgotten that it existed. It’s still in the top 10 of my all-time favorite T.V. shows. You may know this already, but you can watch the first 3 seasons [on Hulu.](http://www.hulu.com/lou-grant) ---
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/96 "2009-07-01T20:03:05Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > **The Adventures of Pete and Pete** ,… I own Season 2 of \*The Adventures of Pete And Pete \*and Amazon lists both seasons as available. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/97 "2009-07-01T22:45:44Z")
> [@Mannish](#): > > The HBO Series _Dream On_. Probably never happen… [Seasons 1 & 2](http://www.amazon.com/Dream-Seasons-1-Michael-McKean/dp/B00005JN8P) were released a couple of years ago. My girlfriend introduced me to the series, hilarious stuff. No word on the last four seasons. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/98 "2009-07-01T22:52:07Z")
> [@MissSwitac](#): > > The “Get A Life” DVD’s are only a couple episodes. I rented those and it just made me crave seeing the rest of them. Which is, strangely, exactly what I posted in #25… ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/99 "2009-07-03T05:18:27Z")
We should keep posting to this thread! [Here’s](http://www.TVShowsOnDVD.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=12236) an article from today about **Daria**. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2009, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851/100 "2009-07-03T12:46:35Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > we should keep posting to this thread! > > [here’s](http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?newsid=12236) an article from today about **daria**. huzzah! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-have-yet-to-be-released-on-dvd/494851.md?page=6)