You’re joking right? They had a number of popular songs well prior to the run of this show, some of them made it on to other shows like Tiny Toons and such as well.
Frank’s Place would be lovely.
It’s almost mind-boggling to me that music clearance would be an issue for a show as recent as Malcolm in the Middle. I can understand that nobody was thinking much about home video sales during WKRP’s original run, but by 2000 it should have been obvious to everyone that DVDs of a successful series could be an important source of revenue. You would think big entertainment companies would have legal specialists (let’s call them “entertainment lawyering people”) that would make sure they got all the rights necessary to make this possible.
Which I still don’t understand, because the reruns they show on Sundays on WGN use the original music.
The series I’m waiting for is Get A Life. Rhino released 2 “best of” DVDs (8 episodes total), but for some reason the series (only 1&1/2 seasons) has been held up forever.
Rerun licensing and home video licensing are different animals.
L.A. Law.
I don’t remember any music on that show other than the theme tune, so I don’t know what the hell their problem is.
Special Unit 2. IIRC, the series itself died when it was found that the creators copied the concept from a role-playing game, I assume that’s preventing the DVD release as well.
The Industry (US title, believe Made in Canada is the original title). Not sure why there’s no DVD available for this.
Me too!!! (waves fist-full of bills)
There have been a few episodes released through Amazon’s DVDs-on-demand service, but nothing else. Viacom hasn’t apparently figured out the TV-on-DVD market- they did license Invader Zim to a third party which sold great, but apparently didn’t like the fact they weren’t the sole profiteers and decided not to do any similar agreements.
Ally McBeal as complete seasons (all seasons were released in other places, but not the US) - music issues
Two Guys and a Girl aka Two Guys, A Girl and a Pizza Place
Norm
Herman’s Head
Sisters
Huff season 2
Strange Paradise (a friend and I were lamenting how we’ll never see it after our moms brought it up)
John Doe
Night Visions
Picket Fences, season 2 on
Threat Matrix
E-Ring
Non US shows not sold on DVD in the US:
**24Seven
Being Eve
Strange Days at Blake Holsey High **
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.
Ed has that problem. Stupid music licensing. 
I was going to say the first two seasons of “Earth Final Conflict”, but in searching first, I found that season one is coming out next week!
So my addition to this thread is “Still Standing”. I suspect the reason here is that they’re still making a bundle from the reruns; it sure seems to be on a lot.
I’m eagerly anticipating season 2 of Amazing Stories. As far as I know, there is still no plans for it to be released.
Also, Mr. Belvedere. I really liked that show, and I’d love to be able to watch it again. Huh, upon checking Wikipedia to confirm correct spelling, I see that seasons 1 and 2 were released last month. Sweet!
“China Beach” is one I’d love to have on DVD. Unfortunately, it’s another series that is being held up due to music rights.
Crusader Rabbit can’t be released because of a dispute over who owns the rights. Rhino had planned to release the complete series but after the first two volumes out of a projected ten volumes, they found that the person they had bought the release rights may not have actually owned them.
Karen Sisco should have no legal obstacles blocking its release - the series was produced in 2003 so the rights should be secure. But while it was a good show, it was not a popular one and it was cancelled after only seven weeks and only ten episodes were made.
Two failed seventies sitcoms that I remembered as being good: When Things Were Rotten, a Mel Brooks parody of Robin Hood and Hot l Baltimore, a Norman Lear sitcom based on a play by Lanford Wilson.
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.
What RPG? Bureau 13?