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S2-S8 DVD Release?

posted 12 years ago by eric20other2002
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Back in 2004 Sony had release S1 with a pretty good amount of bonus material and the quality was pretty good as well. I usually like to wait for the whole series to be released just in case they don't release it all, but I loved this show so much I decided to buy it anyway. Its almost 10 years later and we still don't have S2 or any knowledge of plans to release it. I had heard that Sony was disappointed with the DVD sales, but in 2004 not many stations if any at all were airing the series on TV, but now TheHub has been airing the show every night and I was hoping to hear that Sony will start releasing it on DVD again. Tony Danza and Alyssa Milano aren't doing too much in terms of TV or films, so it be cool to hear some commentaries or retrospective interviews. If anyone knows or anyone who works at Sony know of any interest please reply.

[–] PrincessMagical 11 years ago

It's really not fair. Shows like Seinfeld and Friends get the whole series released but real greats like Who's The Boss gets shafted. It's really sad and messed up.

Your chains are still mine, you belong to me! - The Phantom Of The Opera

[–] mikeflw1 11 years ago

I'd love to have the series released.

I know Alyssa has had a first child, and if I remember right, she is currently pregnant with a second.

I have noticed some episodes are being aired (3.1 3.2 and 3.6 this morning). Maybe there is some interest in the show again.

One of the BIG killers of DVD series releases to date has been the ones with contemporary music used in the shows. One nightmare example: the original rights holder may have died and the rights get split among the heirs, so they ALL must agree for the use of the music, and on the price... Then some part of the rights *could have* gone to a charity/trust, and would need a board meeting to approve the use/price, but the board meets once a year...

As I remember reading, the final season of the series CHARMED got stuck in a negotiation over the music rights, and "just in case", new music was composed, then recorded, and eventually replaced/remastered the music that was aired in the season. That all happened before the season went to press, and at the last day before pressing the DVDs, the music rights owners finally agreed to the original offer for the music, but it had already been replaced, so they lost out altogether. (Put that in your gas tank and drive on down the road!) Too greedy, too slow, or both?

Another show that had only the first season released was ONE DAY AT A TIME. That show just didn't hold up over time... WHO'S THE BOSS has held up well over time since it first aired, IMHO.

Then there is the latest money grab by the "intellectual property owners".
If a DVD/Blu-Ray set gets sold, the money they get is pretty much a one-time thing, and those physical copies can be viewed and resold indefinitely. The motion picture and music industries have been trying for decades now to get paid every time someone plays their *property*. Enter the streaming outlets...
That new outlet gives them the opportunity to realize that payout (as well as clogging up the internet, which was never intended for such a use!).
So, they have an actual incentive NOT to risk pressing a lot of copies and just HOPING they will sell, and simply hold out for their money in syndication and/or streaming.