TV on DVD Buzz

It’s almost time for the 3rd Season DVD Release of Grey’s Anatomy and I’m ready! The release date is set for September 11, but you can pre-order it now. The best prices I have found online are FYE - $29.99 after a $10 rebate, Amazon.com - $38.99 and it’s $38.91 (plus $2.95 shipping) from Overstock.com. (Make sure to look for coupon codes from places like BargainHuntingMoms.com or HappyCodes.com to save even more!)

Here’s the Press Release from Buena Vista Home Entertainment:

Grey’s Anatomy’s Ellen Pompeo (Meredith Grey), Patrick Dempsey (Derek Shepherd), Katherine Heigl (Izzie Stevens), Sandra Oh (Cristina Yang), T.R. Knight (George O’Malley) and Isaiah Washington (Preston Burke) work overtime to keep the romance, drama and, of course, the patients, alive at Seattle Grace Hospital.

Critical conditions are plentiful in the not-to-be-missed Grey’s Anatomy: The Complete Third Season - Seriously Extended. They are doctors, lovers and friends. Join the staff of Seattle Grace Hospital as they learn there are no easy cures for life’s challenges and that each choice comes in shades of grey.

Grey’s Anatomy: The Complete Third Season - Seriously Extended includes 25 one-hour episodes on 7-disc DVD plus hours of exclusive bonus features including four extended episodes exclusive to the DVD and “Making Rounds with Patrick Dempsey”, in which viewers join Dempsey on the race track. Cast and crew members share their favorite scenes in “Good Medicine” and “Prescription for Success” introduces how a new character is created and integrated into the show.

Created by Shonda Rhimes (”Introducing Dorothy Dandridge”), Grey’s Anatomy won a Golden Globe® this year for best TV drama and a 2006 Emmy® for outstanding casting.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Four Un-cut, Extended Episodes Exclusive to the DVD
• “Making Rounds with Patrick Dempsey”Join McDreamy on the race track for his favorite hobby
• “Good Medicine”Cast and crew share their favorite scenes
• “Prescription for Success”A look at how a new character is created
• Audio Commentaries

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Here is a list of all the TV on DVD releases for Tuesday, August 14:

All Creatures Great and Small - The Complete Collection
All Creatures Great and Small: The Complete Series 7 Collection
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie Film for the Theatres
Avatar: The Last Airbender, Book 2: Earth, Volume 4
Baby Looney Tunes Volume 4
Doctor Who - Robot
Doctor Who - Survival
Dynasty: The Second Season
Elvis: The Mini Series
The Fugitive - Season One, Volume 1
Homerun Derby Volume 2
Loonatics Unleashed: Season 2
Masters of Horror: Valerie on the Stairs
Masters of Horror: We All Scream for Ice Cream
McLeod’s Daughters Season 3
Murder City, Season 1
Overhaulin’, Season 3, Volume 2
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Volume 7

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It was bound to happen sooner or later. Those little blue annoyances known as the ‘Smurfs’ are coming to DVD…just in time for Christmas. I’m not a fan, but I know there are lots of Smurf lovers out there. I’m not saying I didn’t watch the show when I was a kid, but I didn’t have cable so my choices were limited. I couldn’t stand Jokey Smurf and Smurfette’s voice grated on my nerves. Even as a young kid, I thought the show was inane and much preferred a good episode of Scooby-Doo. But I digress… (more…)

The studios think so.

Many of last season’s shows have been available as downloads or viewable online for months now but that doesn’t seem to be hurting DVD sales. In fact, some studio execs believe it actually helps sell DVDs. They say downloads are a great way to get a viewer hooked on a show.

Warner Home Video consumer research has found, however, that consumers don’t view downloads as a replacement to DVDs. Warner found that more than half of downloaders say they plan to buy the DVD of the show they downloaded.

“Our research tends to indicate a different purchase motivator for TV on DVD vs. downloading,” said Jeff Brown, Warner senior VP and general manager of TV, family, animation and franchise. “Downloading tends to represent a benefit of immediacy, of catching up on an episode one missed.”

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Full House. It’s sappy. It’s sweet. It’s funny. It’ll teach you some life lessons. Go ahead, admit it. It’s your guilty pleasure. When you hear that theme song and see Mary Kate (or is it Ashley?) smiling at you, you MUST sit down and watch. Maybe you’re a Full House junkie and can tell the season by Uncle Jesse’s hairdo or maybe you’re just a casual watcher. It’s hard to resist all the cuteness of this show. My kids love it today just as much as I did “back in the day”.

Now you can own season 7 for yourself and see all the touching moments like this one (when Papouli died - yes I know way too much about this show):

The zaniness of the Tanner household returns to delight viewers again when Warner Home Video releases the seventh season of the top-selling classic Full House on DVD August 7, 2007. Full House: The Complete Seventh Season will include 24 episodes from the show’s seventh season in a four-disc set, and will retail for $29.98 SRP.

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Hewlett-Packard announced today that they will partner with Major League Baseball Productions to release Barry Bonds’ record-breaking home run game on DVD via their manufactured-on-demand service.

The DVD will be available at San Francisco Giants Dugout Stores and online at http://www.shop.mlb.com/, http://www.walmart.com/, http://www.fye.com/ and http://www.suncoast.com/. (more…)

Variety is reporting that Blockbuster Video has acquired movie download service Movielink.Blockbuster said Movielink will continue to operate as a download service at Movielink.com, eventually being integrated into Blockbuster.com.

Netflix launched a movie download service in January and Amazon.com and Wal-Mart are now also offering movie downloads. (more…)

New on DVD this week is the Super Friends: Legendary Super Powers Show from the mid-80’s. I must admit I am a total Superman freak and the Superfriends and Justice League were some of my favorite cartoons growing up.

Joining Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and your usual Justice League friends in this incarnation of the show is Firestorm the Nuclear Man. The major villain in this series is Darkseid.

The DVD includes all 16 episodes, each about 10 minutes long.  Special features include ”Evolution: New Heroes, Viler Villains, and Ethnic Additions”, a featurette about the impact of the Super Friends on cultural diversity in animation; “The Super Powers Collection”, a featurette about the Super Friends and the toy industry; and commentary on several episodes.

If you grew up in the 80’s and loved the Super Friends, this is a must-have. It may not be state-of-the-art animation like you see today, but it is great ‘good vs. evil’ superhero fun.

Northern Exposure, seasons 1 & 2 are only $9.99 each in-store this week at Circuit City. Series favorites Everybody Hates Chris, Girlfriends and The Suite Life of Zack & Cody are only $14.99 (also available online).

Best Buy has The Muppet Show on sale. Get both seasons 1 & 2 for only $40. Buy season 8 of Roseanne and choose another season of the show free. Buy any 2 MTV series, like The Hills, and get $10 off. You can also save up to $34 on HBO dvds.  (more…)

New releases for Tuesday, August 7:

8 Simple Rules: The Complete First Season
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Charlie and Lola, Vol. 5: But I Am an Alligator
Darkwing Duck, Volume 2
Dresden Files Season 1
Full House - The Complete Seventh Season
Happy Tree Friends - Season One, Vol. 3
The Hills - Season 2
Home Improvement: The Complete Seventh Season (more…)

Here are the dates for the 2007-2008 fall television premieres, as reported by TV Squad. This list includes all premieres that have been announced to date (new shows are in bold).  

Thursday, August 30th

• Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (FOX)

Saturday, September 8th

• Cops (FOX)
• America’s Most Wanted (FOX)

Tuesday, September 11th

• The Biggest Loser (NBC)

Thursday, September 13th

• KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (FOX)

Friday, September 14th

• NASHVILLE (FOX)

Saturday, September 15th

• MADtv (FOX)
• Talkshow with Spike Feresten (FOX)

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The Reunion features Joe Straczynski, Bruce Boxleitner, Tracy Scoggins, & Peter Woodward talking about working together again. (more…)

It’s true. What’s the catch you ask? No catch. OK, you do have to comment to enter, but other than that there’s no catch. 451 Press is holding a network-wide contest during the month of August.

If I had $300 dollars I would buy________.

What would you buy with $300? Or even $200 or $100? Now is your chance to find out! Comment on any 451 Press site (including this one or my other blog, Arlington, TX) during the month of August and you could win! Three comments will be chosen at random to win a cash prize of $300, $200 or $100. The more you comment the more chances you have to win. So start reading and let those fingers fly.

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John Ritter. Just saying his name makes me a little sad. 

I was thrilled when he came back to TV with 8 Simple Rules… in 2002. That year, my best friend was going through a divorce and having a tough time. She and her daughter would come over every week and watch the show with us. We would cook tacos or some other “health food” and sit around the TV to watch. We called it “family night.” Great comedy and touching family moments were plentiful during that first season of 8 Simple Rules…. (more…)