TV on DVD Buzz

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the drama category.

7th Heaven: The Eighth Season - This is a five disc set of the entire eighth season of the show that went on for 11 seasons.

East of Eden - This is a television mini series based on John Steinbeck’s book of the same name. It is a three disc set of the six hour series. The special features include a Jane Seymour (plays Cathy) interview, biography of John Steinbeck, and cast filmographies.

ER: The Complete Tenth Season - The 15th and final season of this show is finishing up in the next few months, but there is still several to be released on DVD with the 10th season just being released this week.

The Hills: The Complete Fourth Season - This is an MTV teen drama. March 3, 2009 is the general release day, but I believe it has been available directly from MTV for a few weeks and from them directly it comes with a bonus disc.

Hotel Babylon: Season 3 - This release is of a BBC soap.

My Two Dads: Season One - This show is about two best friends raising a 12 year old girl after her mother dies. It seems both are suspected of being the real father.

Nash Bridges: The Second Season - This is a five disc set of the second season.

The Return of Man from U.N.C.L.E. - This release is a television movie that showed about 15 years after the U.N.C.L.E. series ended.

Trial and Retribution: Set 2 - This is a four disc set of the crime drama.

Wildfire: Season 3 - This release contains the 13 episodes from season 3. The special features include audio commentaries.

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the animated/kids category.

Chowder Volume 2 - This is the second release of episodes from Chowder. This has only 5 episodes of the show, but that about as much as can be expected from kid’s TV on DVD releases these days. It contains episodes 6 through 10, so at least they seem to be releasing the episodes in order.

Franny’s Feet Princess Franny - This release is of a few episodes of the show about a girl’s whose feet take her on magical adventures. I assume the adventures in this release at least include one related to her being a princess. It has a run time of around 60 minutes, so perhaps 3 episodes.

Max and Ruby: Bunny Hop into Spring - This is a three disc set. It includes Berry Bunny Adventures, Springtime for Max & Ruby, and Easter with Max & Ruby.

Pucca: Sooga Super Squad - I think this release has four episodes of the show. The special features include Color Your Own Cover Activity and Pucca Animatics.

Rick and Steve: The Complete Second Season - This is an adult animated comedy show that originally aired on MTV, but I think it also airs as reruns on LOGO.

Sesame Street: Elmo & Friends: Tales of Adventure - This release contains three stories. They are “Elmo’s Amazing Alphabet Race,” “The Adventures of Little Big Bird”, and “The Golden Triangle of Destiny” (this one is Indiana Jones-ish).

SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob vs. the Big One - This release contains six episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants.

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the reality and documentary categories.

60 Minutes World of Trouble - This is an Amazon DVD print on demand release of one of the 12 minute segments from the February 15, 2009 episode of 60 Minutes. This segment is about World Savings and the economic crisis ruining them or something like that.

60 Minutes “Buy American” - This is another 12 minute segment from the February 15, 2009, episode. This segment is about the Nucor Steel company lobbing for the buy American clause in the economic stimulus package and the possibility of other countries blocking American goods.

60 Minutes The War in Pakistan - This is also a 12 minute segment from the February 15, 2009 episode.

Body in Numbers - This is a Discovery Channel documentary with a subtitle of Life’s Mysteries Decoded.

NFL Super Bowl XLIII: Pittsburgh Steelers Champions - The DVD version of this came out on February 24, 2009. On March 3, 2009 the Blu-Ray version is being released as an Amazon exclusive. This is a highlight reel of the Steelers season leading up and through winning the Super Bowl XLIII. It includes high definition footage of the entire 4th quarter of the Week 14 game vs. the Cowboys.

Ocean Animal Emergency - This is a NOVA documentary about sea animal emergencies and rescuing them.

Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares - This is a two disc set. The special features include production notes and a biography of Gordon Ramsey. I think this is Series 1 of the show, which has been released on DVD before as part of Volume 1 of the show, but that seems to be no longer available.

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the reality and documentary categories.

60 Minutes Coldplay - This release is a 12 minute segment from the February 8, 2009 episode of 60 Minutes.

60 Minutes Saving Flight 1549 - This release is a 12 minute segment from the February 8, 2009, episode of 60 Minutes.

The Best of the Flatt and Scruggs TV Show Volume 7 and 8 - This includes live performances of the country/bluegrass band. It sounds like it might be never before seen footage, but the description might just mean it is the first time on DVD. Either way the footage is from the 1950s and 1960s. By the way the volumes are two separate releases coming out on the same release date.

The Brain - This is a History Channel documentary about the human brain. It includes some state of the art CGI animation.

Cities of the Underworld: The Complete Season Two - This release contains the second season of the History Channel show that looks at the hidden things beneath cities, such as Washington, D.C., Dublin, Berlin, and Moscow.

Conspiracy? - This contains the 13 episode series about various conspiracy theories.

Dirty Jobs Collection 4 - This is a three disc set of the Discovery Channel show about jobs you get dirty doing. To go with this release I also noticed Amazon has a set of collections 1 through 4 for cheaper than if you bought each collection separately.

Einstein: The Real Story of the Man Behind the Theory - This is a History Channel documentary about Einstein.

Fight Quest - This release is a three disc set.

The Founding of America Megaset - This is a 14 disc set of History Channel shows. It includes Founding Fathers (mini series), Founding Brothers (mini series), Washington the Warrior, Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor, The Conflict Ignites, 1776, Washington & Arnold, The World at War, England’s Last Chance, Birth of the Republic, The Revolution (series), Ben Franklin, and The Crossing. It also includes several special features.

Jacked! Auto Theft Task Force: Season One - This contains the 12 episodes of the A & E show about real auto theft.

NOVA: The Bible’s Buried Secrets - This is a PBS documentary that supposedly looks beyond the fact and fiction of the Bible.

The Universe: Collector’s Edition Megaset - This is a 14 disc set including The Universe: The Complete Season One, The Universe: The Complete Season Two, The Planets, and How the Earth Was Made. It also has several bonus features.

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the drama category.

Breaking Bad The Complete First Season - I had never heard of this series before reading about it being released on DVD, but it sounds pretty interesting. It is about a man that finds out he has cancer and his family, which includes a teenager with cerebral palsy. The man turns to a life of crime to support his family before dying.

Canterbury’s Law: The Complete Series - This is a two disc set that contains the whole series. It was a mid season legal drama show in 2008 that was canceled soon after it finished.

Enemy at the Door Set 1 - This is a British series about the Nazi German invasion of the British Channel Islands in 1940.

The Lair : Season 2 - This is a vampire show of some sort, I think.

The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice - This is the DVD release of the TNT made for television movie. It sounds like the movie is kind of Indiana Jones- like with the coveted item being Judas’ Chalice.

Oliver Twist - This is a BBC version of the classic Dickens story. From the Amazon reviews it appears this is not a very good interpretation of the book. I believe it is the 2007 version and the 2005 version was supposedly off, but not as off as this version. It seems the 1985 version is the most recommended.

Painted Lady - This was originally shown as a Masterpiece Theater movie. The special features include a biography of Helen Mirren.

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the animated/kids category.

Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder - This is a feature length film of the animated adult show, Futurama. It sounds like is loosely connected 4 episodes that would stand better on their own than slapped together to make it be a film or at least that it the gist I got from the Amazon reviews. It is also being released in a Blu-Ray version. There is also a Futurama movie collection set on Amazon that includes this newest release.

Maria Watches Over Us Season 3 DVD Collection - This release of a Japanese anime show. The third season contains 5 episodes and 5 specials.

The Mighty B!: We Got the Bee - This is the first DVD release of the Nickelodeon show, The Mighty B!. This release probably contains 4 episodes of the show. The special features include the “Behind the Mighty B!” featurette, the original animatic of one of the episodes, and a Karaoke music video.

The Wiggles Present: Dorothy the Dinosaur - This release is about 1 hour and 30 minutes of The Wiggles.

Wonder Pets!: Join the Circus - This release contains a few episodes of the Nick Jr. Wonder Pets! show. It includes a double length episode called “Join the Circus” that has not yet been shown on television. I think that special is supposed to air in March 2009 on Nick Jr probably as a prime time episode, but in the meantime it might be fun to see it on the DVD first. From the review I read it sounds pretty good at least for fans of the show.

Wonder Pets!: Big Missions, Little Heroes! - This release is a 3 DVD collection. It includes the Join the Circus release as well as Save the Wonder Pets, and Save the Bengal Tiger.

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the comedy category.

Girlfriends: The Sixth Season - This release is a 3 disc set of the sixth season of the show.

Just Shoot Me: The Complete 3rd Season - This is a 3 disc set with the 25 episodes of the third season show about the office going ons of Blush magazine. I remember this being a pretty decent comedy show.

My Wife & Kids: Season 1 - Wow, I am surprised this show was not already on DVD. I am also surprised the first season is short enough to fit on one disc, but I guess it had a short first season because it was a mid season pilot show.

The Red Green Show: 2001 Season - I honestly have no idea what this show is about besides I think it is comedy. The DVD has a special feature of production notes written by the series creator, Steve Smith.

Summer Heights High - This is an Australian high school comedy series that I think has also been shown on HBO.

Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the sports category.

The 2009 Rose Bowl Game - This release is of the 2009 Rose Bowl Game. I am not sure if it is the entire game as broadcasted or just some sort of highlight type DVD release of the game.

NFL Super Bowl XLIII: Pittsburgh Steelers Champions DVD - This DVD release is about the Super XLIII game in which the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Arizona Cardinals. It follows the Pittsburgh Steelers from the beginning of the season through the Super Bowl win. It includes action highlights, sideline footage, and locker room footage from of the Pittsburgh Steelers season. This release is not the whole game, which would be a much better release, but it still might me a fun DVD for football/Steelers fans.

This week’s TV on DVD Season I am going through and doing wrap ups of is the six disc CSI Season 1 set. Today’s post is a wrap up of the episodes and special features on the final disc, disc 6.

“Justice is Served” - This episode begins with a man running and being attacked by an animal. Grissom, Warrick, and Nick work the scene. At first it seems that it is just an animal attack, but then Grissom finds evidence of a scapel being used. Catherine and Sara work a case involving a six year old dying at a carnival. The coroner then finds that the man running was not attacked by a mountain lion as they originally thought, but rather a dog attacked the man and then someone with a medical degree cut him up. The mother says that the girl feel overboard on a water ride and she was dead by the time she could find the girl. In the tunnel of love ride Catherine finds a hammer. They find the dog at a woman doctor’s (a nutritionist) house. They find that the woman is using the organs in health shakes. It turns out that the woman needed it for a medical condition, but could have been doing other things. Catherine and Sara find that the mother held her daughter under the water and drowned her.

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This week’s TV on DVD Season I am going through and doing wrap ups of is the six disc CSI Season 1 set. I will be posting about one disc each day until this Saturday. Today’s post is a wrap up of the episodes on disc 5.

“Face Lift” - In the beginning of this episode a man is found dead after a robbery and appears to be related to the robbery. One of the fingerprints found in the shop that was robbed matches a 21 year old missing person’s case. Warrick and Sara work a case involving a burnt body. The daughter of the man murdered while robbing the store ends up having been there trying to stop him from committing the robbery crime. Sara thinks that the burnt body spontaneously combusted or at least wants to think that is what happened. It turns out the missing person is the girl raised as the daughter of the man found dead at the robbery. Uranium is found as part of the murder weapon that killed the man, which is something found in older dyes. Nick then tries to find the actual murder weapon at the pottery store that was robbed. Warrick and Sara experiment on a pig to prove his theory that it was a cigarette that burned the body and not spontaneous combustion. It turns out that the woman that was kidnapped 21 years ago and raised by her kidnappers has a split personality and believes Melissa (her real name) killed her kidnapper (who she believes is her father). It turns out that she is lying about the split personality, though.

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This week’s TV on DVD Season I am going through and doing wrap ups of is the six disc CSI Season 1 set. I will be posting about one disc each day until this Saturday. Today’s post is a wrap up of the episodes on disc 4.

“Boom” - In the beginning of this episode a bomb explodes in a lobby killing a security guard and injuring a few others. Nick ends up helping the hooker Christine for the third time this season. He gives her a ride home and she asks him in for a drink. Grissom ends up having the security guard that had just left before the bomb went off help them figure out who set the bomb even though he kind of suspects him. Nick is about to meet up with Christine to grab a bite to eat, but instead finds out she is dead. He is somewhat of a suspect because his fingerprints and DNA are at her house because he had sex with her the night before. Warrick tries to figure out what tool engraved the FP on part of the bomb while Sara and Grissom blow up bombs to find out what type of pipe was used. They end up arresting the security guard, although they do not quite believe he is guilty. They free him when a second bomb goes off and proves he could not have done it. The guy Nick had rescued Christine from ends up saying he saw Nick being violent. Catherine works the case for 12 hours to try to prevent Nick from being arrested for the murder. In the bomb case they arrest a disgruntled former employee of Thrift Rite, which was connected to both bomb locations. Catherine finds the murder weapon and matches the DNA on it to the guy that said he saw Nick kill her. It turns out the disgruntled former employee’s son planted the bombs and in the end the other security guard dies trying to take the last bomb out of a school.

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This week’s TV on DVD Season I am going through and doing wrap ups of is the six disc CSI Season 1 set. I will be posting about one disc each day until this Saturday. Today’s post is a wrap up of the episodes on disc 3.

“Unfriendly Skies” - This episode begins with a plane landing in Las Vegas and requesting police to be there when they land. Grissom and Brass look over the scene, which is of a man dead in the aisle of first class. The stewardess say he had some sort of panic attack and was dead before the plane landed. Nick, Warrick, and Sara then show up to continue working the scene. During the autopsy it is revealed that the man has defensive wounds, aggressive wounds, signs of suffocation, and a shoe print on his neck. Grissom and Sara find body fluids in the lavatory suggesting some people had sex in the lavatory, which leads to an odd conversation between them ending with Sara revealing the details of doing it herself. They take three of the first class passengers because their shoes matched the prints on the victim’s coat. One of the key witnesses ends up being a legally blind man in the first row. It turns out that the man went crazy because he had brain swelling and that it could have killed him, but so could the beatings he got from the other passengers. They recreate the incident and decide it was mostly self defense, but they went too far and killed them as a mob in the end. However, in the end they all went free despite Grissom wanting them put on trial.

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Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the documentary, reality and sports category.

2009 Allstate Sugar Bowl Utah vs. Alabama - This release contains the commercial free version of this college football bowl game.

2009 BCS National Championship Game DVD Florida vs. Oklahoma - This release contains the National Championship game for 2009 for college football in its commercial free entirety. It is also supposed to have some special features. Florida won the game 24-14 winning for the second time in the past three years.

2009 Cotton Bowl DVD Ole Miss vs. Texas Tech - This release is of the Cotton Bowl college football bowl game in its entirety without commercials.

2009 FedEx Orange Bowl Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati - This DVD contains the Orange Bowl college football game.

2009 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Texas vs. Ohio State - This release is of the Tostitoes Fiesta Bowl college football game in 2009.

The f Word Series One - This release is of the BBC show featuring Gordon Ramsey. In this reality show the chef rates other chef’s based on how many customers pay for the food at the end of the day. The customers pay base on how much they liked the food (the f word) and do not pay if it is bad.

Food Paradise - This release is a two disc set of episodes of this Travel Channel show including the best beef, fried food, and pizza joints.

NOVA: Alien from Earth - This release contains the almost hour special originally aired on PBS. This documentary is about an early human form that is also referred to as hobbit.

This week’s TV on DVD Season I am going through and doing wrap ups of is the six disc CSI Season 1 set. I will be posting about one disc each day until this Saturday. Today’s post is a wrap up of the episodes on disc 2.

“Friends and Lovers” - This episode begins with Warrick and Grissom working a scene in the desert involving a man who died while running away from something. Nick and Catherine work a case involving a school dean supposedly killed by the founder of the school. Sara works a case involving a woman found in a dumpster wrapped in plastic. The body was supposedly buried in a funeral the week before. The school founder says she killed the dean in self defense. Nick traces the blood splatter with strings to find where the blows were hit and he finds that the assailant would have had blood splatter all over them. The woman’s friend admits to having been there as a witness to the guy hitting on her friend, but her story does not quite match up. The body found in the desert was found to have had gymsum weed. It turns out that the friend held the dean down while her friend killed him. The man in the desert ends up having been strangled by his friend. The body in the dumpster was from the funeral service people taking the coffins to resell. The episode ends with Grissom riding a roller coaster.

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Here is this week’s edition for TV on DVD Releases in the animated/kids category.

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Season 1 Volume 1 - This is a two disc set of Jonny Quest’s first season. It seems it is not the whole season, though, because it is being called volume 1.