TV on DVD Buzz

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

Battlestar Galactica Season 4.5 - This release is a 4 disc set. It includes over 10 hours of bonus features including never before seen extended episodes. This release is also being released on Blu-Ray.

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead - This release is a one disc release with the “Planet of the Dead” episode of Doctor Who. The only bonus feature is an hour long episode of Doctor Who Confidential, which is about the production and location filming of the “Planet of the Dead” episode. This release is also being released on Blu-Ray.

Dollhouse: Season One - This release is a four disc set. This release includes the 13 episodes from the show’s first season along with a good amount of bonus features. The bonus features include audio commentary version of two episodes, the original unaired pilot, deleted scenes, and the following featurettes: Making Dollhouse, Coming Back Home, Finding Echo, Designing the Perfect Dollhouse, and A Private Engagement. This release is also being released on Blu-Ray.

Life On Mars: Series 1 - This release is a four disc set of the first series/season of the British Life on Mars show. The bonus features include audio commentaries, an hour long documentary called “Take a Look at the Lawman,” interview with director Bharat Nalluri, “The Music of Life on Mars” featurette with composer Ed Butt, “Get Sykes” featurette with production designer Brian Sykes, and outtakes.

Torchwood: Children of Earth - This release is a two disc set of the show’s third series/season. This season has only 5 episodes compared to 12 that the first two had. This release is also being released on Blu-Ray.

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

Charles in Charge: Season 5 - This release is an Amazon Exclusive DVD release, so probably one of their burn on demand projects.

Comic Legends: 4-Disc Collection - This release is a four disc set that features five comic legends. The featured comic legends are Dick Van Dyke, Phyllis Diller, Tim Conway, Redd Foxx, and Groucho Marx.

The Donna Reed Show: The Complete Second Season - This release is a four disc set. It contains the 38 episodes in the show’s second season.

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

Green Lantern: First Flight - This release is coming out in a one disc and two disc set. This release is a Green Lantern movie, which is why it has a short run time and not because it is a few episodes featuring the Green Lantern put together as a limited release. I think the two disc set has some Justice League episodes. This is also being released on Blu-Ray and the Blu-Ray version comes with a digital copy of the movie.

Spectacular Spider-Man: Complete First Season - This release is a two disc set. Finally a full season release, but only after they did smaller volume releases of the show. This set includes all 13 episodes from the show’ first season.

Voltron: Fleet of Doom - This release has a run time of 48 minutes, so I think it is a Voltron movie or special episode, but I know nothing about the series other than the final box set has already been released and this was not in it.

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

Ancient Aliens - This release is a History Channel documentary that investigates the possibility of alien visitors helping ancient civilizations technologically.

Cowboys & Outlaws DVD Set - This release is a two disc set. This documentary set is from the History Channel.

How Bruce Lee Changed the World - This is a History Channel documentary about Bruce Lee’s life from birth to death. It focuses on him introducing ancient martial arts to the modern world.

The Judy Garland Show Volume 1 - This release contains remastered footage of the Judy Garland music show that originally aired in the 1960s. The bonus features include outtakes from the show.

The Mafia DVD Set - This is a four disc History Channel documentary release. The release includes the following episodes of Mafia: The History of the Mob in America: The Prohibition Years, Birth Of The American Mafia, The Kennedys and the Mob, Unions and the Mob, Empire of Crime, Lucky Luciano: Chairman of the Mob, Meyer Lansky: Mob Tycoon, Genovese: Portrait of a Crime Family, Bugsy Siegel, Al Capone and the Machine Gun Massacre, America and the Mob: Wartime Friends, and The Gambinos: First Family of Crime.

Shouting Fire: Stories From the Edge of Free Speech - This release is a HBO documentary about the state of free speech in America today. This is an Amazon on demand release, so it is only expected to play in DVD Play only players and not recorders or computers.

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

Agatha Christie: Poirot & Marple Crime Anthology Collection - This release is a 17 disc set with 21 Agatha Christie cases.

Armchair Thriller: Set 1 - This is a four disc set. This release includes four episodes from the British series. The includes episodes are “Dying Day,” “The Limbo Connetion,” “Rachel in Danger,” and “The Victim.”

Doc Martin: Series 2 - This release is a 3 disc set. The bonus features include photo gallery and cast filmographies. This season has 9 episodes.

- This release is a five disc set of the show’s second season.

Knight Rider Season One - This release is a four disc set.

The Middleman: The Complete Series - This release is a four disc set. The bonus features include audio commentaries, deleted scenes, extended scenes, web featurettes, gag reel, audition footage, The Complete The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome Table Read, and A Gallery of Middleman Photography by Ralph King.

Red Hand Gang - This release is a two disc set of the classic 1970s kids tv show about five inner city kids.

A Touch of Frost: Season 14 - This release is a two disc set with three episodes. The included episodes are “Mind Games,” “Dead End,” and “In the Public Interest.”

This week’s TV on DVD Season I am going through and doing wrap ups of is the six disc Bones Season 2 set. This is the wrap up of the sixth and final disc.

“Stargazer in a Puddle” - A child is found underwater in a shopping cart when it is drained to find a knife thrown in the water. Bones’ father comes to see Bones in her office and Booth is there, so he arrests him. Nothing is found on her father that identifies him as his alias that committed the crimes, so Booth has to let him free. The more they look at the body they decide it is not a child, but an older woman. Angela asks Bones to be her bridesmaid. Bones’ father gives her a ring that was her grandmother’s. The body was of a twenty two year old that was developmentally delayed physically and mentally. Her mother thinks it was a child care provider that she suspected of molesting her, but the man says he only washed shampoo out of the girl’s eyes and put a towel on her after a bath. Booth gets a warrant to take a DNA sample from Bones’ father. Bones’ father reveals he has a video message from her mother. Zack refuses to be Hodgins’ best man because he has been asked by letter from the president to serve as a forensic scientist in Iraq. Hodgins then ask Booth to be the best man. The girl’s mother has AIDS and the daughter is found to have been poisoned by AIDS medication. Booth could just arrest or shoot Bones’ father, but they end up having a fist fight instead and arresting him even though her father could have escaped it he had wanted to. Bones watches the movie made for her by her mother in 1993 (two years after her disappearance, not longer before she died) on Bones’ 16th birthday. A member of the state department stops Angela and Hodgins from getting married because she apparently did not realized she was officially married in Fiji years ago when she jumped over a broomstick with a man or something like that.

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

“The Priest in the Churchyard” - A water main breaks at a church graveyard causing the caskets to come out of the ground. Bones finds a skull that was buried no more than 5 years ago and looks like foul play, especially since the last official burial in the graveyard was more than fifty years ago. Hodgins discovered that the water main was broken by a shovel. Booth and Bones interview the priests at the church. One is an old priest that has been there for decades and the other is a newer priest that the old one calls a hippie. Booth wants Bones to go see the shrink, Gordon, with him. Hodgins asks Angela to move in with him, but she brushes the question off. Cam informs them that they have to get shots because of a fungus found in the graveyard dirt that causes symptoms such as nausea. Booth and Bones meet with Gordon at the diner. Booth and Angela attend Sunday mass with a sketch and the body is identified as the priest that served the parish before the new guy, which everyone thought just disappeared with a note saying he was leaving the priesthood. They believe the priest was killed because he caught a grave robber. The fungus disease is rare enough that they tracked down one of the parishioners that was treated for it around the time the priest was killed. Hodgins and Angela have sex in a replica of Cleopatra’s bed. Many think the dead priest molested one of the altar boy’s, but the altar boy says the priest never touched him. The older priest also suspected the priest was molesting the altar boy. The murder weapon is found on the altar of the church, but it is Napoleanic and suspected to have originally been buried in the graveyard with a 1800s bishop. The dead priest was poisoned before being hit with the chalice. They think the current young priest is being poisoned as well. They suspect the older priest, but it turns out to be the assistant that the older priest raised since she was 12. She thought she was protecting the children from the two priests molesting them, but neither ever did and the older priest had tension with them only because of his pride and them being sent to replace him.

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

“The Girl in the Gator” - Booth gets annoyed at the music coming from an ice cream truck while he is on his cell phone and shoots the clown on the top of the truck. Bones has to go to Florida without Booth to work on a case because he cannot get his gun back until he meets with a shrink. The body is found inside an alligator. The body is of a missing female college student. Booth goes to meet with the shrink and ends up helping build a barbecue area. The victim was involved in a girls gone wild type filming thing. The filming people give them a lead of a bouncer. The girl was last seen when the man from the show supposedly dropped her off in the middle of the alligator alley area. It becomes a more suspect story when they find the man from the show murdered. Booth is upset up the death of Epps because he thinks it counts as a kill and it would be the 50th kill (counting his time as a sniper and an FBI agent, I assume). Once he tells the shrink about this the shrink, Gordon, finally signs the form for him to go back to normal duty. Bones begins a relationship with FBI Agent Sully, who took Booth’s place during this episode.

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

“Aliens in a Spaceship” - Bones wakes up in her car not knowing where she is or what happened. She opens the window and finds she is buried underground and Hodgins is hurt in the back seat. She says the gravedigger must have gotten them. It then flashes back to 48 hours earlier with Bones and Booth finding two teenage boys in a tank that was buried underground. The twins were buried by the gravedigger kidnapper and the ransom was not paid. The four that had their ransom paid survived and instructions were given to dig them up. The kidnapper took all the victims from underground garages. The gravedigger meant to only kidnap one kid, but ended up with two when the twin interrupted the kidnapping. With two in the container the they died in 12 hours and even if the ransom had been paid they would have been dead before they got them. Then there is a quick scene of Bones being stunned in the parking garage and Hodgins seeing her and getting hit by a car, which sounds like what might have happened in the twins kidnapping case. Booth gets the ransom message from the gravedigger asking for $8 million, which is related to Hodgins being from a very wealthy family. Bones cuts into Hodgins leg to release pressure and minimize the pain. Hodgins tells Bones that he is very wealthy, as he is looking at the soil they are buried while Bones gets ready to hot wire the cell phone and send a quick message to Booth. Hodgins figures out how to make a carbon dioxide scrubber to give them more time. Booth gets annoyed at the others in the lab who are not able to figure out what the text message code about the dirt means right away. Zack finally figures out that the numbers mean elements on the periodic table. Booth and the FBI are above ground looking for where they are buried while Bones and Hodgins use the air bag to cause an explosion that creates a small explosion on the surface that Booth sees. Booth starts digging and pulls Bones out. The others then come and help and pull Hodgins out. Hodgins is afraid to sleep, but Angela tells him to come home with her so he knows when he opens his eyes he will see her.

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

The Lucy Show: The Official First Season – This release is a four disc set of the second show done by Lucille Ball. This show is about living as a widow with her divorced friend and the two woman raising their kids without the help from men. It sounds like it has a bunch of special features on it including interviews, original network sponsor openings and closings as well as cast commercials to recreate the original television viewing experience, vintage network promos, and more.

The Mighty Boosh: The Complete Season 1 – This release is a two disc set.

The Mighty Boosh: Season 2 – This is another two disc set of the show.

The Mighty Boosh: Season 3 – The third season release is also a two disc set.

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

“The Truth in the Lye” - This episode begins with Booth having an affair with his ex (i.e. the mother of his child). A body is found in a sludgy state in a bathtub in housing being built. The man has brittle bone disease and they track down who it is by looking at the family of children known to have the disease. Booth finds one family with a daughter missing a husband and Bones finds a family with a son missing a husband. When the two compare the family photos it turns out to be the same man leading two separate lives. It turns out the two women met each other at a special needs playground about a week ago. They followed him and found that he made another woman pregnant. The three admit to going to confront him and finding him dead with a gun in his mouth and that they put him in the tub. This leads them to the contractor of the house the man was found in killing him by accident when a money dispute got rough.

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

Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II – This release is a special Robot Chicken stop motion animated episode that parodies Star Wars Episode II.

The Secret Saturdays Volume 1 – This release contains five episodes of the show in a one disc release.

SpongeBob SquarePants: To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants – The stories on this release are “To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants,” “Squid’s Visit,” “The Splinter,” “Slide Whistle Stooges,” “Boating Buddies,” “The Krabby Kronicle,” “The Slumber Party,” and “Grooming Gary.” The special features include an Animation Art gallery, which I think is pretty unique for a kids television show release.

Voltron Volume 8 – This release is a three disc set. Note this is the Amazon release date and several people have said that they found this at Best Buy already this month.

Wolverine and the X-Men: Deadly Enemies – This release is a simple one disc one with five episodes of the show. It is as can be expected for a kids series, but this is one of those that people talk more about being ripped off from because the is an older crowd that enjoys them as well and it is not just uninformed parents being suckered into buying a minimal release for their kid.

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

“The Titan on the Tracks” - At a scene of a train accident Bones learns that she now has a boss named Camille, who became head of the forensic department at the Jeffersonian while Bones was on vacation with her brother. The body in the car on the tracks that caused the train accident ends up being an old famous basketball player and a Senator was killed aboard the train. The basketball was dead for hours before the train struck the car. The bones show that body they think is the basketball player was a drug user. The man charged with murdering Bones’ mother ends up being killed in prison. The holographic image created using the skull in the car turns out to not be the basketball player. The basketball player is found having been beaten and thrown from a fast moving car and now in a coma not expected to ever be responsive again. The man that killed Bones mother’s believed killer mentions her dad by name when Booth and Bones go to talk to him making them suspect her dad ordered the hit. They find out that the basketball player was in on faking his suicide, but then his partner in shorting the company stock might have gotten greedy and caused the basketball player to end up in the condition he is in. Booth makes Bones go to the cemetery to visit her mother’s grave and convinces her to talk as if addressing her mother. On the grave she ends up finding a dolphin that signifies her father has visited the grave.

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

Charlie’s Angels - The Complete Fourth Season – This release is a six disc set of the show’s fourth season.

Hotel: The First Season – This release is a six disc set. It includes the film pilot and the 22 episodes from the show’s first season.

Monk: Season Seven – This release is a four disc set of the show’s seventh season. This season includes 16 episodes. This season includes the 100th episode in the series, which is called “Mr. Monk’s 100th Case!”

Prison Break: The Final Break – This release is a Prison Break movie. I do not think it ever aired on television, but it is part of the show’s overall series of events.

Psych: The Complete Third Season – This release is a four disc set. This set includes all 16 episodes from the third season.

Pushing Daisies: The Complete Second Season – This release is a four disc set of the show’s second season. The episodes in this season include “Bzzzzzzzzz!,” “Circus Circus,” “Bad Habits,” “Frescorts,” “Dim Sum Lose Some,” “Oh Oh Oh It’s Magic,” “Robbing Hood,” “Comfort Food,” “Lighthouse,” “The Norwegians,” “Window Dressed to Kill,” “Water & Power,” and “Kerplunk.” This release is also being released in Blu-Ray format.

Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods – This release is of the show’s pilot episode. The episodes new features include a New Edit with Never-Viewed Scenes, New and Enhanced Visual Effects, Revoiced Performance by Christopher Judge, Original Score by Joel Goldsmith. The DVD special features include Commentary by Co-Creator Brad Wright and Actor Richard Dean Anderson and Back to the Beginning Featurette.

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

This American Life: Season Two – This release is a one disc set with a run time of about 180 minutes. The show is based on the Chicago Pubic Radio show of the same name.

America’s Test Kitchen: The Complete 1st Season – This release is a two disc set with the 13 episodes in the show’s first season.

America’s Test Kitchen: The Complete 2nd Season – This release is a four disc set. It includes all 26 episodes from the show’s second season.

America’s Test Kitchen: The Complete 3rd Season – This release is a four disc set with the 26 episodes in the show’s third season.

America’s Test Kitchen: The Complete 4th Season – This is another four disc set of the show. It contains the 26 episodes from the show’s fourth season.

Americas Test Kitchen: The Complete 5th Season – This release is a four disc set with the 26 episodes from the show’s fifth season.

Finding Your Own True Love With Dr. Diane Kirschner – This is a PBS release about Dr. Diane Kirschner’s formula for creating lasting love.

FRONTLINE: The Madoff Affair – This is a PBS documentary about the decade long investing scandal headed by Bernard Madoff.

Jon and Kate Plus Ei8ht: Season Four, Volume Two- The Big Move – This release is a two disc set of the second part of the fourth season of the show.

The Music Instinct: Science and Song – This release is PBS documentary about science and culture and the deep mysteries of music.

Route 66: Season 3 Volume 1 – This release is a six disc set with the first 16 episodes of the show’s third season.