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

America’s Test Kitchen: Season Nine - This release is a four disc set of the show’s ninth season. This season of the show has 26 episodes.

The City: Season One - This release is an Amazon Exclusive and thus is on the DVD-R on demand type discs, which do not work in all DVD players. They are not guaranteed to work in DVD recorders or computers and are said to only work in DVD play only devices. This release is a three disc set containing the reality show’s 13 episodes in its first season.

Frontline: Breaking the Bank - This release is of a PBS documentary. This documentary is about the banks becoming superbanks and taking the risks that eventually led to bringing the banks to failure and close to failure.

Inspired Ambition: The Complete First Season - This release is a three disc set with the 13 episodes in the show’ first season.

The New Detectives Season 4 - This release is of the fourth season of the Discovery Channel show. This release is a four disc set.

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

Boy Interrupted - This release is a HBO documentary about bi polar and disorder and attempting to defy the stignma of mental illness and suicide.

Days That Shook the World: The Complete Second Season - This release is a two disc set of the ten episodes in the show’s second season.

Hippos & Rhinos - This release features four Animal Planet shows. The four included shows are Jessica the Hippo, There’s a Rhino In My House, Saba and the Rhino’s Secret, and That’s My Baby.

Elvis Presley: The Ed Sullivan Shows: The Performances - This collection contains Elvis Presley’s appearances on three episodes of The Ed Sullivan Show. The three air dates were September 9, 1956, October 28, 1956, and January 6, 1957. The bonus features include one of the very early Elvis performances, which was shot on August 7, 1955 at Magnolia Gardens near Houston, Texas; a featuretter about Elvis and Ed Remembered; Ed Sullivan Show clips of Elvis is on his way!; special Elvis moments; home movies of Elvis and Priscilla, Elvis and his friends on a film set, and some of the first shots of daughter Lisa Marie; and collectible booklet featuring liner notes by Griel Marcus.

Project Runway: Season Five - This release is a four disc set of this fashion reality show’s fifth season. This season has 14 episodes.

Unsolved Mysteries: Ghosts 1 - This release is a two disc set.

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 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.

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

1,001 Classic Commercials Collection - This is an odd release of just classic commercials. This is a three disc set.

American Gladiators (The Original Series): The Battle Begins - This release is a three disc release. The bonus features include brand new interviews and original show promos.

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations Collection Four - This release is three disc set of the Travel Channel show. The episodes include “Vancouver, British Columbia,” “New Orleans,” “London / Edinburgh,” “Greek Islands,” “Jamaica,” “Hawaii,” “Into The Fire,” “Tokyo,” “Uruguay,” “Columbia,” “Spain,” “Egypt,” “Saudi Arabia,” “Washington, D.C.,” and “US Southwest.”

Crime Scene University - This release is a two disc set. The included episodes are “Master of the House,” “Drugs and Dirty Deals,” “Dismemberment,” and “Murder / Suicide.”

NOVA: Doctors’ Diaries - This release is about the lives of doctors that have 21 years of experience.

Shark Week: The Great Bites Collection - This release is a two disc set. The bonus features include Shark Attack Files and Jobs That Bite and Jobs That Bite Harder.

Wild Pacific - This release is a two disc set of the series about the Pacific Ocean.

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

Chris Ryan’s Elite Police - This release is a two disc set. The special features include 40 minutes of never-before-seen footage and an exclusive Chris Ryan interview.

FRONTLINE: The Released - This documentary is about mentally ill in prison being released and how most end up back in prison.

Moon Machines - This release contains four episodes on one disc. The included episodes are “Saturn V,” “Navigation,” “Lunar Module,” and “Suits.”

Ruby: A Journey to Lose the First 100 Lbs - This release is a one disc set of the reality series.

Secrets of the Dead: Michelangelo Revealed - This is a PBS documentary about Michelangelo.

War of 1812 - This release is a two disc set with the four parts of this documentary series.

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

American Revolution: Battle of Monmouth - This release is a History Channel documentary about the Battle of Monmouth.

Ben Franklin Tech - This is a documentary about Franklin’s inventions.

Biography: George Armstrong Custer - America’s Golden Cavalier - This is a biography documentary about George Armstrong Custer.

Biography: George Washington - American Revolutionary - This is a documentary about George Washington.

Biography: Sherlock Holmes - The Great Detective - This is a documentary about the fictional character Sherlock Holmes as well as his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Blood And Treasure In Peru - This release is a History Channel documentary about treasure hunting and the discovery of the Royal Tombs of Sipan in Peru.

The Bloody Aleutians - This is a History Channel documentary about the battle on the US Aleutian islands during World War II.

Extreme Trains: The Complete Season One - This release is a two disc set. The episodes included are “Amtrak’s Empire Builder,” “The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Freight Train,” “The Norfolk Southern Coal Train,” “The Ringling Bros. Circus Train,” and “The Union Pacific Refrigeration Train.”

Face Off: Pershing vs. Gallwitz - This documentary is about the final battle of the first World War.

Fireboats of 9/11 - This documentary is about New York’s fireboats with emphasis on their use on 9/11.

FRONTLINE: Poisoned Water - This release is about the issues around clean water.

Ghost Ships - This release is a History Channel documentary about seafaring ghost tales.

Haunted History: Caribbean - This documentary is about haunted sites in the Caribbean.

Haunted History: Chicago - This release is about the most haunted sites in Chicago, Illinois.

Haunted History: Hawaii - This release is about the most haunted places in Hawaii.

Haunted History: Savannah - This release is about the most haunted sites in Savannah, Georgia.

Haunted History: Tombstone - This release is about the haunted history of Tombstone, Arizona.

Haunted History: Washington D.C. - This release is about haunted history in the nation’s capital.

Inside Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade - This is a documentary about the Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City.

The Last Day of World War I - This release is a History Channel documentary about D-Day, the final day of the First World War.

Mexico’s Great Pyramids - This release is mostly about the pyramids of the Aztecs.

Modern Marvels: Racetrack Tech - This release is about the safety technology in car racing.

MonsterQuest: Season Three, Set One - This release is a two disc set of the show that tries to search out the truth behind the legends and sightings of mythical monsters.

Nostradamus 2012 - This is a History Channel documentary about the believed end of the world on December 21, 2012.

Number 10 - This release is a seven episode series about prime ministers that have lived at Number 10 Downing Street in London.

The Odessa File - This documentary is about the secret organization believed to help the Nazi war criminals escape capture.

Palenque: Metropolis of the Maya - This documentary is about the lost Mayan city of Palenque in Central America.

POWs of the American Revolution - This release is about the prisoners of the American Revolution kept on board ships in New York’s harbour.

The True Story of the Fighting Sullivans - This release is a History Channel documentary about five brothers that served together as sailors and died when their ship was hit by a torpedo in 1942.

True Story of Killing Pablo - This release is a History Channel documentary about Colombian drug lord, Pablo Escobar.

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

The Best of…The FBI Files. - This release is a six disc set. The episodes included are Polly Klass Kidnapped, Above the Law, Human Prey, Death in Alaska, The Murdering Cowboy, The Unabomber, Melissa Brannen: Missing, The World Trade Center Bombing, John Gotti - Convicted, Cat and Mouse, The Hunter’s Game, The Dixie Mafia, Shattered Shield, Deadly Paradise, The True Story of Mississippi Burning, The Crazy Don, Killing Spree, A Model Killer, Hired Gun, Cracking the Cartel, A Stranger in Town, Blood Brothers, Crime Spree, Family Secrets, Master Plan, and Firefight.

Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern: Collection Three - This release is a two disc set.

Cry for Help - This release is a PBS documentary about teens dealing with depression, expression, and mental illness.

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

5000 Years of Magnificent Wonders - This release is a six disc set. Disc one is about Ancient Greece. Disc two is about Ancient Rome. Disc 3 is about Ancient Egypt. Disc 4 is about Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Disc 5 is about Secrets of the Holy Land. Disc 6 is about World Wonders Beyond Time.

Chris & John’s ROAD TRIP! - This release contains the show’s first six episodes. The bonus features include Audio Commentaries with Cast & Crew, Outrageous Deleted Scenes,
Interview with The Joys, Queer Fright Night Marathon, and Photo Gallery.

Extreme Ice - This release is a documentary about documenting glaciers changing size.

THE FBI FILES Season 3 - This release is a four disc set.

FRONTLINE: Bigger Than Enron - This release is a documentary about companies’ oversight systems gone soft.

Frontline: Black Money - This release is about international bribery.

FRONTLINE: Ten Trillion and Counting - This documentary is about the challenge of the national debt.

Mission: Classified - This documentary is from the Military Channel. It is a two disc set about the often secret elite squads of the military including Green Berets.

A Moveable Feast with America’s Favorite Chefs - This is a potluck dinner with six different chefs making a dish for it. Included are Ming Tsai of Simply Ming, Ruth Reichl of Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie, Lidia Bastianich of Lidia’s Italy, Rick Bayless of Mexico: One Plate at a Time, Jose Andres of Made In Spain, and Chris Kimball of America’s Test Kitchen.

National Geographic: Inside the Wire Guantanamo - This release is a documentary about the prison at Guantanamo.

NOVA: Last Extinction - This documentary looks at a radical new idea about what killed off the mammoths and the other large animals that lived during the ice age.

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

60 Minutes Anna Wintour - This release is a 12 minute segment from the May 17, 2009 episode of 60 Minutes. It is about the editor of Vogue magazine.

60 Minutes Secretary of War - This release is another 12 minute segment from the May 17, 2009 episode of 60 Minutes. This segment is about Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

60 Minutes We Own It - This is another 12 minute segment from the May 17, 2009 episode of 60 Minutes. This one is about the corporate bailout of AIG and the man dealing with the mess for pay of only $1 a year.

Augustus Saint-Goudens: Master of American Sculpture - This release is a PBS documentary about Augustus Saint-Goudens including an in depth look at six of his major works of art.

FRONTLINE: Sick Around America - This release is about the health care system in the United States.

Judge Judy - This release is a two disc set. I think it has around 10 episodes of the show.

Survivorman: Season Three - This release is a two disc set. The episodes include Sierra Nevada, Colorado Rockies, Arctic Tundra, Deep Woods, Australian Outback, and Papua New Guinea.

Time Warp: Season One - This release is a two disc set of the Discovery Channel series that helps understand things that take place too fast or too slow to be perceived by our senses under normal circumstances. Things looked out in this show’s first season include freezing bullets, chain saw juggling, and bodies being blasted with a Taser gun. This release is also being released in Blu-Ray format.

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

60 Minutes America’s New Air Force - This release is a 12 minute segment from the 60 Minutes episode that first aired on May 10, 2009. This episode is about in use of unmanned armed aircraft.

60 Minutes The Perfect Spy - This release is a 12 minute segment from the 60 Minutes episode that first aired on May 10, 2009. This episode focuses on the life and death of Ashraf Marwa and whether he was really an Israeli spy or Egyptian patriot and if his death was a suicide, accident, or murder.

The FBI Files Famous Kidnappings - This release is a two disc set of the Discovery Channel real life forensics series. This release focuses on episodes related to famous kidnappings. The four episodes included are “The Polly Klaas Kidnapping,” “Family Secrets,” “Melissa Brannen: Missing,” and “Cat & Mouse.”

The FBI Files Mafia Cases - This release is another two disc set of the Discovery Channel real life forensics series. This release focuses on episodes featuring mafia cases. The four episodes include “CODENAME: Safebet,” “Vincent Gigante,” and “John Joseph Gotti, Jr.”

The FBI Files Murder Mysteries - This another release is a two disc set of the Discovery Channel real life forensics series. This release’s episodes focus on episodes with serial killers. The four episodes included are “Murdering Cowboy” about Claude Dallas, “Hunter’s Game” about Robert Hansen, “Human Prey” about Thomas Dillon, and “Death in Alaska” about Kirby Anthony.

Nature’s Most Amazing Events - This release is a two disc set. The episodes are “The Great Melt,” “The Great Salmon Run,” “The Great Migration,” “The Great Tide,” “The Great Flood,” and “The Great Feast.” This release is also being released in Blu-Ray format.

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

2008 MLS Cup Championship Game - This release includes the game (perhaps just highlights), behind the scenes footage, and a season highlights segment.

60 Minutes Amazon Crude - This release is of a 12 minute segment from the May 3, 2009 episode.

60 Minutes Reeducating Bin Laden’s Disciples - This release is of another 12 minute segment from the May 3, 2009 episode.

BBC History of World War II - This release is a 12 disc set including archive footage and eyewitness testimony.

American Originals - This release includes episodes of Ice Road Truckers, Dangerous Missions, Ax Men, and Tougher in Alaska.

Cities of the Underworld: The Complete Season Three - This release is a four disc set with the 13 episodes from the show’s third season. The bonus features include additional footage.

Military Combat - This release is a 14 disc set.

The New York Yankees: Essential Games of Yankee Stadium- Perfect Games and No Hitters - This releases is a six disc set featuring six games that were perfect and/or no hitter games at old Yankee Stadium.

Ice Road Truckers: The Most Dangerous Episodes - This release features what they think is the four most dangerous episodes in the series.

Prehistoric Collection: From Dinosaurs to the Dawn of Man - This is an 8 disc set. The bonus features include Jurassic Fight Club, Additional Footage, and an episode of Mega Disasters.

Stealing Lincoln’s Body - This is a special about the foiled attempt to steal Lincoln’s body in 1876.

UFO Hunters: The Complete Season Two - This release is a 4 disc set of the history channel show.

The Universe: The Complete Season Three - This release is a four disc set with the third season’s 12 episodes. The bonus features include additional footage.

The Universe: Our Solar System - This release is a two disc set.

World War II: Behind Closed Doors - This release is a two disc set.

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

60 Minutes Powered by Coal - This release is a 12 minute segment from the April 26, 2009, episode of 60 Minutes about coal power.

60 Minutes Vice President Biden - This is another 12 minute segment from the April 26, 2009 episode of 60 Minutes about the current U.S. Vice President.

Caught on Tape: Complete Series - This is a two disc set.

Desert Triumph Complete Story of Operation Desert Storm - This is a two disc release from CBS News.

Extreme Engineering: Collection Two - This release is a two disc set. The episodes include “Tokyo’s Sky City,” “Transatlantic Tunnel,” “Subways in America,” “Bridging the Bering Strait,” “Turning Torso,” “Millau Viaduct,” “Biggest Warship,” and “Big Easy Rebuild.”

The New Detectives Season 3 - This release is a three disc set of the Discovery Channel forensic science series. It includes 10 episodes.

Rat Attack! - This is a PBS NOVA documentary about rats attacking every 48 years when a special bamboo flowers.

The Summit - This is a reality show about a race of 20 to the summit. This is a two disc set.

World of Wonder: Season One - This release is a two disc set with 13 episodes.

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

400 Years of the Telescope - This release follows the history of the telescope from the Galileo and the 17th century through to the recent findings from the Hubble Telescope.

60 Minutes 401K Recession - This release is a segment from the April 19, 2009 episode of 60 Minutes.

60 Minutes Cold Fusion is Hot Again - This release is also a segment from the April 19, 2009 episode of 60 Minutes.

A Haunting The Anguished - This is a two disc set of the show from the Discovery Channel. The included episodes are “The Awakening,” “The Calling,” “The Apartment,” and “The Ghost Hunter,”

A Haunting Spirits From The Past - This is a two disc set of the show from the Discovery Channel. The included episodes are “Spirits of the Dead,” “Spellbound,” “Echoes of the Past,” and “Monster in the Apartment.”

A Haunting Twilight of Evil - This is a two disc set of the show from the Discovery Channel.

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

60 Minutes The DEKA Arm - This is a segment from the April 12, 2009 episode about a new high tech prosthetic.

60 Minutes Gun Rush - This is a segment from the April 12, 2009 episode about gun sales being on the rise.

60 Minutes Steve Wynn - This is a segment from the April 12, 2009 episode about Steve Wynn making Las Vegas a destination for more than just gamblers.

A Baby Story: First Time Parents - This release contains 10 episodes of the show. This set of episodes focuses on ones with first time parents.

Chris & John’s ROAD TRIP! - This release includes six episodes. The special features include audio commentaries, deleted scenes, interview with The Joys, Queer Fright Night Marathon, and Photo Gallery.

Creations Creatures: Season 1 - This release is a two disc set.

Jon and Kate Plus Ei8ht: Season 4 The Wedding, Volume 1 - This release is a three disc set with 20 episodes from the season.

Mythbusters: Collection 4 - This release is a two disc set with 12 episodes from the fifth and sixth seasons of the show.

NBC News Presents: Yes We Can! The Barack Obama Story - This release is a documentary about an hour long. The release also includes over 3 hours of bonus features including key speeches by Obama and Brian Williams interviewing Barack and Michelle Obama.