TV on DVD Buzz

The top selling DVDs for the week of December 2 include The Office, seasons one and two…probably fueled by that Amazon.com sale where I bought both of them. Two seasons of House are also on the list. Animated favorites for grown-ups, South Park and Family Guy, also make an appearance and the BBC’s popular Planet Earth series seems to be a favorite Holiday gift. The Original Christmas Television Classics is a great set that includes all the Rankin-Bass favorites we all grew up with and it comes with a bonus music CD.

1. The Office: Season Two
2. House M.D.: Season Two
3. The Office: Season One
4. South Park: The Complete Tenth Season
5. Family Guy: Volume Four
6. House M.D.: Season One
7. Planet Earth: The Complete Series
8. The Original Television Christmas Classics (5 DVD Set)
9. 24: Season 5
10. Seinfeld: Season 8

Seinfeld rules this week on the TV on DVD sales charts. Season 9 grabbed the top spot from Scrubs, which dropped all the way down to number 9, and Seinfeld Season 8 is at number 7. New this week is Flight of the Conchords, Martin, Full House, Doctor Who, and Dora the Explorer. The Original Television Christmas Classics moves up from number 7 last week to number 4 this week and High School Musical is up from 9 to 8.

1. Seinfeld: Season Nine
2. Flight Of The Conchords: The Complete First Season
3. Martin: The Complete Third Season
4. The Original Television Christmas Classics (5 DVD Set)
5. Full House: The Complete Eighth Season
6. Doctor Who: The Complete Third Season
7. Seinfeld: Season 8
8. High School Musical: Encore Edition
9. Scrubs: The Complete Sixth Season
10. Dora The Explorer: Puppy Power!

Scrubs bumped The Sopranos out of the top spot though. Heroes, Family Guy and High School Musical are still holding onto spots in the Top 10 this week and we have quite a few newcomers including a 5 disc set of Christmas Classics and a Looney Tunes compilation. Keep an eye on these charts over the next few weeks. Those holiday geared gift sets should make an appearance soon. 

1. Scrubs: The Complete Sixth Season
2. The Sopranos: Season Six, Part II
3. Looney Tunes: Golden Collection Volume Five
4. Avatar: The Last Airbender: Book 3: Fire Volume 1
5. Twin Peaks: Definitive Gold Box Edition
6. Danielle Steel’s Safe Harbour
7. The Original Television Christmas Classics (5 DVD Set)
8. Family Guy: Volume 5
9. High School Musical: Encore Edition
10. Heroes: Season 1

Hannah Montana, Family Guy and The War all drop this week but Heroes has shot back up to the number 2 spot from number 6. New entries on this week’s chart include The Sopranos and Veronica Mars along with The L Word and NCIS. As Holiday geared gift sets release over the next few weeks, it should be interesting to watch the charts and see who makes the list.

1. The Sopranos: Season Six, Part II
2. Heroes: Season 1
3. Veronica Mars: The Complete Third Season
4. The L Word: The Complete Fourth Season
5. NCIS: The Fourth Season
6. Family Guy: Volume 5
7. High School Musical: Encore Edition
8. Hannah Montana: Life’s What You Make It
9. Stephen King’s It
10. The War: A Film By Ken Burns

I’ve found a more relevant chart to use here on TV on DVD Buzz so I’m making a few changes to my weekly “Top DVDs” post. I can now show you the Top Selling TV DVDs, which is more relevant to our theme than the full DVD sales chart I’ve been using, but I’ll only be able to bring you the Top 10 rather than the Top 20.

1. Family Guy: Volume 5
2. Hannah Montana: Life’s What You Make It
3. The War: A Film By Ken Burns
4. Grey’s Anatomy: Season Three
5. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
6. Heroes: Season 1
7. That 70s Show: Season Seven
8. High School Musical: Encore Edition
9. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Treat
10. Stephen King’s It

Source: Billboard’s Top TV DVD Sales

I’m so disappointed in TVs performance on this week’s charts.  Only one, single, solitary TV release remains. Heroes continues to dominate TV on DVD sales and hangs in at #19 this week. Surely some of the TV releases will make their way on to the charts next week! We shall see I guess.

1. Transformers
2. Planet Terror
3. Evan Almighty
4. The Reaping
5. The Jungle Book
6. Surf’s Up
7. Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer
8. Knocked Up
9. The Invisible
10. 1408
11. Return To House On Haunted Hill
12. 28 Weeks Later
13. Reign Over Me
14. Fantastic Four: 2 Pack
15. Wild Hogs
16. Wrong Turn: 2 Pack
17. Death Proof
18. 300
19. Heroes: Season 1
20. Wrong Turn 2

There are no new TV entries this week on the charts. In fact, TV shows have virtually dropped off the list. Only Heroes, Season 1, at number 15, and Family Guy, Vol. 5, at number 18, are hanging in there. Are there any recent releases that can change that? Maybe Hannah Montana or MacGuyver can? Or maybe Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip? I guess we’ll find out next week.

1. Evan Almighty
2. Surf’s Up
3. The Jungle Book
4. The Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer
5. 28 Weeks Later
6. Knocked Up
7. 1408
8. Reign Over Me
9. Wrong Turn 2
10. 28 Days Later: 2 Pack
11. The Fantastic Four: 2 Pack
12. Wild Hogs
13. Wrong Turn: 2 Pack
14. 300
15. Heroes: Season 1
16. We Are Marshall
17. The Condemned
18. Family Guy: Vol. 5
19. Barbie As The Island Princess
20. Next

While we can still find a few TV titles on the charts for the week of October 7, big screen blockbusters are dominating right now.  Heroes, Grey’s Anatomy and Family Guy are hanging on, but have each dropped a few spots. Entourage joins the list as does the Ken Burns PBS documentary, The War.

1. Fantastic 4: Silver Surfer
2. The Jungle Book
3. Knocked Up
4. 1408
5. Fantastic Four: Silver Surfer Power Cosmic Ed.
6. Next
7. Barbie As The Island Princess
8. We Are Marshall
9. Wild Hogs
10. The Condemned
11. 300
12. Heroes: Season 1
13. Family Guy: Vol. 5
14. Death Proof
15. Bug
16. Entourage: Season 3-Part 2
17. Grey’s Anatomy: Season 3
18. Dora The Explorer: Dora Saves The Mermaids
19. Disney Princess: Follow Your Dreams
20. Ken Burns: The War

TV on DVD, Top Selling

A few of last week’s best-sellers have dropped off the list and, surprisingly, there are no newcomers. Heroes, Grey’s Anatomy and Family Guy are still going strong on the Top 20 DVD sales charts this week, though. Smallville, Charmed and The Office remain on the list as well. Here’s the list:

1. Knocked Up
2. Next
3. We Are Marshall
4. Barbie as The Island Princess
5. Bug
6. The Condemned
7. Family Guy: Volume 5
8. Wild Hogs
9. Death Proof
10. Heroes: Season 1
11. 300
12. Grey’s Anatomy: Season 3
13. Smallville: Season 6
14. Superman Doomsday
15. Office: Season 3
16. Blades Of Glory
17. Dora The Explorer: Dora Saves The Mermaids
18. Disney Princess: Follow Your Dreams
19. Delta Farce
20. Charmed: Final Season

TV titles may not be ruling the charts this week like they were last week, but there are still 8 TV titles in the Top 20. Heroes and Grey’s Anatomy remain in the top 10 and are joined by Family Guy and Smallville. Heroes was also the top selling HD-DVD release for the week.

1. We Are Marshall
2. The Condemned
3. Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof
4. Family Guy: Volume 5
5. Barbie As The Island Princess
6. Smallville: Season 6
7. Superman Doomsday
8. Wild Hogs
9. Grey’s Anatomy: Season 3
10. Heroes: Season 1
11. 300
12. Blades of Glory
13. Charmed: Final Season
14. Stargate: Atlantis: Season 3
15. Disney Princess: Follow Your Dreams
16. The Office: Season 3
17. Georgia Rule
18. Delta Farce
19. Prison Break: Season 2
20. Lucky You

TV on DVD, Top 20 DVD Sales

Fall not only brings us new primetime television, it brings out dozens of new DVDs and box sets. Execs are hoping that these fall releases will help slumping DVD sales, which are off about 4.8% over last year. Their wish may be granted, as 11 of the top 20-selling DVD titles for the week ending Sept.16 were current TV series (see chart below).

Studios have many box sets and special packages lined up this fall and hope they, too, will help boost DVD sales. Some of the sets to look forward to include The X-Files: The Complete Collector’s Edition and Seinfeld: The Complete Series. They are also seeing success in releasing older shows, which seem to find a new audience. Disney, for example, is releasing cartoons from the 90’s like The Tick and Darkwing Duck.

While retail brick-and-mortar shelf space is limited, online suppliers allow the DVD catalog to keep growing. I, for one, am thrilled to find my new staples as well as my old favorites available at places like Amazon and Deep Discount. Now if only I had some more shelf space…

Week ending September 16 DVD Sales

1. Grey’s Anatomy: Season 3
2. Wild Hogs
3. Delta Farce
4. Charmed: Final Season
5. Blades of Glory
6. Heroes: Season One
7. 300
8. Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams
9. Georgia Rule
10. The Office: Season 3
11. DOA: Dead or Alive
12. Bones:Season 2
13. Two and a Half Men: Season 1
14. Prison Break: Season Two
15. Nip/Tuck: Season 4
16. Desperate Housewives: Season 3
17. Perfect Stranger
18. Supernatural:Season 2
19. Resident Evil
20. South Park:Season 10