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Monday, 17 October 2011

Complete BARNEY MILLER on DVD October 25

Coming to DVD this October: Barney Miller: The Complete Series

Airing on ABC primetime from 1974-1982 and seen by millions, “Barney Miller” is a situation comedy television series set in a NYC police station in Greenwich Village. Captain Barney Miller is the kind of cop we'd all like to meet. He somehow manages to maintain order over a group of inner-city detectives who gamble for a hobby, get hit on by anything in skirts, go to renaissance philosophy conventions for fun, and would really prefer to be writing. These colorful characters worked together to make one of the funniest sitcoms ever and is cemented in classic TV status.

Special Features
* 32-page commemorative book
* New interviews with cast (Linden, Gail, Vigoda)
* First season of the spin-off show, Fish, starring Abe Vigoda
* Original unaired pilot
* Writers commentary on select episodes

Related: Mystery TV Themes: BARNEY MILLER

Monday, 10 October 2011

Complete MCMILLAN & WIFE on Oct 18

Now you can take a nostalgic trip back to 70 s California-cool with the highly-anticipated DVD release of this timeless whodunit series featuring one of prime-time TV s most loved on-screen couples! The complete set of all 6 seasons in one box set. San Francisco Police Commissioner Stewart McMillan and Sally, Mac's zany, but discerning wife, form a one-of-a-kind crime-fighting duo that solves some of the city s most baffling and peculiar cases.

Buy Online: McMillan & Wife: Complete Series Box Set

Monday, 26 September 2011

KOJAK: SEASON TWO on DVD

At long last, Kojak: Season Two is available on DVD:

Telly Savalas returns as the lollipop-packing dapper detective Theo Kojak in another unforgettable season of the renowned mystery series. Season Two features Lieutenant Kojak laying down the law in homicide cases involving organized crime, terrorists, drug traffickers, a serial bomber and a killer multimillion-dollar thief in an investigation that sends Kojak undercover as a Greek millionaire. Whether he’s utilizing his irresistible charm or bending the rules to catch a murderer, you can always bet that Kojak will close the case.

Created by Emmy and Academy Award winning writer Abby Mann, Kojak ran for five seasons on CBS from 1973 1978 and remains a legendary series among homicide dramas. All 25 Original Season Two Episodes

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Kojak - Season One
Kojak: Season Two

Related Link: Opening Theme: KOJAK

Monday, 19 September 2011

Opening Theme: IRONSIDE (1967-1975)

Theme by Quincy Jones. Series starring Raymond Burr.

Ironside Opening Theme - Main Version

Quincy Jones - Ironside (Original Version, Good Quality)

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Opening Theme: ADAM-12 (1968-1975)

Adam-12 1st Season Opening

Adam-12 Season 4 Opening

Adam-12 Season 7 Opening Credits

Adam-12 Promo (Long Version)

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Sunday, 11 September 2011

New on DVD: POLICE STORY (1973)

Now available on DVD is the first season of anthology crime drama Police Story (NBC, 1973-1978). Created by former policeman Joseph Wambaugh, the anthology series during its run generated three spin-offs: Police Woman, starring Angie Dickinson; Joe Forrester, starring Lloyd Bridges; and Man Undercover, starring David Cassidy.

About the new DVD set: Created by ex-cop-turned-author Joseph Wambaugh (The Onion Field), Police Story is an anthology series detailing the lives of LAPD officers in a collection of realistic and gritty accounts of what it meant to be a cop in 1970s Los Angeles. The series became the archetype for many critically acclaimed shows that followed, including Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue and Homicide: Life On The Street.

The series distinguished itself from its predecessors by a multidimensional portrayal of its protagonist: these cops were flawed, not cartoonlike heroes. From week to week, gripping episodes addressed difficult issues such as police corruption and the stresses and hell that can come with leading a cop’s life.

With no regular cast, the show featured different stars each week, as well as a rotating acting ensemble including James Farentino (Jesus Of Nazareth), Tony Lo Bianco (The French Connection), Don Meredith (NFL Monday Night Football), Laraine Stephens (Matt Helm) and Vic Morrow (Combat! ). Season One stars included Ed Asner, Lloyd Bridges, Angie Dickinson, Dean Stockwell and Kurt Russell. All 21 Original Episodes from 1973-74.

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Police Story
Police Woman - The Complete First Season

Friday, 3 June 2011

MANNIX: THE FIFTH SEASON coming July 5

Coming to DVD this summer is the fifth season (1971-72) of classic P.I. series Mannix, starring Mike Connors and Gail Fisher:

The popular, long-running detective drama returns to DVD! MANNIX, the show about a tough and cynical private investigator, stars Golden Globe winner Mike Connors as the title character. Mannix is a hard-boiled and gritty detective who constantly defies rules and regulations and is able to take all the fist fights, high-speed car chases and bullet wounds that come his way in stride. Collectible 6 disc-set includes all 24 action-packed fifth season episodes.

Tuesday, 2 November 2010

We have the technology. We have the DVDs.

Time Life has posted a couple more videos promoting the deluxe DVD set that is The Six Million Dollar Man: The Complete Series. The 40-disc package includes every episode, every crossover episode, every TV movie, brand-new interviews, and more! Links to more info below.

Friday, 15 October 2010

BIONIC WOMAN: SEASON ONE

Official press release:

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Fans can finally experience one of television's most memorable television series when The Bionic Woman: Season One debuts on DVD on October 19, 2010 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Relive the excitement of this groundbreaking television series starring Primetime Emmy Award-winner Lindsay Wagner as Jaime Sommers, a woman leading the ultimate double-life. Never-before-released on DVD in North America, this four-disc set includes every episode from the show's premiere season plus five crossover episodes from The Six Million Dollar Man, and a "Bionic Beginnings" featurette, which tracks the evolution of television's first Bionic Woman and includes an all-new, exclusive interview with Wagner.

The Bionic Woman's 1976 premiere introduced delighted television viewers to a thrilling new kind of action hero -- the blonde, brainy and beautiful Jaime Sommers. Armed with an astonishing range of superhuman abilities, Jaime goes undercover as a schoolteacher to take on a host of evildoers in 13 action-filled adventures that take her to every corner of the globe.

The Bionic Woman: Season One DVD comes with exciting bonus features, including:

* Five The Six Million Dollar Man Crossover Episodes
* "The Bionic Woman" -- the original second season The Six Million Dollar Man episode where Jaime Sommers becomes the Bionic Woman.
* "The Bionic Woman: Part II" -- Jaime Sommers is sent on her first assignment for the Office of Scientific Investigations in this second season The Six Million Dollar Man episode.
* "The Return of the Bionic Woman" -- Steve Austin (Lee Majors) learns that Jaime Sommers is still alive after seeing her die from a Bionic rejection. However, Jaime has suffered brain damage and no longer remembers anything about her past life, including Steve.
* "The Return of the Bionic Woman Part II" -- In an attempt to restore her memory, Austin takes the recuperating Sommers to their hometown of Ojai, California. However, facing her past results in violent headaches and confusing flashbacks.
* "Welcome Home, Jaime" -- Oscar Goldman (Richard Anderson) arranges a job for Jaime as a schoolteacher, but she also insists on taking on the missions for the Office of Scientific Investigations.
* Bionic Beginnings Featurette: Featuring an all-new interview with Lindsay Wagner, this featurette tracks the evolution of television's first Bionic Woman from her introduction in a two-part episode of The Six Million Dollar Man to the launch of her own series.
* Episode Commentary: Commentaries featuring director Alan J. Levi, writer James D. Parriott and writer/director Kenneth Johnson
* Gag Reel
* Photo Gallery

SYNOPSIS
She can run faster than 60 mph, bend massive steel bars, jump from insane heights and hear sounds you can only imagine. She's no ordinary schoolteacher ... she's "The Bionic Woman." Relive the excitement of this iconic TV series starring Primetime Emmy® Award winner Lindsay Wagner as Jaime Sommers, a woman leading the ultimate double-life. After her unforgettable appearances on "The Six Million Dollar Man" as Colonel Steve Austin's (Lee Majors) true love, Jaime's story begins anew in these entertaining Season One episodes as she learns to deal with her new bionic abilities, becomes a top-secret agent for the Office of Scientific Investigations and deals with her changed relationship with Steve. Now available in a four-disc set that includes five original episodes featured in "The Six Million Dollar Man" and a never-before-seen Bionic Beginnings Featurette, "The Bionic Woman" Season One promises non-stop action, excitement and adventure with the world's first female cyborg.

Tuesday, 31 August 2010

TV Themes: DEPARTMENT S (1969) / JASON KING (1971)

Celebrating the main titles and opening themes from mystery/crime TV shows ...

"When a case proves too baffling for the minds of Interpol, they turn to the talents of Department S." British spy-fi series Department S (ATV, 1969-70) featured a trio of operatives who solved mysteries too perplexing for normal law enforcement agencies. The series starred Peter Wyngarde, Joel Fabiani, Rosemary Nicols, with Dennis Alaba Peters.

The next season the Wyngarde character got his own spin-off, Jason King (ATV, 1971-72). In the new series, King -- a "dilettante dandy and author" -- left Dept. S to concentrate on his career writing adventure novels.

The Department S theme is credited to composer Edwin Astley (The Baron, The Saint). The Jason King theme is credited to Laurie Johnson (The Avengers, The Professionals).

Department S Intro

Jason King TV intro theme

More TV Main Titles:
Rock out with MANNIX!
Mystery TV Themes: MANNIX
Mystery TV Themes: THE BARON (1966)
Mystery TV Themes: THE SAINT
Opening Theme: THE PERSUADERS
TV Themes: THE AVENGERS w/ THE NEW AVENGERS
Opening Theme: THE PROFESSIONALS
Opening Theme: HAMISH MACBETH
Opening Theme: IT TAKES A THIEF
Mystery TV Themes: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
TV Themes: CHECKMATE
Mystery TV Themes: GET SMART
Crime TV Themes: S.W.A.T.
Opening Theme: BARNABY JONES

Tuesday, 17 August 2010

Jim Hutton as ELLERY QUEEN coming to DVD

TVShowsonDVD.com offers an update on the upcoming DVD package of Ellery Queen: The Complete Series. The whodunit series (NBC, 1975-1976) starred Jim Hutton as Ellery Queen and David Wayne as his father, Inspector Richard Queen. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link (who also created Mannix, Columbo, and Murder, She Wrote), each episode contained a "Challenge to the Viewer" with Ellery inviting the members of the audience to solve the mystery themselves -- before the solution was revealed. Among the show's guest stars were Eve Arden, George Burns, Milton Berle, Guy Lombardo, Rudy Vallee, and Don Ameche. The DVD set comes out September 28.

TVShowsOnDVD: Ellery Queen - Full List of Bonus Items, Including 'Too Many Suspects', for the Upcoming DVDs

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MURDER, SHE WROTE still going strong
Rock out with MANNIX!
Mystery TV Themes: MANNIX
Crime TV Themes: NBC MYSTERY MOVIE (Columbo)
Opening Theme: DIAGNOSIS MURDER

Wednesday, 21 July 2010

Twice the bionic action on DVD this fall

TV Shows on DVD reports that Steve Austin and Jaime Sommers are FINALLY headed to DVD this fall! In October, Universal is releasing The Bionic Woman: Season 1 on four discs. Then in November, Time Life will release The Six Million Dollar Man: The Complete Series as a massive 40-disc set. Both promise to include bonus features -- including the cross-over episodes! Click through for more details.

Six Million Dollar Man, The: *EXCLUSIVE* Press Release Announces Time Life Plans for The Complete Series

Bionic Woman, The: Leap Into More Season 1 Extras, Including a Gag Reel and a Wagner Interview!

Tuesday, 6 July 2010

Opening Theme: BARNABY JONES

With the release of my new whodunit Nursing a Grudge starring geriatric amateur sleuth Earl Walker, this blog is featuring senior citizen detective shows the next several weeks ...

Barnaby Jones (1973-1980) starred Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles. A spin-off from Cannon, starring William Conrad, the Barnaby Jones premiere episode "Requiem for a Son" found Jones coming out of retirement to find his son's killer. His widowed daughter-in-law helped him solve the case, and the two decided to keep the detective agency open. In 1976, Mark Shera joined the cast as J. R., a son of Barnaby's cousin.

A different kind of private eye, Barnaby Jones was a milk-drinker who caught criminals with his brains rather than his fists: "To its credit, the producers didn't downplay Barnaby's age, nor did they get cute about it," notes Thrilling Detective. "They simply treated him with respect and dignity, made us aware of his limitations but focused on his strengths. Not for Barnaby, then, the routine TV fare of fisticuffs and car chases. Rather he relied on his keen intellect, his home crime lab and good old detective work (a real rarity on the tube) to get the goods on the bad guys." Buy DVDs at Amazon

Barnaby Jones TV show theme song