I recently saw an ad for L&O on DVD, but I can't imagine anyone who has cable buying it -- I mean, I'd like to see the older episodes more, but there's almost never a time that I think, "Gee, I'd love to watch some L&O" and it's not on.
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Jesse - Feb 20, 2006 10:17:13 am PST #8293 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 20, 2006 10:20:16 am PST #8294 of 10001
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I am pretty sure CSI is on DVD, as well-- but it does seem that only the big crime shows get DVD's.
And, by the way, where the heck are my Twin Peaks Season II and Max Headroom DVD's!?!?!
Frankenbuddha - Feb 20, 2006 10:22:36 am PST #8295 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I recently saw an ad for L&O on DVD, but I can't imagine anyone who has cable buying it -- I mean, I'd like to see the older episodes more, but there's almost never a time that I think, "Gee, I'd love to watch some L&O" and it's not on.
Heh, that too. Isn't A&E one of the ones that's all L&O all the time?
It's interesting what comes out and what hasn't. Has LA Law, NYPD Blue or St. Elsewhere? I know Columbo has been coming out, but I don't think any of the other shows that aired in the Sunday Mystery Movie block have (or, say, The Rockford Files).
Frankenbuddha - Feb 20, 2006 10:23:34 am PST #8296 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And, by the way, where the heck are my Twin Peaks Season II and Max Headroom DVD's!?!?!
Preach it! They can put out the real TP pilot again while they're at it.
eta Whoot! They're finally putting out the first round of Robot Chicken in March. Now if they'd only schedule the animated Tick like I heard was finally in the works.
Zenkitty - Feb 20, 2006 10:26:59 am PST #8297 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
L&O is out on DVD up to at least the 14th season (!). CI and SVU are also out, though I don't know how far along they are. CSI: Vegas is out up to at least the 5th year; the other two have at least the first year out.
And yeah. Why buy DVDs when they're always on some channel?
Barry Woodward - Feb 20, 2006 12:57:19 pm PST #8298 of 10001
I fought the law and I won!
Making a DVD costs time and money. The executives at Fox have many projects that demand time and money; they're going to pick the projects that seem most likely to be successful. It is an economic decision.DVDs are not expensive to produce once you have all the content lined up. The DVDs themselves cost the studios pennies. We already know Tim preserved deleted scenes and other goodies. The original pilot can be added to the mix. There's already existing interviews of the cast and crew they can cannibalize for the DVDs. With everyone and their brothers creating podcasts on their home computers nowadays, doing commentaries that way (like Ron Moore with Battlestar Galactica) is relatively inexpensive. Other than that they can just slap the episodes on some discs and it's good to go.
Scrappy - Feb 20, 2006 1:06:30 pm PST #8299 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Well, no. They have to get DVD clearance for any music used and pay for those rights. They may have to pay producers up front for DVD rights, depending on the original deal. T
Jessica - Feb 20, 2006 1:09:30 pm PST #8300 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
They have to get DVD clearance for any music used and pay for those rights.
The Las Vegas DVDs* are hysterical this way -- they didn't bother to get rights to *any* of the music used in the show, including the opening credits. It's all been replaced with cheap generic royalty-free crap.
*Don't blame me, they were on the Free Table!
Barry Woodward - Feb 20, 2006 1:13:55 pm PST #8301 of 10001
I fought the law and I won!
Well, no. They have to get DVD clearance for any music used and pay for those rights.Didn't think of that. I know that's a problem with certain shows but I thought most shows nowadays plan ahead in that department, working out a deal for both TV and DVD at the same time.
Jessica - Feb 20, 2006 1:22:34 pm PST #8302 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I know that's a problem with some shows that only paid for the music rights for broadcast but I thought most shows nowadays plan ahead.
"Planning ahead" costs big money -- home video rights aren't cheap. Unless a DVD release is guaranteed, the studio's not going to pay in advance for rights it may never need.