Garfield and Friends

[Edge]

They key to an show on dvd is support from it's fan base.

TV shows on dvd is still a new concept that many studios were worried about for years. Not many companies want to kill their syndication options by releasing a cheap alternative on DVD. That's one reason why Star Trek has been milked so hard {and it's getting worse with the individual character box sets coming out}.

I'm really hoping that Garfield and Friends gets a solid response from fans because I can see it as one of those borderline titles that Fox would pull the plug on if sails were sluggish. According to tvshowsondvd.com {a great site for news on tv show releases} the plan right now is to release all 121 episodes in 5 box sets the second one coming around christmas.

Same goes with Batman the animated series which is set for a summer release and contains 28 of the 85 episodes from the series {in it's various names}.

Of course the sales of these shows and a few others {superman, heathcliff, inspector gadget, mario bros., etc.} will determine what else hits DVD in the future.

Last night I picked up the original ninja turtles which contains the first reason {which essentially is the 4 part pilot} and the last 4 episodes that werent really shown around the country.

TV shows though always put you in a catch 22. On the one hand they don't really advertise and you're always afraid they'll burn you post purchase with a box set. On the other hand they need sales to justify those box sets and to justify the release of more shows.

2004 is kind of a trial run of sorts for the whole industry. People have been demanding TV shows for a while, now the industry wants to see just how great that demand was.

[MickeyMousePal]

This is the art cover of Garfield and Friends.
I will buy this in July as soon as it comes out.
Since televison doesn't show reruns of the show.
I have not see one espiode since it got cancel on CBS morings.

Art Cover:

http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r= ... &n=1&burl=

[Edge]

I've been waiting a long time for this set to come out. From the sounds of things they might be released every 6 months till all five voulumes are out. So at that pace sometimes in July 06 we should have all of em. I can live with that, so long as we don't end up getting the Simpsons treatment where we'll be lucky to get the season by 2010 and by then some new format will be out and we'll have to start all over.