Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 10:30 am
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.
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.