Sitcom Ellen coming to DVD

markjochems · Post by **markjochems** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 2:37 pm

The complete first season of the sitcom Ellen is coming to DVD on September 24, but it is being released by A&E Television. How can this be since it is a Touchstone Television production that was distributed by Buena Vista, plus it was originaly shown on ABC. Any ideas?

Bill · Post by **Bill** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 3:01 pm

Disney owns about 50% of A&E I believe.

markjochems · Post by **markjochems** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 3:09 pm

Bill wrote:Disney owns about 50% of A&E I believe.

You are indeed right! I got the following information from the 2003 Annual Report: A&E Television Networks (37.5% owned), Lifetime Entertainment Services (50% owned) and E! Entertainment Television (39.6% owned)

I guess I should have checked it earlier but thanks a lot for your reply!

MickeyMousePal · Post by **MickeyMousePal** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 3:57 pm

Not a big fan of Ellen!!!

Escapay · Post by **Escapay** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 4:26 pm

YAY! I loved Ellen! There are very few sitcoms I'd collect on DVD (Lucy, Golden Girls, Nanny, and Ellen basically), and with Lucy already out, Golden Girls is coming in November, now there's Ellen in September!

Is The Nanny coming to DVD anytime soon?

Escapay

AwallaceUNC · Post by **AwallaceUNC** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 4:47 pm

I hope so, Escapay. I'm very excited about this release. Not too long ago, I was telling a friend "I would definitely buy that on DVD if it was released." Lo and behold, it's on it's way. This is becoming a pattern- I say I want a DVD, and within a week, it gets announced, lol. Oh yeah!

-Aaron

Escapay · Post by **Escapay** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 4:51 pm

awallaceunc wrote:I say I want a DVD, and within a week, it gets announced, lol.

Would you be ever so kind and say "I want complete yearly episodes of (insert a soap opera, any soap opera, except for Passions) on DVD"???

Escapay

AwallaceUNC · Post by **AwallaceUNC** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 7:21 am

I'll see what I can do.

I'm wondering why they chose to release this on A&E, though. Was it ever associated with them at all? Perhaps it has to do with controversy? A&E gives it more of an academic spin.

-Aaron

Escapay · Post by **Escapay** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 12:52 pm

awallaceunc wrote:A&E gives it more of an academic spin.

(

insert something funny relating to Ellen, A&E, and academics because my brain is in a void at the moment

)

Escapay

Mr. Toad · Post by **Mr. Toad** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 12:58 pm

Is this the first season of Ellen or is it These Friends of Mine or whatever it was called.

My recollection is These Friends of Mine was absolutely horrible and they had to totally rework it. If that it was it it, I wouldnt buy it.

Ellen on the other hand was passable.

Escapay · Post by **Escapay** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 1:36 pm

JimmyJackJunior wrote:Is this the first season of Ellen or is it These Friends of Mine or whatever it was called.

My recollection is These Friends of Mine was absolutely horrible and they had to totally rework it. If that it was it it, I wouldnt buy it.

Ellen on the other hand was passable.

I checked on tvshowsondvd.com and it's the first season (These Friends of Mine), so it's the one with only Ellen, Adam, and two other characters (one of which was played by Maggie Wheeler). Audrey and Joe were recurring, and there's no Paige

Still, I find Ellen funny as heck, so I'd be willing to buy the first season even if it was Paige-less (love Joely Fisher, along with her show Wild Card).

Escapay

Chicky Mouse · Post by **Chicky Mouse** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 7:27 pm

MickeyMousePal wrote:Not a big fan of Ellen!!!

Why are you stopping there? Tell us ALL of the things you hate.
We're so interested ...

AwallaceUNC · Post by **AwallaceUNC** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:02 am

FINALLY!

Season 3 is scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2006. No date set yet. I was beginning to worry...

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4328

Also, in revisiting this thread, I see that Disney owns around half of Lifetime... interesting, then, that the Golden Girls Lifetime Intimate Portrait discs are being released by Warner. Not shocking, but interesting.

-Aaron

Robin Hood · Post by **Robin Hood** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:24 pm

Great news! I was worried that was the end of Ellen.

Aaron, to answer your question, "The Intimate Portrait" is a TV series and the series is owned by Warner Brothers.

AwallaceUNC · Post by **AwallaceUNC** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:34 pm

Robin Hood wrote:Aaron, to answer your question, "The Intimate Portrait" is a TV series and the series is owned by Warner Brothers.

Ah. For some reason I was thinking Lifetime produced their own stuff, but that makes sense.

-Aaron

James · Post by **James** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:13 am

Yay, the third season is being released! Last Saturday I was reading this sites reviews for the first two seasons and I thought that we may never see the next three seasons.......................how wrong I was!
-James

Lazario · Post by **Lazario** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:48 am

Mr. Toad wrote:My recollection is These Friends of Mine was absolutely horrible and they had to totally rework it. If that it was it it, I wouldnt buy it.

How right you are. When this show came to Oxygen, they of course still called it Ellen, I couldn't believe how unentertaining the first episodes were. I almost gave up on the show for good. But thankfully, they started adding better characters in like Paige, Joe, Spence, and Audrey. And tossed out boring characters like Anita, Holly, and Adam.

AwallaceUNC · Post by **AwallaceUNC** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 6:49 pm

TVSOD are now reporting the Season 3 release date as Feb. 28th, 2006.

-Aaron

Robin Hood · Post by **Robin Hood** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 1:18 pm

Cover art for season three:

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