Detective Story: One of the greatest police detective sagas ever, Columbo: The Complete Series stars Peter Falk as the discombobulated investigator with the tattered trenchcoat in the role that won him Emmy Awards and international recognition. Collected here on 34…
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You Say You Want a Revolution: One of the top TV events of the 1970s was The Kent Chronicles, three movies based on John Jakes’ Bicentennial Trilogy. Andrew Stevens plays Phillip Kent, the illegitimate son of a British duke who…
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The Good Darren: The fondly remembered, 1840s-set Riverboat: The Complete Series starred Darren McGavin as the ambitious jack-of-all-trades who wins a 100-foot boat called the “Enterprise” in a poker game and tries his luck at having it turn a profit…
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How the West Was Fun: James Garner and Jack Kelly play two of the most iconoclastic TV cowboys ever in Maverick: The Complete First Season, a 27-episode disc of the TV show’s initial season, broadcast in 1957-1958. Garner’s Brett Maverick,…
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In A Big Country: The classic road series which ran on CBS from 1960 to 1964 has been collected in an amazing 24-disc set for Route 66: The Complete Series. Martin Milner plays Yale grad Tod Stiles, who teams with…
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Not-So Friendly Skies: Just as the second season of the Steven Spielberg-produced sci-fi series gears up on TNT, Falling Skies: The Complete First Season lands on the DVD shores ready to invade your home. The show tells of an alien…
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While the name “Jerry Lewis” is most closely associated with comedy, the cinematic Everyman has also made some impressive forays into serious fare. There is, of course, his fantastic, Oscar-nomination-worthy turn as talk show host Jerry Langford, kidnapped by stalker…
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Medicine Men: The doctor drama series got controversial with Medical Center, the CBS show that ran from 1969 to 1976. James Daley was the head doc and Chad Everett the handsome young surgeon at L.A. University’s medical center. Race, homosexuality…
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Sommers Time: Fans have long been clamoring for the DVD release of the adventures of Jamie Sommers, and now they will get it withThe Bionic Woman: Season One. In this successful spin-off from The Six Million Dollar Man, Linsday Wagner…
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Bo Knows Horror: Boris Karloff hosts Thriller: The Complete Series, an impressive 14-DVD set of the classic horror anthology from the 1960s. Image Entertainment has snagged the rights to the much-requested series, in which Boris introduced (and was also featured…
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Soapy Sales A favorite for its 1981-1990 run on CBS, Falcon Crest was a nighttime sudser bubbling with colorful characters, duplicitous behavior and big-time movie and TV stars. Jane Wyman is the nasty owner of a Northern California winery and…
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You can have your Douglas Fairbanks, your Alain Delon, and your George Hamilton, too. For my money, Zorro, the masked swashbuckler, will always be Guy Williams. That’s because he’s also the Zorro I grew up with. Yes, whenever TV showed…
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