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    DVD Releases

    Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Comes to DVD

    Posted Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011 at 9:00AM
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    Fans of April Dancer, rejoice. Stefanie Powers tweeted a few days ago that The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. was going to be released on DVD through the Warner Archive Collection, a manufacture-on-demand/made-to-order DVD service. The 29 episodes, originally broadcast on NBC during the 1966-1967 season, are now available for purchase in two four-disc sets costing $39.95 each. Or save $20 and order both sets for $59.95.

    No bonus features are mentioned in the listings for the sets but the combined running time is 1450 minutes, which comes out to 29 fifty-minute episodes. Unfortunately, Warner Archive only ships to the United States, but TVShowsOnDVD.com reports that eventually the series will also be made available through Amazon.com's CreateSpace manufacture-on-demand service, which ships internationally.

    Most of the episodes were available for viewing several years ago through AOL's now defunct In2TV website and the video was quite crisp and clear, so despite a generic notice that the episodes have not been remastered or restored, I'm hopeful that the quality will be quite good. Here are links to the two separate sets and the combined :

    The release of The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. only two months after the Warner Archive Collection released Man from Atlantis means two "popular obscurities" are now available on DVD. As I mentioned, episodes of The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. could be viewed online only a few years ago and the series was seen in syndication on TNT in the 1990s, so it isn't all that obscure. But this is still its first official release on any format and I'm sure there are many fans eager to see the series again. I've yet to order anything from the Warner Archive Collection yet, but The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. might force me to take the plunge.

    Fall Preview Specials

    2011-2012 Fall Preview Specials

    Posted Monday, August 22nd, 2011 at 8:30AM
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    The start of the 2011-2012 television season is just weeks away (things officially kick of Monday, September 19th) which means it is time for the networks to unveil their fall preview specials. So far, it looks like ABC, CBS, NBC and The CW have preview specials in the works, with NBC's already available online. Both CBS and The CW are actually airing their specials in prime time. As always, check your local listings because individual affiliates may be airing some of these specials at random times during the next few weeks, as well as cable channels. Read about the history of the fall preview special here.

    ABC - "ABC Fall Preview Special 2011"

    Zap2it has a listing for this special, with the following summary: "A sneak peek at new fall dramas includes 'Pan Am,' 'Charlie's Angels,' 'Revenge' and 'Once Upon a Time'." It is airing in my ABC affiliate on Saturday, September 3rd but I haven't found any information about it online. It does not appear to be airing nationally.

    CBS - "CBS Fall Preview"

    The cast of The Big Bang Theory will host this half-hour special, airing Thursday, September 8th from 8:30-9PM. According to this press release, it will be available On Demand through a variety of cable systems. Additionally, CBS affiliates will be able to repeat the special after its initial broadcast.

    NBC - "The NBC Fall Primetime Preview"

    Whitney Cummings and Chris D'Elia (stars of new sitcom Whitney) co-host this half-hour special, which was released on August 11th and will not be broadcast nationally. From an NBC press release:

    The annual Fall program will be offered to NBC’s 234 television stations (check local listings) as well as other channel entities such as USA, Syfy, Bravo, UniHD, Chiller, mun2, MSNBC, CNBC, Oxygen, Sleuth, Xfinity, E! Entertainment Television, mun2, NBC2Go, on-demand and broadband. NBC stations will also make it available on their websites while NBC.com will feature it as well. In addition, the program will be screened on selected American Airlines flights (estimated to be shown on approximately 11,000 flights).

    You can watch it online at NBC.com (but not Hulu, it seems). I've embedded the NBC.com video below:

    FOX

    The "FOX Fall Preview Special" is an affiliates-only special that began airing the weekend of August 27th/28th.

    The CW

    Maggie Q and Kristoffer Polaha will host a 45-minute special entitled "The CW 2011 Fall Preview Special" on Monday, September 12th from 9:15-10PM. A press release is available here.

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