TV DVD September-November 2008
Compiled by Cheryl Biggs -- Video Business, 8/4/2008
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UPCOMING TITLES
A&E/New VideoAgatha Christie’s Poirot: The Definitive Collection This set includes 12 films featuring the beloved detective. Street Sept. 23, prebook Aug. 26; 12-disc set $99.95
AcornThe Red Green Show: 2000 Season Red and his pals tackle handyman dilemmas. Street Sept. 16, prebook Aug. 19; three-disc set $39.99
BBC/WarnerTorchwood: The Complete First Season (six-disc BD $99.98) and The Complete Second Season (five-disc set $79.98) More adventures in alien hunting for Capt. Jack Harkness and his team. Both street Sept. 16, prebook Aug. 12
Big Vision/First LookGhost Hunters: Season 4—Part 1 Ghost hunters investigate army forts, libraries and asylums. Street Oct. 7, prebook Sept. 2; three-disc set $24.98
CBS/ParamountStar Trek: Alternate Realities Available for the first time on DVD, this features the episodes in which favorite characters behave contrary to type. Street Sept. 16, prebook Aug. 5; five-disc set $42.99
First LookGrace Under Fire: Season 1 Comic Brett Butler plays a no-nonsense survivor of a bad marriage who raises her three kids on her own. Street Oct. 7, prebook Sept. 2; three-disc set $24.98
FoxIt’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 3 It’s business as usual for the Paddy’s Pub gang, as they sabotage the bar down the street and adopt dumpster babies. Street Sept. 9, prebook Aug. 13; three-disc set $39.98
GeniusWhite House Pets This looks at the animals that have lived in the Oval Office under 39 presidents. Street Oct. 14, prebook Sept. 2; DVD $12.95
HBO/WarnerThe Sopranos: The Complete Series This set includes a 56-page hand-assembled album and all 86 episodes remastered, with two bonus discs and three CD soundtracks. Street Nov. 11, prebook Oct. 7; 28-disc set $399.99
ImageBizarre Foods Collection 2 Andrew Zimmerman continues his quest to find the planet’s most exotic foods. Street Oct. 7, prebook Sept. 9; DVD $19.98
LionsgateWill & Grace: Season Eight (four-disc set $44.98) and The Complete Series Set (33-disc set $249.98) The final season of the groundbreaking series is released along with the entire series collection. Both street Sept. 16, prebook Aug. 20
MPIDark Shadows: The Beginning—Collection 6 This ’60s serial became one of daytime’s most popular series. Street Oct. 28, prebook Sept. 22; four-disc set $59.98
Shout Factory/VivendiSports Night: The Complete Series 10th Anniversary The series about the struggles and victories of a witty dream team on a cable network. Street Sept. 30, prebook Sept. 2; eight-disc set $69.99
Smithsonian/InfinityStories From the Vaults: Season One Curators, experts and scientists share their most prized and surprising artifacts; America’s Greatest Monuments: Washington, D.C. A look at our country’s greatest shrines. Both street Sept. 23, prebook Aug. 19; DVD $24.98, BD $34.98 each
SonyCashmere Mafia: The Complete Series Lucy Liu, Frances O’Connor, Miranda Otto and Bonnie Somerville star as four New York power players trying to hold their lives together. Street Sept. 23, prebook Aug. 21; two-disc set $29.95
VCIThe Starlost: Complete Series The giant earthship Ark drifts through deep space in this sci-fi series, first broadcast in 1973. Street Sept. 30, prebook Sept. 5; four-disc set $49.99
WarnerSmallville: The Complete Seventh Season Clark Kent’s cousin Kara must keep a low profile until she masters her powers. Street Sept. 9, prebook Aug. 5; six-disc set $59.98; three-disc BD $79.98
WGBHThe Inspector Lynley Mysteries 6 The sophisticated inspector and his prickly sidekick are back in this final series. Street Sept. 2, prebook Aug. 5; two-disc set $29.95
Emmy elite
The Emmy Awards will be presented on Sept. 21. Below are multiple nominees making their way to DVD prior to the start of the series' next seasons.
| Program (Label/distributor) | Noms | Street Date | Prebook | Price |
| 30 Rock S2 (Universal) | 17 | Oct. 7 | now | $39.98 |
| Pushing Daisies S1 (Warner) | 12 | Sept. 16 | Aug. 12 | $29.98 |
| Recount (HBO/Warner) | 11 | Aug. 19 | now | $19.98 |
| The Office S4 (Universal) | 8 | Sept. 2 | now | $49.98 |
| Boston Legal S4 (Fox) | 7 | Sept. 23 | Aug. 27 | $59.98 |
| Lost S4 (Disney) | 7 | Dec. 9 | Oct. 14 | $59.99 |
| Two and a Half Men S4 (Warner) | 7 | Sept. 23 | Aug. 19 | $44.98 |
| Ugly Betty S2 (Disney) | 6 | Sept. 9 | now | $59.99 |
| Dexter S2 (Showtime/Paramount) | 5 | Aug. 19 | now | $39.98 |
| Entourage S4 (HBO/Warner) | 5 | Aug. 26 | now | $39.98 |
| Grey’s Anatomy S4 (Disney) | 5 | Sept. 9 | now | $59.99 |
| This American Life S1 (Showtime/Paramount) | 5 | Sept. 23 | Aug. 12 | $19.99 |
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