It’s a big week for old ABC shows with small but devoted fan bases, from Less Than Perfect (whose first season is now available) to Boy Meets World (releasing seasons one through three) and The Norm Show (the whole enchilada, which will be reviewed in full here tomorrow). It’s also a big week for one TV show with a large and devoted fan base, namely Prime Suspect, which sees its complete run collected in one fine box set (also to be reviewed here tomorrow). And on a personal note, I’d like to point people to one of my favorite documentaries of the past year, Videocracy, all about the surreal media and political landscape of Italy. And as context for Videocracy, I point you to Devin Friedman’s terrific GQ article about Silvio Berlusconi, “The Mussolini Of Ass.”
Being Michael Madsen
Midnight Releasing, $24.98; Blu-ray, $29.98
The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas
Universal, $14.98
The Black Dahlia
Universal Blu-ray, $26.98
Blood Into Wine
Dreamy Draw, $19.95; Blu-ray, $29.95
Boy Meets World: The Complete First Season
Boy Meets World: The Complete Second Season
Boy Meets World: The Complete Third Season
Lionsgate, $19.98 ea.
Bugs Bunny’s Howl-Oween Special
Warner, $14.98
A Call Girl
Film Movement, $24.95
Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
Walt Disney, $29.99; Blu-ray, $44.99
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
Warner Blu-ray, $24.98
Chuck: The Complete Third Season
Warner, $59.98; Blu-ray, $69.97
Clatterford: The Complete Season Three
BBC Warner, $24.98
The Colony
Discovery, $19.98
Criminal Minds: Season Five
Paramount, $55.98
The Exploding Girl
Oscilloscope, $29.99
Forbidden Planet
Warner Blu-ray, $24.98
The Guardian: The Second Season
Paramount, $49.98
Hatchet
Starz/Anchor Bay, $29.97
It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
Warner Blu-ray, $24.98
Killers
Lionsgate, $29.95; Blu-ray, $39.99
Last Of The Summer Wine: Vintage 1985
BBC Warner, $34.98
Laughology
Disinformation, $19.98
Less Than Perfect: Season One
Lionsgate, $24.98
The Loss Of A Teardrop Diamond
Screen Media, $24.98; Blu-ray, $29.98
Lost In Space
Warner Blu-ray, $24.98
MacGruber
Rogue, $29.98; Blu-ray, $39.98
Mars Attacks!
Warner Blu-ray, $24.98
The Norm Show: The Complete Series
Shout! Factory, $59.97
Numb
Image Blu-ray, $17.97
The Office: Season Six
Universal, $59.98; Blu-ray, $69.98
Persons Unknown: The Complete First Season
20th Century Fox, $39.98
The Phantom
Vivendi, $19.93; Blu-ray, $24.99
Pie In The Sky: Series Three
Acorn, $39.99
The Player
New Line Blu-ray, $24.98
Playing For Time
Olive, $29.95
Poltergeist
Warner Blu-ray, $24.98
Prime Suspect: The Complete Collection
Acorn, $144.99
A Scanner Darkly
Warner Blu-ray, $24.98
Skins: Volume Three
BBC Warner, $39.98
Smallville: The Complete Ninth Season
Warner, $59.98; Blu-ray, $69.98
Solitary Man
Anchor Bay, $29.98; Blu-ray, $34.99
Stardust
Paramount Blu-ray, $29.99
Supernatural: The Complete Fifth Season
Warner, $59.98; Blu-ray, $69.97
That Evening Sun
Image, $27.97; Blu-ray, $29.97
thirtysomething: The Complete Fourth And Final Season
Shout! Factory, $59.97
THX 1138
Warner Blu-ray, $24.98
Tommy: The Movie
Sony Blu-ray, $30.99
Videocracy
Kino, $29.95
Wall Street
20th Century Fox, $14.98
Wonders Of The Solar System
BBC Warner, $34.98; Blu-ray, $34.99