TV Shows I Want to See Get DVD and Blu-ray Releases

 Hey everyone, how's it going? It's Friday! Today I decided to talk about TV shows that I would love to see get DVD and/or Blu-ray releases. I have twenty-eight shows to talk about and I'm going in a semi-alphabetical order. I originally had twenty-nine shows, but as I was doing research for this list, I discovered that Extreme Ghostbusters is apparently getting a North American, Region 1, DVD release this year finally, so I struck it from the list. Also, this is not an exhaustive list of all the shows that don't have DVD or Blu-ray releases. This is just the shows that I want to see get DVD and Blu-ray releases the most. So, without further ado, let's get into it.

Animorphs (1998-2000)

Airing in Canada on YTV and Global from 15th 1998 to October 8th, 1999, and in the U.S. on Nickelodeon from September 4th, 1998 to April 23rd, 2000, Animorphs was a live action show based on the book series by Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant. Developed for television by Deborah A. Forte and Bill Siegler at Scholastic Productions and Protocol Entertainment, that lasted for two seasons and took massive liberties during the adaptation process, due to the fact that it was airing on children's television networks in the late '90s, and had a budget that was smaller than the small budget that Power Rangers had. It's one of my favourite TV shows of all time, even though the adaptation isn't great, and it started the careers of Shawn Ashmore, Brooke Nevin, and Paulo Costanzo.

While the show is available digitally on iTunes, Vudu, and Amazon Video, as well as streaming on Tubi here in North America after having had a short run on Netflix, the show has languished on VHS in terms of physical media releases. The Invasion Series was a four volume VHS release by Columbia TriStar Home Video (now Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) in 1999 and only contains twelve of the first thirteen episodes of the series, having skipped episode 4, "On the Run", for some reason. I'd love it if this show got a DVD release because, whether you love it or hate it, it's still a piece of Animorphs history, as well as a piece of Nickelodeon and YTV history too.

Barney & The Backyard Gang (1988-1991)

Released as a direct-to-video series from 1988 to 1991, Barney & The Backyard Gang was the precursor to the popular PBS children's series, Barney & Friends. Created by Sheryl Leach, Richard C. Leach, and Kathy Parker, the first three episodes of the series starred Sandy Duncan as Michael and Amy's mom, lending some star power to the independent production as Sandy had had a starring role on The Hogan Family (1987-1991) and voiced Vixey in The Fox and the Hound (1981).

While the first six episodes had aired in syndication on the Disney Channel in November, 1990, the primary availability for it has been on VHS as the first three episodes remained in circulation until 1992, and the remaining five episodes were in circulation until 1998 or 1999, with the fourth episode, Waiting for Santa having the most re-releases. Much of the Barney franchise has remained on VHS, with only a handful of episodes from the late 2000s coming out on DVD throughout the 2010s, The Backyard Gang has all been forgotten by the franchise holders of Barney. Most likely because the original license for The Backyard Gang ended in 1997 and nobody has picked it back up again. It would be cool to have all eight episodes on DVD since all that's available are the VHS quality uploads on YouTube, as well as the original VHS releases.

Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990-1992)

Airing in the United States, in syndication, and in Canada on YTV, Captain Planet and the Planeteers aired from September 15th, 1990 to May 11th, 1996. Created by Ted Turner and Barbara Pyle, Captain Planet had a ton of celebrity actors voicing the characters, and was produced by Turner Entertainment and DIC Entertainment. I remember watching it on YTV during The Zone, around the time Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was starting and reruns of the 1966 Batman series were on.

Shout! Factory released the first season on DVD on April 19th, 2011 but no other seasons have been released on physical media since then. They're all available on iTunes, and on streaming on Amazon, but the DVD release is most likely out of print by now, and the rest of the series isn't available on DVD as of yet. I don't even know if Shout! Factory, now known as Shout! Studios, even still has the license for Captain Planet. It would be really cool to have this series complete on DVD though, even if it was just individual season sets instead of a complete series set.

Disney's House of Mouse (2001-2003)

Airing on ABC's Disney's One Saturday Morning, the Disney Channel, and Toon Disney in the U.S., and on Family Channel here in Canada, Disney's House of Mouse was a crazy show that packaged the old Mickey Mouse Works cartoons from 1999 and 2000, with the wraparound premise of Mickey and the gang running an old-fashioned night club where the Disney characters could spend an evening together, being entertained. Of course, Pete was trying to buy it so he could use it for his own profits rather than for the purpose of entertainment. I watched this show all the time on Family Channel. Particularly when I was sick and in the hospital when I was in high school. It was fun. Aside from the direct-to-video movies, Mickey's House of Villains and Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse, the show never had any home video releases at all. And at this point, Disney has forgotten it entirely. It would be great to see DVD releases for the show though.

Disney's Jungle Cubs (1996-1998)

This is a weird one because Jungle Cubs was only on for two years, but I remember it very fondly being that I'm a fan of The Jungle Book. It was on ABC in the U.S., but here in Canada it was on BBS Master Control in Ontario and Saskatchewan along with Gargoyles, Timon and Pumbaa, Quack Pack, and Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series. 

While the show had a presence on VHS, with two volumes being released from 1996-1997, each volume containing three episodes, it's never had a DVD release in North America, even with the other shows that aired during that period having them. While Disney is fairly lazy when it comes to shows like this being put out on physical media, there doesn't seem to be a reason for Jungle Cubs to not be released on DVD at the very least.

Disney's Doug (1996-1999)

The Disney version of Doug aired on ABC as part of its Saturday morning lineup from September 7th, 1996 to June 26th, 1999, after a successful run on Nickelodeon from 1991 to 1994. As I mentioned in my blog post on some of the Nickelodeon shows I've never seen, the Disney version is the version of Doug that I remember watching, though it's possible that I watched the Nickelodeon version prior to that and I just don't remember doing so. 

While the Nickelodeon version of Doug has been completely released on DVD in both individual season sets and a Complete Series set, the Disney version has been confined to four VHS releases that came out in 1997. Which is unfortunate, because even though the Nickelodeon series is complete, the series as a whole feels incomplete without the Disney version on DVD.

Eek! The Cat (1992-1998)

Eek! The Cat aired on Fox Kids in the U.S. from 1992 to 1997 and on YTV and Global in Canada though Wikipedia only mentions YTV in its article on the show, I assure you, it aired on Global as well. This show has no home video releases, except for one VHS release. Of course, it got picked up by Disney when it bought out Fox Kids Worldwide in 2002, and was one of many shows that Disney didn't do a thing with after that. So yeah, Eek! never had any home video releases and I'd love it if someone, even Shout! Studios released the series on DVD. The show is only 75 episodes across five seasons, so I'd think it would be easy to release it on DVD. The problem is sales. I don't know how popular this show was when it was on Fox Kids though it ran for five years in the U.S. and six years in Canada, so it's possible that nobody would care enough for it to be worth the money to release the show on DVD.

Ghostwriter (1992-1995)

Next is Ghostwriter, which aired on PBS in the U.S., and TVOntario in Canada, during its TVO Kids programming block. I loved this show when I was a kid as I mainly watched it on TVO Kids, though I do remember also watching it on PBS as well from time to time. 

While the first season was released on DVD in 2010 by Shout! Factory, the rest of the series has never been released. Though Wikipedia does show that seasons 2 and 3 were supposed to be released, but there's no release dates attached to them. It would be awesome if Shout! Factory still had the license to release this series, but I don't know if they still do after fourteen years.

Masked Rider (1995-1997)

Aired on Fox Kids from 1995 to 1997, Masked Rider was an adaptation of Toei's Kamen Rider Black RX (1988-1989), which was the final Kamen Rider series to be produced until Kamen Rider Kuuga came out in 2000, as such, it's the oldest Tokusatsu series that Saban Entertainment adapted for Fox Kids in the wake of the huge success of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in 1993. In fact, it was an actual spin-off of MMPR originally, as Dex/Masked Rider was introduced in the three part premiere of season 3 of Mighty Morphin. Though by the time Masked Rider actually debuted on September 16th, 1995, any connection to Power Rangers was ignored, aside for in comic books.

Unlike the other Saban/Fox Kids Tokusatsu adaptations, Shout! Factory didn't get the license to release Masked Rider on DVD in the mid 2010s, and so other than 2 VHS releases in 1996, Masked Rider hasn't had any North American home video releases. While I don't like it as much as I like Power Rangers, I do have fond memories of watching Masked Rider on Fox Kids in 1996 and 1997 and I'd love to be able to get it on DVD someday. Especially because Power Rangers, VR Troopers, Beetleborgs, and Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad all have DVD releases, as does Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation.

Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog (1998-1999)

Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog was one of the few shows that Saban Entertainment produced for Fox Kids that wasn't based on a Japanese Tokusatsu series. It also only lasted for a single season of fifty episodes from September 12th, 1998 to May 7th, 1999. Wikipedia doesn't say whether it was received well or not, but apparently a second season, called Battle Thunder, was planned, but was canceled and its budget was distributed to Power Rangers Lost Galaxy and the English dub of Digimon.

Only one VHS release came out in North America in either 1998 or 1999 and no DVD releases have come out anywhere but in Germany. I only vaguely remember watching this show and it's not one I've revisited since I watched it on TV in the late '90s. It would be cool to have a DVD release of the series, since Sword and Sorcery Fantasy is hugely popular right now.

Ned's Newt (1997-1999)

Ned's Newt was one of the first shows to be produced for Teletoon when it premiered on October 18th, 1997, the day after Teletoon launched. It was also one of my favourite shows and I watched it all the time. It's about a boy named Ned who wanted a pet and got a Newt, who is basically a mix of the Genie from Aladdin (1992) and Hobbes from Bill Watterson's comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes. Ned's friends and family never see the Newt, named Newton, when he's in his anthropomorphic form as the Newt food that Newton eats to make him grow and start talking, Zippo, always wears off when anyone besides Ned is in the room. The series also aired on Fox Kids from 1998 to 1999.

Despite being one of the flagship shows for Teletoon, Ned's Newt has only ever had three VHS releases. Though it is streaming on Tubi oddly enough. I doubt the show will get any DVD releases, though individual season sets would be awesome, if not a complete series set.

Radio Active (1998-2001)

Radio Active was a sitcom that aired on YTV from 1998 to 2001, and was one of my favourite shows growing up. The show is about five students, Morgan, Kevin (season 1) or Blair (seasons 2-3), Ethan (season 1) or Roger (seasons 2-3), George, and Tanya who run a radio station called Radio Active at the fictional Upper Redwood High. I don't think it aired in the U.S. so this is a Canadian only thing this time around. It has no physical media releases at all, not even a VHS release. However, it is streaming on Tubi and in varying quality on several YouTube channels given the lack of physical releases. I doubt we'll ever get a DVD release of the series, but it would be cool if we did.

Radio Free Roscoe (2003-2005)

Radio Free Roscoe was my favourite teen show in the 2000s. It aired on Family Channel here in Canada and on The N in the U.S. and centered around four teens, Lily, Ray, Travis, and Robbie, who start their own underground radio station in order to fight the uniformity of the school radio station, Cougar Radio, at Henry Roscoe High School. The show had cast crossovers with Canadian teen drama, Degrassi: The Next Generation as several RFR cast members appeared on Degrassi and vice versa. Oddly enough, while the show aired only in two seasons, of 26 episodes each, on Family Channel, The N divided the show's 52 episodes into four seasons, of thirteen episodes each.

While RFR did get a DVD release in 2003 or 2004, it was simply eight episodes from season 1 released as a "Greatest Hits" compilation voted on by fans of the show. It includes the first two episodes of the show, along with the season 1 (Canadian)/season 2 (American) finale. Out of all the shows I've talked about in this post, RFR is the show I'd love to have complete on DVD. Even now, 20 years later, it's still one of my favourite shows of all time and I love revisiting it every so often. The first episode is available on YouTube on Family Channel's official YouTube channel in honour of the station's 35th Anniversary (I'm old) and the entire series is, again, available on YouTube, in varying quality on other channels. 

Schooled (2019-2020)

A spin-off of The Goldbergs (2013-2023), Schooled was set in the '90s and followed Lainey Lewis (AJ Michalka), Mr. Glascott (Tim Meadows), and Coach Mellor (Bryan Callen) and aired on ABC from January 9th, 2019 to May 13th, 2020. Unlike The Goldbergs, Schooled didn't air on a Canadian channel. It was originally meant to focus more on Glascott's Niece, Felicia, but, the concept was reworked to focus more on the adults, which was the show's downfall in my opinion, as much as I loved the show. It also doesn't have any physical media releases. Though both seasons are available on iTunes.

Spider-Man (1994-1998)

Spider-Man (also known as Spider-Man: The Animated Series) aired on Fox Kids and YTV from November 19th, 1994 to January 31st, 1998. I watched it on both channels, though I'm pretty sure I watched it on YTV the most. Even though I missed the first two seasons when they initially aired from 1994 to 1996, YTV did air both seasons in reruns fairly regularly, so it was easy for me to catch up on the show. Which was a huge help because of how serialized the show was in comparison to its DC counterpart, Batman: The Animated Series, which also aired on Fox Kids and YTV.

Disney did release five DVD compilation volumes from 2002 to 2005, containing certain story arcs from the show, but that's it for the North American DVD market. Season sets and a complete series set were released in the UK in 2009 and 2011 respectively. But, those sets were never released here in North America. The series is available on digital platforms such as iTunes, AND is streaming on Disney+ if you have access to that service. It's one of the few shows that is most wanted on DVD for that reason, due to the lack of North American DVD releases. Honestly, I love this show and I'd love it if they gave it season sets or a complete series set here in North America.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999)

Airing in syndication from January 3rd, 1993 to June 2nd, 1999, DS9 was considered the black sheep of the franchise for many years, despite the show's superior writing and acting in comparison to its predecessors, Star Trek (1966-1969), and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994). I didn't watch DS9 when it was originally on TV, besides the pilot episode, "Emissary". However, when I was a teenager, the show was airing in reruns on both CityTV and The New RO (originally CHRO, now known as CTV 2), the channels the show originally aired on here in Canada in the '90s.

DS9 did have DVD releases in the 2000s and 2010s, both season releases for all seven seasons, and complete series sets. However due to low sales of the TNG Blu-ray releases, Paramount has chosen not to release DS9, the lesser known Star Trek series, on the format due to the cost of remastering the series to the point where it would be deemed acceptable for Blu-ray release.

However, the season 5 episode, "Trials and Tribble-ations" was released on Blu-ray in 2009 on the season 2 Blu-ray set for TOS, where it was upscaled to 1080p. So it's not that the process is impossible, as we saw, it's not, but, CBS/Paramount is concerned because of the low sales of the TNG Blu-ray sets. Honestly, I think those low sales are because only the hardest of hardcore Star Trek fans bought the Blu-rays for TNG, because casual fans and general audiences saw no need, despite the remastered production the show underwent before being put on Blu-ray, because they already had the series on DVD. Unlike with TOS where the special effects were digitally redone from the ground up, so that it would match what Roddenberry and company would've done in the '60s had the technology existed at the time, and if they'd had the budget to do so, the remastering process for TNG was less intensive as they didn't change any visual shots. They simply upscaled the show's audio and visuals, and fixed visual continuity mistakes that were made in the late '80s and early '90s when the show was originally in production. And while the remastered version of TNG has aired on TV since 2013, and is on the Blu-ray releases, it did not replace the original standard definition version present on the DVDs during subsequent DVD releases that happened in the 2010s. Having DS9 on Blu-ray would be pretty cool if it ever happens.

Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2001)

Airing from January 16th, 1995 to May 23rd, 2001 on UPN in the United States, and on CFCF 12, CityTV, The New RO, and Space Channel/CTV Sci-Fi Channel in Canada, Star Trek: Voyager was the fourth live action Star Trek series and the first to air on Network Television since TOS was canceled in 1969. While I enjoy DS9, Voyager is my favourite Star Trek series besides TNG. The reruns on The New RO got me through high school and it was a comfort show for me as it not only helped me become closer with my sister, but also connected me to others who weren't and aren't Star Trek fans and I treasure those memories.

All seven seasons were released on DVD in the 2000s, and the show had a complete series box set in 2018 or 2019, but the show hasn't been released on Blu-ray yet either, due to the low sales of the TNG Blu-ray releases. However, to my mind, because Voyager has more digital elements to it due to the ships being mostly digital models, rather than physical models, though the show didn't go completely digital until halfway through season 3 in 1996, it would be easier to upscale the show to 1080p for Blu-ray release since they have the digital elements available to them.The cost would also be worth it since, despite its low ratings on UPN during its original run, Voyager has become more popular thanks to streaming and DVD releases. Especially since the show's 30th anniversary is coming up in 2025.

Star Wars: Droids (1985-1986)

Star Wars: Droids aired on ABC from September 7th, 1985 to June 7th, 1986 for a total of 13 episodes, with Anthony Daniels reprising his role as C-3PO and the original sound designer for the Original Trilogy, Ben Burtt, providing the "voice" of R2-D2. The show takes place about fifteen years before Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), with Threepio and Artoo entering the services of several people through a Droid service agency, as their masters take on petty warlords, bounty hunters (including Boba Fett), the Empire itself, and other criminal elements. The show was produced by Nelvana in co-operation with Lucasfilm. I remember watching Droids on Global, alongside the next show I'll be talking about in this post, in the early '90s. It also aired alongside other '80s and '90s cartoons such as Dennis the Menace, Beetlejuice, The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin, Inspector Gadget, The Care Bears Family, Astro Boy, and The Real Ghostbusters.

In 2005, to celebrate the show's 20th anniversary, Droids did get a single DVD release containing two movie compilations of two four episode story arcs, "The Pirates and the Prince" (Episodes 5-8), and "Treasure of the Hidden Planet" (Episodes 10-13), leaving out episodes 1-4, episode 9, and the TV special, The Great Heep. With the show having been on Disney+ since 2021, it'd be nice if Disney released the full series, including The Great Heep, on DVD.

Star Wars: Ewoks (1985-1986)

Star Wars: Ewoks was a companion series to Droids that aired on ABC from September 7th, 1985 to December 13th, 1986. It served as spin-off of the Ewoks TV movies that Lucasfilm had produced in 1984 and 1985. It also aired alongside Droids on Global TV here in Canada. Being that I wouldn't see any Star Wars movie until my dad got the Original Trilogy on VHS in 1995, Ewoks was the show I preferred since I had no connection to Threepio and Artoo, and the Ewoks resembled other bear related characters that were on TV at the time, particularly the Care Bears. I also owned one of the show's few VHS releases for a brief time in the mid '90s.

Like with Droids, Ewoks also got a single DVD release to celebrate the show's 20th anniversary in 2005. And like with the Droids DVD, this release had two movie compilations of two four episode arcs, "The Haunted Village" (season 1, episodes 1, 2, 3, and 9), and "Tales from the Endor Woods " (Season 1, episodes 4, 5, 7, and 13). Ewoks also went up on Disney+ in 2021 and with the show's 40th anniversary coming up next year, Disney should release both Droids and Ewoks on DVD.

Stargirl (2020-2022)

Originally produced for DC Comics's failed streaming app, DC Universe, Stargirl moved to The CW for the second and third seasons. I watched the first two seasons on Blu-ray and I loved it. As you can see from my reviews of both seasons, which I have on this blog in early 2023. So, why is this show on the list?

While seasons 1 and 2 are on both DVD and Blu-ray, for whatever reason, season 3 only got a DVD release. That's the only reason Stargirl is on this list. If you still haven't checked this show out, despite my glowing recommendations in both reviews, I highly recommend watching it. I still haven't seen season 3 yet, because I don't have it on physical media yet. But as soon as I can get it, I'll definitely be watching it.

Superman & Lois (2021-2024)

Airing on The CW, starting on February 23rd, 2021, Superman & Lois is one of the best comic book based TV shows ever made, and it's the last vestige of the once powerful Arrowverse continuity, having disconnected itself from that continuity by the end of the first season, despite the creators originally intending it to be a spin-off of Supergirl (2015-2021), coming off of the massive 2019-2020 crossover event, Crisis on Infinite Earths. While season 3 was a bit difficult for me to watch due to Lois having a cancer storyline, and both grandmothers of mine having died from cancer as the season was ending, this is one of the best comic book based shows ever produced, and is the best Superman show ever.

While the first two seasons have both DVD and Blu-ray releases, season 3 has neither. It's been almost a year since season 3 debuted, and we haven't even gotten announcements about whether or not the season is getting any physical media releases. Normally that would've been out by the end of 2023, but so far, we've had nothing. Even coming into 2024, we've had nothing. Even though the fourth and final season is coming out this fall.

The Goldbergs (2013-2023)

Airing on ABC from September 24th, 2013 to May 3rd, 2023, The Goldbergs basically kicked off the wave of '80s nostalgia shows, as it began three years before Stranger Things debuted on Netflix. Created by Adam F. Goldberg, and was a fictional biography of his childhood, the show never had strong ratings during its ten season run, but obviously it had good enough ratings to warrant a ten season run. Which surprised me, because as a fan of the show, I was expecting it to be canceled after only a season or two. It's one of my favourite shows of the 2010s.

The show is on DVD, so why is it on this list? Well, because only seasons 1-6 have been released on DVD. Despite all ten seasons being available on digital for purchase on iTunes, and is available on streaming on Hulu in the U.S., it's not streaming anywhere in Canada, and for whatever reason, seasons 7-10 haven't been released on DVD. For no apparent reason. It's never been mentioned at all. Which sucks because it's an awesome show and I love it.

The Orville (2017-2022)

Airing on Fox for its first two seasons and then moving over to Hulu and Disney+ for season 3, The Orville surprised me. While I'd watched Family Guy and American Dad in the 2000s, and saw Ted (2012), I wasn't a fan of Seth McFarlane. At all. So I didn't have high hopes for this show. And, while the pilot was a bit rough around the edges, the show blew me away and gained a cult following due to it following the classic Star Trek formula better than what the modern Star Trek shows and movies had been doing up to that point. As I mentioned, Fox canceled it after two seasons and Hulu and Disney+ picked it up for its third season. Despite its critical and audience success, it doesn't look like that the show is returning for a fourth season. It's not canceled or anything like that. It's just not coming back. Seth's a bit busy with Ted, the series on Peacock based on Seth's 2012 movie of the same name.

Even though seasons 1 and 2 got DVD releases, there hasn't been any word if season 3, The Orville: New Horizons, is getting a physical media release. Even Seth himself hasn't said whether or not season 3 will get a DVD release. Which sucks, because it was the best season and if it is the final season, then it needs to come out on DVD to complete the series on that format.

The Smurfs (1981-1989)

Airing on NBC from September 12th, 1981 to December 2nd, 1989, The Smurfs was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. I remember watching The Smurfs on Global TV, alongside the other shows that I mentioned in a previous section of this long post. While the show does have DVD releases, only one season and a handful of volumes containing random episodes from the first two seasons were released on DVD in North America. Those came out in 2009 and 2013 respectively. Hopefully we'll at least get individual season sets for all five seasons of the show.

The Wuzzles (1985)

 Airing on CBS from September 14th to December 7th, 1985, The Wuzzles reran on ABC from 1986 to 1987. I didn't watch this show when I was a kid because it didn't air in reruns here. I was aware of the franchise through the toys and books that Disney released. I owned a Butterbear figure and I owned several of the books. Naturally, I had no idea that they were based off of an animated TV show. There aren't any home video releases for the show at all. Not even on VHS. Which is interesting, given that every other animated Disney show at the time got at least one VHS release if not more. I doubt this show will ever get a DVD release, as it's not even on Disney+, but one never knows with this sort of thing.

Welcome to Pooh Corner (1983-1986)

Airing on the Disney Channel from April 18th, 1983 to May 30th, 1986, the costumes for Welcome to Pooh Corner were bult by Alchemy II, Inc. the company owned by Teddy Ruxpin creator, Ken Forsse, and involved Phil Barron and the late Will Ryan, who voiced Teddy and Grubby respectively in the Teddy Ruxpin franchise. The show also aired on Family Channel here in Canada from 1988, when the channel launched, until 1997. I watched it on Family Channel whenever I was either in the hospital or at my grandparents's place because we didn't have Family Channel at my house until the late '90s, after Welcome to Pooh Corner had left the channel.

Walt Disney Home Video released six VHS volumes of the show, containing four episodes per tape in the mid '80s during that time when the home video business was really coming into its own at Disney. I'd love for this show to get a DVD release, but, it's unlikely ever going to happen. I don't even know if it's even a remote possibility or not. It would be interesting though. Certain episodes, taken from their original broadcasts, have been uploaded to YouTube in parts, and are also on the Internet Archive.

Willow (2022-2023)

Streaming on Disney+ from November 30th, 2022 until January 11th, 2023, Willow was a sequel to the 1988 movie of the same name that Ron Howard had directed. The show was canceled in March, 2023 and then was removed entirely from Disney+ on May 26th, 2023. Which is why this show is on the list. It needs a DVD release, or at the very least a Blu-ray steelbook release like Disney has been doing with the Star Wars and Marvel Cinematic Universe shows they've already put out like The Mandalorian and Loki. 

Zoobilee Zoo (1986-1987)

Airing in syndication from September 15th, 1986 until March 27th, 1987, Zoobilee Zoo's theme song was written by Haim Saban and Shuki Levy, the creators of Power Rangers. The show has a total of 65 episodes and I loved it when I was a kid, watching it in reruns and on VHS, even dressing up as Van Go Lion for Halloween when I was four or five years old. I'm pretty sure I watched it on PBS as it was on several different channels, even in reruns, and I remember watching several episodes on VHS that my parents rented for me from Rogers Video. It was also on The Learning Channel (TLC) in the mid '90s and I watched it on that too.

As mentioned, Zoobilee Zoo had several VHS releases and I remember renting one or two of them a couple of times. I don't remember which episodes, but I remember sitting in my siblings's and my playroom in the common area outside our bedrooms on the second floor of our old, refurbished log farmhouse that we lived in from 1993 to 1996. Hallmark Properties currently owns the show, but I have no idea whether the show will ever get released to DVD.

And that my friends is it for this list and this blog post. It's a long one, but it's something I've been thinking about lately, especially with shows like The Goldbergs being incomplete on physical media, despite being a traditional network show, is weird to me. 

That's it for me for this week. I'll be back next week with lots more blog posts and reviews. So until then have a great night and a wonderful weekend and I will talk to you all later. Take care.