News

ABC has renewed The Great Christmas Light Fight for a second season.
Hallmark Channel is producing several new Christmas movies. The first, Northpole, will star American Idol winner Candace Glover and air in November.
NBC is producing an animated Christmas special for next year titled How Murray Saved Christmas, based on the best-selling children's book of the same name by Mike Reiss.
Larry D. Mann, the voice actor behind Yukon Cornelius in in the Rankin/Bass classic Rudoilph the Red Nosed Reindeer, passed away on January 7th at the age of 91 in Los Angeles.
Russell Johnson, who portrayed Professor Roy Hinkley on Gilligan's Island (including its Christmas episode, "Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk"), died of kidney failure on January 16th at the age of 89.
Dave Madden, who played Reuben Kincaid on The Partridge Family (including its Christmas episode), died on January 16th at the age of 82.
Arthur Rankin Jr., the "Rankin" half of Rankin-Bass, passed away January 30th at the age of 89 at his home near Harrington Sound in Bermuda.
Harold Ramis, who directed The Office episode "A Benihana Christmas" and was best known as Dr. Egon Spengler from Ghostbusters, died at the age of 69 on February 24th.
Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney, whose Christmas credits included the grandfather from A Christmas Too Many, Elmer from Home for Christmas, and Santa Claus in several stop-motion animated specials, died on April 6th at the age of 93.

Upcoming Video Releases

April 3rd:

Amazon.com is now selling The Fairly OddParents: Season 6 manufacture-on-demand DVD set, which contains "Merry Wishmas".

April 22nd:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will be releasing The Spectacular Spider-Man: The Complete Series, which will contain "Reinforcement", on Blu-ray.
Shout! Factory's website will start selling their The Bob Newhart Show: The Complete Series DVD set, which will contain "I'm Dreaming of a Slight Christmas", "Bob Has To Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas Eve In the Hospital", and "Twas the Pie Before Christmas" (which has not been released on DVD previously). The DVD set will later be made available in general retail stores on May 27th.

May 6th:

The Andy Griffith Show: Season 1 Blu-ray set, which includes the show's "Christmas Story", will be released.
The Honeymooners: Classic 39 Episodes Blu-ray set, which will include their Christmas episode, will be released.

May 13th:

The Bob's Burgers: The Complete 3rd Season DVD set, which will contain "God Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins", will be released exclusively on Amazon.com (presumably a manufacture-on-demand release).
DVD sets of Last Man Standing's first and second seasons (which contain "Last Christmas Standing" and "Putting a Hit on Christmas", respectively) will be released on DVD, exclusively on Amazon.com (presumably manufacture-on-demand releases).

May 20th:

Warner Home Video will release a retail DVD set of Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Complete First Season, which will contain "Invasion of the Secret Santas!"
The Warehouse 13 Christmas episode "The Greatest Gift" will be included as a bonus feature on the Warehouse 13: Season Five DVD set.
A lower-priced, episodes-only version of The Dick Van Dyke Show: The Complete 3rd Season DVD set (which includes "The Alan Brady Show Presents") will be released.

June 3rd:

Warner Home Video will release The New Adventures of Batman: The Complete Series DVD set, which will include "Cool, Cruel Christmas Caper".
Mill Creek Entertainment is releasing the Highway to Heaven: The Complete Fourth Season DVD set, which will include "With Love, the Claus".

Unknown dates:

Amazon.com is taking preorders for the Robot and Monster: The Complete Series manufacture-on-demand DVD set (which will contain "Baconmas").
StarVista and Time-Life plan to release The Wonder Years: The Complete Series DVD set (which will of course contain the episodes "Christmas", "A Very Cutlip Christmas", and "Christmas Party") this fall.
An individual DVD set of The Bob Newhart Show: The Complete 6th Season (which will contain "Twas the Pie Before Christmas") will be released on a currently unspecified date.
The Glee: The Complete 5th Season DVD and Blu-ray sets, which will contain "Previously Unaired Christmas", will be released on a currently unspecified date (presumably after April).
The Michael J. Fox Show: The Complete 1st Season, which will include the show's "Christmas" episode, is planned for release on an unspecified date.
The Modern Family: The Complete 5th Season DVD and Blu-ray sets, which will include "The Old Man & the Tree", will be released on a currently unspecified date.