The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman USA DVD release

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According to Kenneth Johnson’s website (check under What’s New) and TvShowsonDVD.com The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman are to be released on DVD in the USA.

The following information is according to TvShowsOnDvd.com

The rights issues related to the novel Cyborg issues have all been worked out.

Universal Studio Home Entertainment is working on bringing both to the market possibly in conjunction with Time Life.

The tentative dates of release is as early as Fall 2010 or sometime in 2011. Nothing is officially announced so far (meaning from Universal) and everything is subject to change.

TvShowsOnDvd.com is not sure if they are going to be sold as a complete set or individual seasons but all episode are to be released.

There are to be extras. According to Kenneth Johnson’s website Kenneth Johnson is about to record commentaries for The Ghosthunter and the two part episode Doomsday is Tomorrow as well as an on-camera interview. With more details very soon.

According to TvShowsOnDvd.com other cast members and behind the scenes crew are to appear on the extra. Because nothing has been locked in or recorded yet TvShowsOnDvd.com does not know who else will appear.

Again nothing has been officially announced and is subject to change. This is just an early warning. Stay tuned as further developments occur.

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According to tvshowsondvd.com Universal officially announced The Bionic Woman will be released in October.

The following information is according to TvShowsOnDvd.com

We’ve known for awhile that The Bionic Woman was heading to DVD and now Universal has told EW.com when it’ll be-October. Entertainment Weekly alson mentions that it’ll be the first season released (would they release the complete series alongside season 1 like Ally McBeal)

Now I’m sure your wondering when “The Six Million Dollar Man” is coming; we’d
guess it’ll be in October as well. We know both shows are in the works and it makes sense to tie the releases together, though nothing is officially announced.

The following information is according to EW.com

The original ‘Bionic Woman’ officially coming to DVD. Old-school TV watchers rejoice!

Anyone who has been waiting impatiently for the original version of The Bionic Woman to come out on DVD has heard rumblings about its release for a while, but Universal has exclusively announced to EW that the series’ first season will be hitting shelves in October. …And everyone who scoffed at the remake cheered!

That said, how are you going to celebrate the official announcement and your subsequent victory as fans of classic TV, PopWatchers? No parachuting. Okay?

The following information is according to Superhero Hype

The Bionic Woman Coming to DVD
by SuperHeroHype
May 31st, 2010First season hitting stores in October
Entertainment Weekly has learned that Universal will release the first season of “The Bionic Woman” on DVD in October.

“The Bionic Woman,” which starred Lindsay Wagner, Richard Anderson and Martin E. Brooks, was a spin-off of “The Six Million Dollar Man,” which is also coming to DVD soon. Creator Kenneth Johnson announced on his website that he will be recording commentary for both of his “Ghosthunter” and “Doomsday is Tomorrow” episodes

In the series, Wagner played Jaime Sommers, a tennis professional who was nearly killed in a skydiving accident, and was rebuilt by Oscar Goldman (Anderson) and Dr. Rudy Wells (Brooks), who had also rebuilt The Six Million Dollar Man. As the result of her surgical implantation, Jaime Sommers had amplified hearing, a greatly strengthened right arm, and enhanced legs, enabling her to run faster than a speeding car.

The series ran on ABC for two seasons, from 1976 to 1977, and then it was picked-up for one season by NBC.

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The following information is according to TvShowsOnDvd.com

Universal Studios announces the release date and cost of the 1st Season of “The Bionic Woman”.

Universal Studios Home Entertainment has just announced that “The Bionic Woman”- Season 1 starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson will be available to own on October 19. It’s priced at $39.98 SRP. Package art isn’t ready yet nor have a list of extras been included with this morning’s announcement. However, we know bonus material has been recorded as we reported back in April, show creator/producer/writer Kenneth Jonhnson has recorded a commentary track for the first season’s final episode “The Ghosthunter” (as well as recording a commentary for a second season two part episode, but a release date for that se hasn’t been announced yet).

Again, the information is early and we’re going to try to find out more about this for you. But of immediate concern to use is the specs! The show was originally broadcast in 1:33 “full screen” video format, but Universal’s announcement this morning describes a DVD release with a video aspect ratio of “Anamorphic Widescreen (1:78:1)”. If this is true, then it could mean that the original image was cropped, top and bottom, in order to better fit modern television screens. We sincerely hope that Universal didn’t make the mistake of cutting away portions of the image for any reason! This studio releases classic television all the time in the original broadcast aspect ratio of the program, so we hope that this is more likely to a typo than anything else. We promise, we’ll look into it as soon as possible!

Other specs currently seen in the announcement into show an audio track of English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround and subtitles in English SDH. This Comes on 4 single-sides DVDs and while we have no picture of the packaging yet, we do have the description of it as “Slim Snap Cases with (an) Outer Box”. That’s all we have for you at the moment, but stay tuned for updates. And stay tuned for “The Six Million Dollar Man” DVD info from Time-Life, we’ve been given hints to expect that announcement very soon