May 2009 DVD Releases of Television Series
Boston Legal, Two and a Half Men, The Jeff Foxworthy Show Top List
Apr 11, 2009
It’s a big month for television comedy on DVD, including the long-awaited (though short-lived) sketch comedy series by Saturday Night Live alumnus Dana Carvey. Choose your favorites ranging from a sweet 1960s classic sitcom (That Girl) to today’s raunchy modern sitcom (Two and a Half Men), and everything in between. There's plenty of dramatic legal action, too, from Boston to Los Angeles.
Television on DVD Available May 5
Boston Legal: Season Five
This DVD includes the entire fifth season of David E. Kelley’s popular series about a powerful law firm specializing in civil cases.
- Starring James Spader, William Shatner, John Larroquette, Christian Clemenson, Tara Summers, Candice Bergen
- Discs: 4
- Run Time: 607 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
Lipstick Jungle: Season Two
Welcome to the lives of three best friends who are among the most powerful women in New York City.
- Starring Brooke Shields, Kim Raver, Lindsay Price, Paul Blackthorne, Robert Buckley, Andrew McCarthy
- Discs: 3
- Run Time: 556 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
That Girl: Season Five
The final season of the 1960s comedy series about an actress/model and her relationship with her boyfriend.
- Starring Marlo Thomas, Ted Bessell; special guests include Cloris Leachman, Danny Thomas, Dick Van Patten, Milton Berle, and Regis Philbin
- Discs: 4
- Run Time: 600 minutes
- Rating: G
Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict – Season 1
The first season (1997) of the science fiction drama about an alien species that comes to Earth, by the famed Star Trek creator.
- Starring Van Flores, Leni Parker, Anita LaSelva, Richard Chevolleau, Robert Leeshock
- Discs: 5
- Run Time: 855 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
Television on DVD Available May 12
Two and a Half Men: The Complete Fifth Season
This popular comedy series surrounds the lives of two adult brothers and a boy struggling to get along among themselves and in their outside relationships.
- Starring Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones, Conchata Ferrell, Holland Taylor, Marin Hinkle, Melanie Lynskey
- Discs: 3
- Run Time: 437 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
The Dana Carvey Show
This short-lived sketch comedy series written by Dave Chappelle from 1996 includes all eight episodes before the show was prematurely cancelled.
- Starring Dana Carvey, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Bill Chott, Elon Gold, Heather Morgan, Peggy Shay, Robert Smigel, Chris McKinney
- Discs: 1
- Run Time: 180 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
The Jeff Foxworthy Show: The Complete Second Season
Season two from the family sitcom about everybody’s favorite redneck.
- Starring Jeff Foxworthy, Haley Joel Osment, G.W. Bailey, Anita Barone, Jonathan Lipnicki, Ann Cusack, Bill Engvall, Neil Giuntoli
- Discs: 2
- Run Time: 517 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
Television on DVD Available May 19
True Blood: The Complete First Season
The beginning of HBO’s series by Alan Ball about a Southern clan of vampires.
- Starring Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Lois Smith, Ryan Kwanten, Sam Trammell, Rutina Wesley, Lizzy Caplan, Kristen Bauer
- Discs: 5
- Run Time: 720 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
24: Season Seven
Federal Agent Jack Bauer works as a member of the Los Angeles Counter Terrorist Unit.
- Starring Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard, Elisha Cuthbert, Dennis Haysbert, James Morrison
- Discs: Unknown
- Run Time: 1115 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Additional Information: Each season of the series contains 24 episodes that unfold in real time during a 24-hour day.
Friday Night Lights: The Third Season
Friday night is football night for the residents in the small town of Dillon, Texas.
- Starring Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Zach Gilford, Minka Kelly, Taylor Kitsch, Adrianne Palicki, Jesse Plemons, Aimee Teegarden
- Discs: 4
- Run Time: Unknown
- Rating: Not Rated
Television on DVD Available May 26
The Closer: The Complete Fourth Season
An unorthodox deputy police chief runs the Priority Homicide Division of the Los Angeles Police Department.
- Starring Kyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons, Corey Reynolds, Robert Gossett, G.W. Bailey, Jon Tenney, Anthony John Denison, Phillip P. Keene, Michael Paul Chan
- Discs: 4
- Run Time: 690 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
For more information about recent television series released on DVD, read April 2009 DVD Releases of Television Series.
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