Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are comedy gods. I'm not just saying that because they revolutionized sitcoms with their series The Office, though that is a big part of it. No, most of my love from Ricky and Stephen comes from what they didn't write, but what they found. Who they found. I'm talking about Karl Pilkington, of course, the star of An Idiot Abroad. 

There's a context to An Idiot Abroad that exists outside of the show. Gervais and Merchant first met Pilkington when he worked as a producer on their radio show, and they quickly discovered his incredible humor. Of course, he's not intentionally funny. You're not laughing with Karl when he says something ignorant in a very naive way. You're laughing at him, along with Ricky and Stephen. Karl doesn't seem to mind much, though; there's the sense of a very close friendship between him and the other two, despite the fact that they're constantly poking fun at the way he thinks. That's what keeps An Idiot Abroad from being mean-sprited. Ricky and Stephen genuinely like Karl (and he them), and they also find him insanely funny.

An Idiot Abroad, which hit DVD January 10, sees them send Karl around the world to see the seven wonders of the world. Along the way, he runs into situations that make him truly uncomfortable (some planned by Gervais and Merchant, who are really only present in the series via telephone). The fun of the series is seeing how nonchalantly Karl reacts to things that many people dream of seeing. He's mostly annoyed by having to go see the world.

"I hated it," he admits in the show's prologue.

"That was sort of the point," Gervais responds, grinning. "I was hoping for that."

An Idiot Abroad is the perfect antithesis to the trite, enthusiastic documentaries you usually see about the modern world. This series leads us to appreciate the wonders of the world because Karl doesn't, but it's also easy to sympathize with Karl's incessant desire to just go home. Fans of both comedies and documentaries will absolutely love this series.

The two-disc set includes the preview episode in which Gervais and Merchant explain their motivations, some deleted scenes from the show, and a photo gallery of Karl's travels. An Idiot Abroad 2: The Bucket List will likely hit DVD within a year as well.

Order it on Amazon here.

DVD Review - An Idiot Abroad

For the last two summers, Glee has taken the show on the road...literally.  Glee: The Concert has been all over North America and traveled to Europe this past summer.  To celebrate the live concert, a movie was released this summer with performances from several live concerts.

Fox is releasing the DVD and Blu-ray of Glee: The Concert Movie on December 20:

"Nominated for a Golden Globe® for Best Television Comedy, audiences everywhere can see TV’s hottest musical sensation as a full length feature film when GLEE: THE CONCERT MOVIE comes to Blu-ray and DVD from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment on December 20^th.  Enjoy the breath-taking concert experience like never before with new exciting never-before-seen and extended performances, clips of fans’ favorite characters, exclusive extras and more, all from the comfort of your living room.  Featuring everyone’s favorite Glee stars including Lea Michele, Jane Lynch, Cory Monteith, Chris Colfer, Dianna Agron, Darren Criss, Mark Salling, Naya Rivera, Heather Morris and the rest of the Glee cast. GLEE: THE CONCERT MOVIE features fan favorite hits recorded live from the sold-out nationwide concert."

To celebrate the release, we're giving away two prize packs, which include a copy of the Glee: The Concert Movie DVD and a limited edition Glee pin.  You can view a photo of the prize pack below.

Here are the contest details:

Email me at clarissa@tvovermind.com with the subject line "Glee DVD".  Please include your name, city & state/province.

The contest will run until 5:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, December 22.  The two winners will be randomly chosen and contacted by email.  The winner will be asked to provide his/her full address and Fox will mail the prizes.

Contest is open to readers in the continental United States and Canada.

Contest: Win a Glee Concert Movie DVD & Limited Edition Pin

Mystery Science Theater 3000 is really sort of a staple of geek culture. Even those who haven't seen the show have heard of it, and those who have seen it love it. It blends smart-ass comments with terrible B-movies to create something truly golden. Well, most of the time. Like every series, MST3K does have some occasional clunkers for episodes. With Volume XXII fresh onto DVD shelves, you're probably wondering if the set is worth the purchase. In short, it is.

This release features four MST3K episodes, taken from various seasons of the show's run. "Mighty Jack" and "Time of the Apes" both come from the show's third season, while "The Violent Years" and "The Brute Man" come from seasons 6 and 7, respectively. Thankfully, these are all solid outings.

The best of the set is easily "The Violent Years," in which the characters riff on an Ed Wood movie. Given that Ed Wood might be the most famous bad filmmaker ever, the episode is essentially the characters shooting fish in a barrel -- though sidesplittingly funny nonetheless.

"Time of the Apes" and "Mighty Jack" are declared by box set as "two of the most beloved and most requested episodes" of the series, and they're certainly funny. After all, poorly dubbed Americanized versions of Japanese films have an innate humor to them. MST3K -- especially for "Mighty Jack" -- makes them even funnier.

The set is also pretty crammed with bonus features, including a making-of featurette for "The Brute Man," a making-of featurette for MST3K, amongst others. The set even includes four pretty cool mini-posters (one for each of the films). All in all, it's pretty nifty.

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXII hit shelves on December 6, but you can order it from Amazon to get it just in time to stuff the stocking of your favorite geek.

DVD Review - Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXII

Let it never be said that Amazon doesn't know how to have a sale.  Today, the online retailer is having massive Black Friday discounts for many of the TV shows on DVD that were released this year.

All of the ABC shows listed below are currently on sale for less than $25 (most under $20), with The Middle being the only exception.

The CBS shows are generally under $40, although the most recent season of How I Met Your Mother is retailing $12.99, as are The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men.

Over at The CW shows, Supernatural season 6 and last season of The Vampire Diaries are selling for $12.00 and $9.99 (!), respectively.

Regarding the Fox shows, American Dad Vol. 6, Bones season 6 and Raising Hope are all under $20.

As for NBC, Parks and Recreation, Community and Friday Night Lights are on sale for less than $20.

Finally, Amazon is having some pretty amazing deals that are spread out at different times throughout the weekend.  Check them out here.

ABC

Body of Proof: Season 1 DVD

Brothers & Sisters: Season 5 DVD

Castle: Season 3 DVD

Cougar Town: Season 2 DVD

Desperate Housewives: Season 7 DVD

Grey's Anatomy: Season 7 DVD

The Middle: Season 2 DVD

Modern Family: Season 2 DVD

Off The Map: The Complete Series

Private Practice: Season 4 DVD

CBS

Blue Bloods: Season 1 DVD

C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigation: Season 11 DVD

C.S.I.: Miami: Season 9 DVD

CSI: NY: Season 7 DVD

Criminal Minds: Season 6 DVD

Hawaii Five-0: Season 1 DVD

How I Met Your Mother: Season 6 DVD

Medium: Season 7 DVD

Mike & Molly: Season 1 DVD
Mike & Molly: Season 1 Blu-ray

NCIS: Season 8 DVD

NCIS Los Angeles: Season 2 DVD

The Big Bang Theory: Season 4 DVD
The Big Bang Theory: Season 4 Blu-ray

The Good Wife: Season 2 DVD

The Mentalist: Season 3 DVD

Two and a Half Men: Season 8 DVD

The CW

90210: Season 3 DVD

Gossip Girl: Season 4 DVD

Nikita: Season 1 DVD
Nikita: Season 1 Blu-Ray

One Tree Hill: Season 8 DVD

Smallville: Season 10 DVD
Smallville: The Complete Series

Supernatural: Season 6 DVD

The Vampire Diaries: Season 2 DVD

Fox

American Dad!: Vol. 6

Bones: Season 6 DVD

Family Guy: Vol. 9

Fringe: Season 3 DVD
Fringe: Season 3 Blu-ray

Glee: Season 2 DVD
Glee: Season 2 Blu-ray

House, M.D.: Season 7 DVD
House, M.D.: Season 7 Blu-ray

Raising Hope: Season 1 DVD

NBC

30 Rock: Season 5 DVD

Chuck: Season 4 DVD
Chuck: Season 4 Blu-ray

Community: Season 2 DVD

Friday Night Lights: Season 5 DVD

Law & Order Criminal Intent: Season 6 DVD

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 12 DVD

Parenthood: Season 2 DVD

Parks & Recreation: Season 3 DVD

The Office: Season 7 DVD
The Office: Season 7 Blu-ray

Black Friday 2011 Deals: TV Shows on DVD

Game of Thrones is coming to DVD and Blu-ray in March. And while that is still quite a long way away, HBO has already unveiled the cover art for both the Blu-ray and DVD sets. As you probably expected, it looks awesome.

The set, which hits shelves on March 6 in the US, features five discs full of Game of Thrones, including, of course, all ten episodes from the show's first season. And while the DVD box art simply features that image of Ned Stark sitting on the Iron Throne, the Blu-ray cover art features an intricate pattern to frame it. The 'Episode Guide' insert also happens to feature family trees for some of the important houses, including House Stark, House Baratheon, House Lannister, and House Targaryen. You can check out an image of both packagings above, but there are also some special features to contend with.

The Blu-ray set will include a "Complete Guide to Westeros," the "Anatomy of an Episode," "In-Episode Guides," and something called "Hidden Dragon Eggs" (I have no idea what this is, but it sounds exciting).

Both sets will include "Making Game of Thrones," "Creating the Show Open" (whatever that means), "From the Book to the Screen," "Character Profiles," "The Night's Watch," "Creating the Dothraki Language," and audio commentaries from David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, George R.R. Martin, Emilie Clarke, Peter Dinklage, and Kit Harrington.

More details about these special features are slated to be released later. Want a closer look at the Game of Thrones packaging? Simply click over to the next page for a much larger look.

You can catch more Game of Thrones news here, including a glimpse at the making of season 2 and a look at the new cast members joining for the show's second season.

Game of Thrones season 2 will premiere on HBO in April 2012.

Game of Thrones Season One DVD and Blu-ray Details Unveiled

Doctor Who series 6 was, as a whole, the strongest season of the series since it returned to television in 2005. Sure, there were a few duds (see: "The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People," "Night Terrors), but overall the series featured some of the Doctor's greatest outings. And, in a move that was controversial with many fans, the season was given a greater mythological arc, with a future version of the Doctor being killed in the very first episode and the true circumstances of his death not being revealed until the season finale.

Doctor Who: The Complete Sixth Series hits DVD and Blu-ray on November 22. The set contains not only the thirteen episodes of the sixth series, but the 2010 Christmas special, "A Christmas Carol," and a multitude of special features.

The set is packaged in a strikingly shiny case, with a strikingly simple cover (pictured above right). It's a much simpler cover than the busier holographics of the series 5 box set, and that definitely works to the set's advantage.

The set contains plenty of special features. Disc 1 features not only "A Christmas Carol" but the corresponding episode of Doctor Who Confidential. Comic Relief specials "Space" and "Time," in which the TARDIS lands inside the TARDIS, are also included on the disc.

Commentaries for "The Impossible Astronaut," "The Doctor's Wife," "The Rebel Flesh," "A Good Man Goes to War," and "The Wedding of River Song" are included in the set, as are 'Monster Files' featurettes for the Silence, the Gangers, the Anti-Bodies, and the Cybermats. Disc 6 features all thirteen episodes of Doctor Who Confidential's final season as well.

But the big unseen feature of this set are the five "Night and the Doctor" mini-sodes. These are the hidden gems of the set. "Bad Night" is the first of these, which chronicles what exactly happens when Amy answers the TARDIS phone when the Doctor's not around. "Good Night" is a much better outing, featuring the Doctor and Amy having a heart-to-heart about the saddest moment of her life. "First Night" and "Last Night" form a pretty poignant two-part minisode, in which there are several River Songs on the TARDIS at one time. While the first episode is comedic, the second episode has a bit of poignancy -- and also a bit of a hint for River Song's future. The final of the five specials, "Up All Night," doesn't feature the Doctor at all -- it features Craig (James Corden) and Sophie (Daisy Haggard) having a conversation about baby Alfie the night before "Closing Time" begins. It's a fun, if inessential, little episode.

All in all, any fan of Doctor Who would enjoy seeing The Complete Sixth Series under their Christmas tree. It's a well-packaged set teeming with special features that even the most well-versed Whovian can enjoy. You can get the DVD on Amazon here, and on Blu-ray here.

You can check out a peek of the Monster Files entry of "The Silence" below.

Blu-ray Review - Doctor Who: The Complete Sixth Series

We're giving one lucky TVOvermind reader a chance to win a recently released Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Seventh Season box set on DVD.

Here are the DVD details:

Let the healing begin. Primetime television's most beloved doctors return for an unprecedented season of emotional twists and turns. Relive every mesmerizing moment with ABC's Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Seventh Season.

It's a year of new beginnings for the medical team of Seattle Grace Hospital as they slowly recover from the tragedy that hit too close to home. New relationships emerge and the strongest commitments are tested in this moving 6-disc set. From successes in the operating room to mistakes in the bedroom and all the thrilling drama in between the doctors find a way to survive as long as they lean on one another.

Relive every heartbeat and get even more including the extended version of the moving Musical Event and music videos featuring the doctors like you have never seen them before- only on DVD.

Special Features:

• The Music Event - EXTENDED
• Doctors Unplugged - The cast perform two of Grey's iconic songs in their own music videos
• The Making of the Music Event
• Deleted Scenes
• Bloopers

Subtitles: French and Spanish

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(1) Make sure you follow @tvovermind on Twitter.  Winners will be contacted by direct message on Twitter so make sure you follow us!

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Contest open to residents of Canada and the continental United States.  Contest ends at 10:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, September 22.

Contest: Win a Grey's Anatomy Season 7 DVD!

To celebrate the upcoming release of Castle Season 3 on DVD, we're giving away "An Ultimate Fan DVD Prize Pack: Castle: Seasons 1-3 DVD Set"!  That's right, you don't only have the chance to win season 3, but ALL of the seasons of Castle on DVD.

Castle: The Complete Third Season (Release Date: September 20)

Murder never looked so fun! On DVD, audiences can revisit every crime scene and watch TV’s most unlikely crime-solving duo get the job done! This cool DVD release invites audiences to collect and relive every episode, plus all-new bonus features.

DVD Bonus Features Include:

(1) “Murder They Wrote” – An exciting all-new roundtable featuring series star Nathan Fillion, New York Times best-selling author Michael Connelly and other recognizable names in the world of mystery solving to discuss the genre, tricks of the trade and more.
(2) “Castle Goes Hollywood” - An all new behind-the-scenes look at the season’s episode that takes the series’ characters to Hollywood.
(3) Cast and Crew Commentary – Back by popular demand, for two episodes
Hilarious bloopers, deleted scenes, and other gems from Season Three!

Castle: The Complete Third Season is available on DVD starting Sept. 20! Order your copy today

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Contest is open to continental United States residents only.  Contest will end on Wednesday, September 21 at 5:00 p.m. ET.

Contest: Win a Castle Ultimate Fan Prize Pack (Seasons 1-3 on DVD)!

If there's a great British show that you're not watching, it's Garrow's Law. The show, which premiered on the BBC in 2009, is one of Acorn Media's best titles, alongside the genius Life on Mars and Single-Handed. The series has the unique conceit of being a legal drama set in the late 18th century, and centers upon barrister William Garrow, a real historical figure who coined the term "innocent until proven guilty." The series portrays Garrow as a legal revolutionary who begins to change the way trials are held in England through his new perspective and practice of persuading juries. The second series of the show arrives on DVD from Acorn Media August 2.

Click here for my review of Garrow's Law, Series 1.

To call the series anything but great would be wrong. It's deliberately paced, with both the procedural element and an overarching storyline at perfect balance within each episode. The thread that runs through the entirety of the season, which shows Garrow accused of 'criminal conversation' with another man's wife (Lady Sarah Hill, pictured on the cover alongside Garrow), builds to an emotionally satisfying conclusion at the end of the series. It's a perfectly executed build-up filled with tension, and the resolution just might have you cheering. Series 2, which consists of four episodes, is well worth the money -- though of course you'll want to enjoy series 1 first.

It's a brilliant series that features some superb acting (from Andrew Buchan as Garrow, primarily), great plotting, and if you've not seen it before, you certainly should.

Garrow's Law has been renewed for a third series, which should premiere on the BBC later this year.

Order it on Amazon.

DVD Review - Garrow's Law, Series 2

The complete second season of Glee will be coming to DVD and Blu-Ray in September.

Release Date: September 13

Official Description: Glee is a biting musical comedy about a group of eager and ambitious students who strive to outshine their singing competition to win Nationals while navigating the cruel halls of McKinley High. A pop-culture phenomenon, Glee boasts critical acclaim, a loyal fan base of “GLEEks,” two Platinum and two Gold albums, more than 29 million song downloads, the record for the most titles on the Billboard Hot 100 by a non-solo act (beating out Elvis Presley, James Brown and The Beatles), an incredible 19 Emmy nominations – earning it the distinction of being the most-nominated series of the year – and four Emmy Awards. To top it off, the genre-defying, award-winning series has been picked up through its third season.  Glee: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray and DVD is bursting with exclusive bonus materials including the fan-favourite Glee Music Jukebox, a behind-the-scenes look at the epic Season 2 finale shot in New York City, a featurette showcasing the Glee guest stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Carol Burnett and more, additional featurettes highlighting sensational cast performances and much more.

Cost: $39.98 for the DVD set; $44.99 for the Blu-ray set.

Special Features:

• Glee Music Jukebox
• Guesting on Glee
• Stevie Nick Goes Glee
• A Day in The Life of Brittany
• Shooting Glee in New York City
• Sue’s Quips
• Santana Slams
• Building Glee’s Auditorium with Cory Monteith
• The Making of the Rocky Horror Glee Show
• Exclusive Bonus Song – “Planet, Schmanet, Janet”
• Getting Waxed with Jane Lynch
• The Wit of Brittany
• Glee at Comic-Con 2010

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Glee Season 2 DVD Details

The third season of FX's highest rated show, Sons of Anarchy, will be coming to DVD and Blu-ray on August 30.

Starring Charlie Hunnam, Ron Perlman and 2011 Golden Globe® Award-winner Katey Sagal, Sons of Anarchy focuses on a motorcycle club who will stop at nothing to protect their small town against drug dealers, law enforcement officers and corporate developers, while also continuing to deal illegal arms.

In season 3 of the show, Gemma was framed for murder, while Jax's infant son was kidnapped.  Abel's trail led SAMCRO to Ireland where many secrets were revealed.

The season 3 DVD and Blu-ray sets will include all 13 episodes of the previous season, along with the following special features:

• Season 3 to 4 Story-Bridge (scenes shot exclusively for the Blu-ray and DVD that will bridge the storylines from season 3 to 4)
• Extended Episodes
• Gag Reel
• Deleted Scenes
• Writer’s Roundtable
• Commentaries with Cast and Creators
• Fox Movie Channel at Season 3 Premiere

Amazon is already taking price guarantee pre-orders for the Sons of Anarchy box sets.  You can order the DVD here and the Blu-ray set here.

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Sons of Anarchy Season 3 DVD to Be Released August 30

Yesterday Clarissa revealed the DVD details for Supernatural season 6, and because we are just as big fans of the another The CW show that has a core relationship between brothers at the heart, we thought we would share the details of The Vampire Diaries season 2 DVD set. The date that was given on our big list of DVD releases (that can be found here) of August 30, has been confirmed by those lovely folks at TV Shows On DVD who also have details of what can be found along with the 22 episodes of season 2. Here is what you can expect:

Release date: August 30, 2011

Official Description: They're back - and they're not alone. In Season 2, Elena, Stefan, Damon and the other residents of Mystic Falls are joined by a sinister new breed. Released from the tomb, Katherine unleashes her personal brand of evil in a diabolical plot. The Originals - the world's oldest and most dangerous vampires - hunt for Elena, who discovers she has a terrifying connection to their world. And now vampires aren't the only monsters in town. On moonlit nights, werewolves roam in search of victims…including vampires, who succumb to a single werewolf bite.

Cost: $59.98 SRP for a 6-DVD set; $69.97 SRP for the 4-BD high-def version

Special Features (known at this point and subject to change):

• Pages of the Wolf: Three Featurettes - The Myth & The Mystery (Werewolf Lore), Building the Beasts (Working with Actual and Mechanical Wolves) and Howling at the Moon (Michael Trevino's Transformative Makeup Process)
• Her Own Worst Enemy…Elena, Katherine and Nina!: Nina Dobrev Rises to the Challenge of Playing Two Roles
• The Perfect Love Triangle: Vampires, Werewolves, Witches: Setting the Record Straight on Who's Nibbling on Whom for the First Two Seasons
• Unaired Scenes
• Audio Commentary on "Masquerade" With Executive Producers Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec
• Second Bite AKA Gag Reel
• Blu-ray only: A digital copy of all 22 episodes

Note: this looks set as the official cover art for the boxset but it is also subject to change (thanks to vampire-diaries.net and @ShiraRose1 for the heads up)

Overall it looks like a great set, with wide range of features to compliment the 22 episodes, though whilst I am happy to see that there is a commentary track from Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec is too greedy to ask for more? As a self confessed commentary junkie (yep I'm a giant nerd) it would be brilliant to have some tracks that feature some of the cast with the creative forces of the show and hopefully this is something that they will do in the future. I'm glad to see the inclusion of the gag reel once again as this is another DVD special feature that I am fond of, cue more flubbed lines, swearing, falling over, provocative bottle holding and gum disposal. There is a good collection of other behind the scenes sneaks here and it's good to see that there is one focusing on Nina Dobrev and her extended performance this season as both Elena and Katherine. Is there anything missing from the list above that you would like to see included on this season 2 DVD?

Want to preorder a copy of The Vampire Diaires season 2 from Amazon (which is currently cheaper than the official price!)? Order the DVD here and the Blu-ray here.

The Vampire Diaries Season 2 DVD Details

The critically acclaimed show, Breaking Bad, will have its third season released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 7th.  The Los Angeles Times calls Breaking Bad "the best show on television", and it won two 2010 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Bryan Cranston and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Aaron Paul.

In the third season, we learned that Walter White's cancer was in remission.  But the chemistry teacher-turned-meth maker still couldn't catch a real break.  His wife Skyler (Anna Gunn) had chosen to end their marriage and filed for divorce.  His brother-in-law (played by Dean Norris), who happens to be a DEA agent, is out to bust him.  And a Mexican drug cartel wants him dead.  In other words, things are not looking up for Walter.

The special features of the Breaking Bad DVD and Blu-ray set includes:

• Cast commentary on Season 3
• Gag Reel
• Bryan Cranston Answers Fan Questions
• Unused Footage

Below is a trailer for the season 3 DVD release of Breaking Bad, as well as a photo of the cover for the box set.  If you're a fan of this show, then you'll definitely want to purchase the box set on Tuesday, June 7.

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Breaking Bad Season 3 DVD Release Details

Season three of AMC's hit show Breaking Bad was an incredible white-knuckle ride, and it's felt like an eternity waiting for season four to air. The wait has only seemed longer because the DVD of season three still hasn't hit the shelves. Great news: a release date has been finally announced! The great date is June 7. (Season four hits AMC a month and a half later on July 17.) That's right, just two more months before we can relive season three in preparation for season four.

You can read my review of the brilliant season three finale, get your pre-orders in on Amazon now (DVD, Blu-Ray) and then check out all the details below!

Viewers can relive the darkest and most dangerous season yet when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment brings Breaking Bad: The Complete Third Season to Blu-ray^TM and DVD on June 7th -- just prior to the start of the show's fourth season. The critically acclaimed AMC series stars Bryan Cranston, winner of three Best Actor Emmys® for his role as Walter White, chemistry teacher turned drug dealer and Aaron Paul (TV's "Big Love"), Emmy winner (Best Supporting Actor) for his portrayal as Walter's partner-in-crime, Jesse Pinkman. Breaking Bad also stars Anna Gunn (TV's "Deadwood"), Dean Norris (Terminator 2: Judgment Day), Betsy Brandt (TV's "Back When We Were Grownups"), and RJ Mitte. All 13 episodes will be included on both Blu-ray and DVD. The third season release is packed with special features including deleted scenes, outtakes, cast & crew commentary on nine episodes, five all-new behind-the-scenes featurettes, 20 episodes of Inside Breaking Bad and much more! Breaking Bad: The Complete Third Season DVD will be available for $39.95 SRP, while the Blu-ray release will sell for $49.95 SRP.

Created by writer/director/producer Vince Gilligan (TV's "The X-Files"), who also serves as executive producer with Academy Award® winner Mark Johnson (Rain Man, 1988 Best Picture), Breaking Bad follows the story of Walter White (Cranston), a high school chemistry teacher who discovers he is dying of lung cancer. Desperate to pay for his cancer treatments and to secure his family's financial security, Walt discovers a new sense of fearlessness. He teams with former student, now drug dealer Jesse Pinkman (Paul) to use his scientific knowledge for financial gain, but soon finds he's trapped in a sinister world of drugs and crime. Breaking Bad will return for its fourth season on July 17th.

SYNOPSIS:

Winner of two 2010 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Bryan Cranston and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad: The Complete Third Season returns, hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "the best show on television." Even though his cancer's in remission, chemistry teacher-turned-meth maker Walter White (Cranston) still can't catch a break. His wife (Anna Gunn) has filed for divorce, his DEA agent brother-in-law (Dean Norris) is out to bust him and a Mexican cartel just wants him dead. But with his family's future still at stake Walt cooks up a deal that will make him a fortune; a scheme with a terrible price.

Breaking Bad: The Complete Third Season episodes include:

No Más
Caballo Sin Nombre
I.F.T.
Green Light
Mas
Sunset
One Minute
I See You
Kafkaesque
Fly
Abiquiu
Half Measures
Full Measures

Blu-Ray & DVD Special Features Include:

Cast & Crew commentary on nine episodes, featuring Vince Gilligan, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Betsy Brandt, Dean Norris, Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks and more!
5 All-New Behind-the-Scenes featurettes:
Hit and Run
The Music of Breaking Bad
White Heat: Cranston on Fire
Pizza of Destiny: Cranston's Greatest Shot
Silent But Deadly: The Brothers Moncada
Outtakes
Deleted Scenes & Unused Footage
Team S.C.I.E.N.C.E featurette
AMC News Visits the Breaking Bad Writer's Room
Mini Video Podcasts for every episode with the Cast and Crew
Inside Breaking Bad: 20 episodes that give a behind-the-scenes look of what it takes to create an episode

Exclusive to the Blu-ray:

Breaking Bad Cast and Crew Photo Collection

BROADCAST YEAR: 2010 (AMC) (First Season 2008, AMC)

Breaking Bad: The Complete Third Season is not rated. The Blu-ray and DVD have a run time of approximately 613 minutes.

Breaking Bad: The Complete Third Season Four-Disc DVD

DVD Catalog: 35332
UPC Code: 043396353329
Order Date: 5/5/11
SLP: $39.95

Breaking Bad: The Complete Third Season Three-Disc Blu-ray ^TM

Blu-ray Catalog: 36963
UPC Code: 043396369634
Order Date: 5/5/11
Disc SLP: $49.95

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Breaking Bad Season 3 DVD/Blu-Ray Arrives June 7

When I was little, I used to religiously watch a VHS tape my family owned titled Beyond the Mind's Eye. Maybe you've seen it, but chances are, you haven't. It was an obscure little series of music videos set to compositions by Jan Hammer (the composer behind Miami Vice). The music was enchanting, but the videos were even more enchanting: they were completely computer animated. That might not seem interesting enough except that it was made in 1991. This was very early-stage computer animation, but it was powerful enough to shape the way I dream. That was, for a long time, the standard I held most animation to. Sure, it's been surpassed, but it's still a brilliant work of art.

ReBoot came three years later, in 1994. It isn't a show terribly far removed from shows that you'll see in the Saturday morning block of today's children's television. It might even be a little bit better, as far as storylines go. You'll just have to get over the animation.

ReBoot, which hits DVD on March 1, is animated in the same way that Beyond the Mind's Eye was, except unlike Beyond the Mind's Eye, the animation isn't exactly of a high quality. It's in fact quite bad -- in watching it, there were times where I just couldn't tell what was going on. The characters themselves are well animated, but their environments seem to suck them in. The animation has no depth. I can respect what the filmmakers were doing when they made the series, but by today's standards, it's awful.

The story, however, is quite good. The series takes place in the electronic city called Mainframe, apparently set inside a gaming console. The inhabitants of the city don't do much other than play the games that the User plugs in - or fight the deadly viruses trying to take over the system. These villains, with absolutely no moral ambiguity, are given techno names like Hexadecimal and Megabyte, and while Megabyte is the over-the-top British-accented baddie that you would expect, Hexadecimal is actually quite magnetically crazy, and is undoubtedly the best part of the series.

The four-disc set is pretty well done, with nicely done menus and audio commentaries. This set only covers the first half of the show's run, so I expect to see a second set coming from Shout! Factory soon.

I'm going to go ahead and predict that most people who purchase ReBoot are going to be doing so for the nostalgic element: maybe they watched the series back when it aired in the early nineties. Of course, there will be difficulty in recruiting new viewers, simply because ReBoot aired so long ago. But, speaking as someone who was recently (but not too recently) a ten-year-old boy, I have to say that ten-year-old boys will love this show. I would have loved it had I watched it. It's definitely not the worst thing you could buy your kids.

ReBoot: Seasons 1 & 2 hits DVD on March 1. You can pre-order it on Amazon for $20.99.

DVD Review - ReBoot: Seasons 1 & 2

Of the two Bill Moyers DVD sets I've reviewed today, I will admit that my favorite was A World of Ideas - Writers. Don't let that cheapen In Search of the Constitution, though. The four-disc set certainly isn't a bad one, and is quite engrossing. There are only a few little snags that keep it from being as good as Writers.

While Writers was essentially timeless in that it dealt with mostly philosophy, In Search of the Constitution finds itself in the ever-changing field of politics. Seeing as the series was filmed around twenty years ago, there's obviously somewhat of a gap left between what Moyers and his interviewees discuss and what is going on in the nation today. Whenever Moyers and his interviewees discuss just how far our current government has strayed from the Constitution, it's hard to remember that they're talking about the Reagan- and Bush-era government. Whether or not it applies today is moot; there's not a lot of room for current audiences to agree or disagree with these statements (Perhaps that's why the set includes "Updates on the Participants" on every disc as a bonus feature).

However, when it turns its eye to history, In Search of the Constitution is quite good. There are long discussions about the Founding Fathers, who I personally enjoy learning about. There are a lot of historians discussing the Constitutional Convention, and though the camera only shifts between their face and Moyers's, it's pretty gripping stuff.

The four-disc-set contains eleven episodes, as well as a nice little booklet about the set. Is it worth the money? Well, that depends on just how much you like learning about the government. If you're a history junkie like myself, you'll probably love it. If not, maybe A World of Ideas - Writers is best for you.

You can order In Search of the Constitution from Amazon for $79.99.

DVD Review - Bill Moyers: In Search of the Constitution

Sometimes the most exciting settings of television lie not in the future, but in the past.

You hardly see the eighteenth century portrayed on television anymore. That's a shame, because some of history's most exciting times happened in that time period. Many of these events have been overshadowed by the importance of the American revolution, but perhaps one figure that was overlooked was William Garrow, a barrister who changed the face of the British legal system permanently.

That's where Garrow's Law comes in. The British series, which just saw the release of its first series on U.S. DVD Tuesday, is certainly one of the most engrossing shows I've gotten from Acorn Media. The four hour-long episodes are quite engrossing, both in the trials themselves and the fascinatingly hot-headed Garrow, who is a genius when he's not shooting himself in the foot.

The supporting cast are all brilliant as well; Alun Armstrong plays Garrow's friend and advisor John Southouse, while Lyndsey Marshal (Cleopatra on HBO's Rome, Lucy on Being Human) plays Lady Sarah Hill, Garrow's contact within the social aristocracy of British politics. The most magnetic figure, though, is Aiden McArdle's Silvester, Garrow's nemesis who often steals the scene from Garrow himself.

The episodes follow a format of a shorter case at the beginning (usually a loss on Garrow's part), and then a longer, more dramatic case (usually a victory) for the later three-quarters of the episode. Strangely enough, though, this doesn't detract from the series. Perhaps it's the lesser number of episodes, but each case seems fresh and new. There's a good variety of cases dealing with various aspects of the law, and watching Garrow work them out is just as entertaining as watching the cases themselves play out.

The two-disc set, released by the great Acorn Media, features all four episodes of he show's first season on BBC One. Bonus features such as a behind-the-scenes featurette (a rarity for such releases), as well as on-screen cast filmographies, a biography of the real-life William Garrow, and a photo gallery from the show.

You can order Garrow's Law, Series 1, from Amazon for $36.49.

DVD Review - Garrow's Law, Series 1

Earlier this week, Fox Home Entertainment released the first half of Glee’s second season on Blu-ray and DVD.

Here’s what I think is the problem with Glee: it’s the most tonally-challenged show on television.  It’s not really sure what it wants to be.  Sometimes it’s a comedy, other times it’s a drama, other times it’s a public service message, but it’s always a musical show.

The fact is that the show doesn’t always know how to blend all of these different aspects together as successfully as other shows are able to do, and when it picks which aspects to feature in a given episode, it has a tendency to go overboard.  There are also times, such as with the Rocky Horror Picture Show episode, that it has a tendency to have no story at all throughout the episode (or have the most ridiculous storyline), thus rendering everything between the individual performances (as spectacular as they are) somewhat pointless.

I like Glee.  I watch it every week, even though I’ve been disappointed many times, particularly during its second season.  I actually really liked the season 2 premiere episode, with its funny documentary-style opening sequence and the introduction of Charice as a rival to Rachel.  Then frustrations set in.  Mr. Shue’s character seems to act differently in each episode.  I thought the Britney Spears episode was terrible and was frustrated that such a terrific character like Brittany got featured in an episode that did nothing to showcase why she’s such a hilarious character.

Despite this, there are bright moments in season 2.  I love John Stamos and his character, and seeing him perform  in the Rocky Horror episode was a treat.  I adore the addition of Darren Criss as Blaine.  I find that he’s incredibly talented as a singer and I love his interactions with Kurt.  And I didn’t hate all of the episodes.  I particularly liked the episode “Furt”, where Kurt’s father and Finn’s mother got married.  I found that episode to be a nice blend of comedy and heart.

Glee needs to figure out how to bring consistency to its storylines and characters before frustrations mount.  All of the pieces are right there at its fingertips.  It has an incredibly talented cast that brought on some great new characters in its second season.  It has a great deal of popularity, but not a lot of goodwill.  My hope is that it can turn itself around and remind me why I fell in love with it in the first place.

DVD Special Features

I think the DVD boxset for Glee Season 2: Volume 1 is great.  The "Glee Music Jukebox" on each disc allows you to view only the musical numbers for each episode.  There’s also a behind the scenes look at the making of the Rocky Horror episode, with interviews with various cast members and producers.  That particular disc also has a bonus Rocky Horror song: “Planet, Schmanet, Janet”.

The “Getting Waxed with Jane Lynch” shows the cool process that Madame Tussauds went through to create a wax sculpture of her character.  The “Wit of Brittany” is a cute featurette that just features Brittany’s best lines.    Finally, there’s a 15 minute compilation of the Glee panel at Comic Con 2010.

Bottom Line

Glee could be better, but even when it’s not great, it’s still a terrific musical show.  True Glee fans will want to get their hands on this DVD set for the performances alone.

Glee Season 2: Volume 1 DVD Review

He's everywhere, isn't he? The man named Ricky Gervais is appearing on Piers Morgan Tonight tonight (Thursday night). He just finished up hosting what is perhaps the most talked-about Golden Globes ever (and all thanks to his sharp and offensive wit), The Ricky Gervais Show just started its second season on HBO, and he's even slated to make a cameo appearance in the U.S. version of the show he created, The Office.

Busy man, eh?

Well, despite his ubiquity, Ricky Gervais is a really funny guy. There's nowhere that's more apparent than the Ricky Gervais Show, which I previously reviewed on DVD here. For those of you unaware of the show, which hit DVD back on January 4, here's a synopsis from Warner Bros, who released the set:

From the creators of the smash-hit series The Office and Extras and based on the original record-breaking podcasts, comes the new animated comedy series, The Ricky Gervais Show. The series is an animated version of the original podcasts that earned a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most downloads. It is voiced by Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and colleague and friend Karl Pilkington whose offbeat musings inspire many of the storylines which include the merits of 20th century inventions; Karl's suggestion for population control; how philosophy has evolved through the ages and not forgetting Karl's perfectly round head!

While we've also got a giveaway going for What I Like About You, we figured you guys wouldn't say no to two giveaways in one week. We'll be mixing things up a bit as well. To do to enter to win a copy of the DVD, make the following post on Twitter:

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Man in a Suitcase's "Mac" McGill is the off-brand James Bond. Where Bond has a smooth swagger, McGill has an awkward stride that resembles most accurately Gru from Despicable Me. His dialogue delivery is forced (not to mention entirely cheeseball), and he takes himself way too seriously, despite his constant inferiority to the episodes' antagonists, who continually blackmail, threaten, (and in one episode, brainwash) him. If Man in a Suitcase didn't try to market him as being someone as suave as James Bond, that'd all be fine.

The show itself isn't bad, though, believe it or not. It deserves points for casting an American in the main role as McGill, despite being a British show. The fact that the show at least attempts to show American perceptions of Britain makes it interesting in that regard, though that aspect receives very little screen time.

The show also has hints of its contemporary, The Prisoner, bleeding through. In the first episode, McGill is captured by a deposed African king and subjected to copious amounts of brainwashing. While McGill spends most of the episode stumbling around in a stupor, it's fun to watch the tactics used by his captors to crack him. "I'm going to shoot you, McGill," one character repeats, over and over, and it actually becomes a little scary.

The stories themselves are also solid; as typical of 1960s television, it's all standalone. But the stories remain fresh and each of the fifteen included episodes brings a drastically different story, which is of course a good thing. "Variety is the spice of life," is a very true expression, and thankfully, the show understands that.

In most respects, Man in a Suitcase is a success. It's not a bad show at all -- the lead actor just doesn't feel right. If you can stomach him, the rest of the series is entertaining, if not downright fun.

This four-disc set is released in the same, bare-bones format as other Acorn Media titles, which serves the show's purpose adequately. Acorn will be releasing this title on January 25, and it might be worth a try. You can order the set on Amazon for $44.99.

Set 2 of the series, which contains the last fifteen episodes, is expected sometime in the future.

DVD Review - Man in a Suitcase, Set 1

When a show hits its fourteenth season, it really doesn't matter what the show actually comprises of. That's doubly so with a show like ER: it has its fans, and it has its detractors. Those are pretty much set in stone, and doubly so if you buy the DVDs. If you have seasons 1-13, of course you're going to want to buy the fourteenth season when it hits DVD shelves on January 11. But if you don't have any of the sets, season fourteen doesn't seem like the prime place to start.

Despite that, though, ER's fourteenth season is surprisingly decent. While most shows have long been running on fumes by the time year fourteen rolls around, ER at least has a pulse throughout the season, even if it is slightly weak. The season, slightly shortened by that infamous writers strike, was originally slated to be the final season of the series, and you can sort of feel that finality throughout early episodes of the season. The show still feels like a typical procedural, though there are some pretty cool cases. After all, Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire)  guest stars in the season finale! (And who doesn't love Steve Buscemi?)

Some of the episodes, though, do feel like pure filler: episode four of the season features and entire plot line of a cosmetologist patient pampering the staff. The conflicts between the staff members feel a little too melodramatic at times. It'd be wrong to say that the show isn't showing its age at this point, but the fact that the next season is the last certainly helps the mindset one would have going into the season. It really all boils down to whether you like ER.

The set itself is nice, though nothing fancy. The nineteen episodes are contained over five discs, all put together in a standard DVD case with a nice little slipcase. As far as the special features go, we get the standard deleted scenes and gag reel. There's also a tribute to the show's three-hundredth episode filmed at the Paley Center for Media.

ER: The Complete Fourteenth Season will be released on January 11, 2011. You can order it on Amazon for $34.99.

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DVD Review - ER: The Complete Fourteenth Season

Perhaps it's my unconditional love for Quentin Tarantino's most recent epic, but I found a lot reminiscent of Inglourious Basterds when I watched Enemy at the Door. Of course, it's the other way around -- the ITV drama outdates Basterds by a good three decades. But Tarantino fans will get a kick out of the subdued tension that permeates through much of Enemy at the Door, which is also set in World War II.

As of this writing, I had not seen series one of the drama, leaving me quite confused with the season opener, "Call of the Dead." That's quite possibly a good thing for those who have seen the first series, though -- there isn't any talking down to the audience. So much of today's television is spent on catch-ups that it takes a good ten minutes for the story to continue; with this series, viewers either know the story or they don't, and the show doesn't pander -- it just goes right along with the story. I can respect that in a show, even though it completely confuses me.

The show has a very theatrical feeling to it, and I mean that in the old sense of the word -- it seems like a play presented on theater. It fits exactly with the tone set by previous old British television shows -- you could almost picture yourself in an audience looking upon a stage while watching it. Though the overall arc of the story is unknown, it's also fun to watch tensions develop between characters -- the rivalry between Major Richter and Hauptmann Reinicke is indeed compelling, especially considering both are on the side of the Germans.

The set itself is typical Acorn Media fare, as is to be expected. It's a single DVD case packed with four DVDs, each with a couple of episodes on them. The first disc even includes an on-screen, nine-page "Historical Background" on the occupation of the Channel Islands (where the series takes place) by the Nazis. It's more than some sets, but still only a footnote for the set, which is all about the series.

Enemy at the Door is an engrossing drama, and it is certainly one that fans of talk-heavy war films like Inglourious Basterds will absolutely love. You'll be lost without the first series (I was), but you'll be able to enjoy the second series on its own merits without it.

Enemy at the Door, Series 2 will hit DVD shelves on January 4, 2011. Order the set here.

DVD Review - Enemy at the Door, Series 2

January 4, 2011 will be a day filled with despicable people. That's all thanks to Acorn Media, who is releasing the shows The Guilty and Dirty Tricks on DVD on the same day. The shows both feature protagonists who are ultimately horrible people. The Guilty's Steven Vey and Dirty Tricks's nameless protagonist are both simply awful people who do terrible things for money. The only difference? Dirty Tricks is funny.

The show struck me immediately as being similar to Desperate Housewives, though from a male perspective and much more focused. The show stars Doc Martin's Martin Clunes as an unsuccessful Oxford graduate teacher who becomes friends with a rich couple. This friendship becomes incredibly different when he begins having an affair with the wife, Karen (Lindsay Duncan). Soon, both Karen and her husband meet sudden - and Our Hero claims accidental - demises. But is he telling the truth? As he flees from the law that has accused him of murder, the protagonist recounts his tale in a cheeky story.

The miniseries, which lasts about two and a half hours, is a quick watch and is a lot of fun. I didn't expect to enjoy it going into it, but found its zaniness - and Clunes' absolutely fantastic performance - too engrossing. It does lose steam in the second of the two episodes, though thankfully, when it wraps up, it has a satisfying end reminiscent of Guy Ritchie's turn of the century gangster flicks.

The cast is all wonderful, and Clunes has to work hard to make sure the supporting cast doesn't completely steal the show. Two characters - a little girl and a South American immigrant - are the best thing about the show, and their sporadic appearances are absolutely fantastic, adding variety to a series could have really only focused on its two leads. These characters pop up a lot as the series goes through its breakneck pace, and add a bit of that "sharply comic edge" that The Mirror raves about on the cover of the case.

You can't really call the DVD a set, because it's the first item from Acorn Media I've received that only has one disc. The set, like all releases by Acorn, doesn't have many bells and whistles in the packaging. It's a simple case with the DVD in it. Special features are scarce, too: it has a handful of on-screen biographies/filmographies of the cast the director. Even those are only words displayed on the screen -- the only video the set has is the show. And that's okay, because the show is entertaining enough to carry the whole set.

Dirty Tricks will arrive on January 4, 2011, alongside fellow Acorn offerings such as The Guilty and Enemy at the Door, Series 2 (both of which have been reviewed on TVOvermind as well). You can order the series on Amazon for $26.99.

DVD Review - Dirty Tricks

The Guilty is what Shakespeare would have written if the Bard had written for British television. The 1992 miniseries, starring Foyle's War's Michael Kitchen, is a tour-de-force of television. It's gripping from beginning to end. It was so gripping, in fact, that I deprived myself of precious sleep in order to finish watching it all the way through (I'm still depriving myself of sleep, even now, because I'm so enthusiastic to write this review).

I didn't expect much upon receiving my copy of the series. The packaging isn't quite noticeable at all. In fact, it's rather plain: the only real color in the image comes from Michael Kitchen's stern eyes. The rest is faded black and white, providing a very bleak image that might put off those who aren't familiar with the miniseries (or those who haven't at least seen the 2000 film adaptation starring Bill Pullman). However, the austere palette only goes to prove one thing: never judge a DVD by its cover. While it is quite bleak, The Guilty is anything but black-and-white. It's vibrant, full of color, and absolutely lives up to the review emblazoned across the top of the cover: it's a "terrific psychological thriller" in every sense of the word.

Now, the DVD set itself is very barebones. The only special features are subtitles; the two discs contain roughly around 100 minutes each of the 200 minute series, and that's about it. A recap of the first disc appears on the second, but if you watch it all in one sitting like I did (something that was surprisingly difficult to resist), that feature will be worth it. You'll be all about the show for three-and-a-half hours straight. A recap only throws a wrench in the works.

The premise of the show, much like the show itself, is dark. Steven Vey, an ambitious and successful barrister is on the verge of becoming a judge -- a giant career move -- when he drunkenly rapes his secretary. Meanwhile, Eddie Doyle, the son Vey never knew he had, comes to London to reconnect with his father and ends up falling in love with the secretary, Nicky -- right as she attempts to blackmail the father he is trying to reconnect to. Disaster results.

Who the show really has fun with is the audience, successfully stringing them along for three white-knuckled hours of suspense. It's the kind of show that makes you bite your nails and shout at the television. It's impossible to predict how the series will end until it does, and when it does, you'll be left satisfied. Surprised, and satisfied. And really, what more could you ask from a show?

The Guilty will be available on DVD January 4. It's part of Acorn's first batch of 2011 titles, which includes the Martin Clunes comedy Dirty Tricks and Enemy at the Door, Series 2. You can find reviews of these other two titles, also at TVOvermind.

You can order The Guilty on Amazon through this link for $35.99.

DVD Review - The Guilty

While you may be waiting until October to see what happened to Rick Grimes's merry band of zombie survivors, you'll only have to wait until March to see them any time you like. That's when season one of The Walking Dead will be released.

The season, which wrapped with its sixth episode tonight, has been one of cable television's most well-received; it broke records for AMC, and was surprisingly able to hold onto (and even improve upon) its ratings. Last week's episode, "Wildfire," still holds a top ten spot on iTunes. (All five available episodes of the series are in the top 30). The show's been a massive hit.

Perhaps because of that, AMC has already locked a release date onto the DVD set of its most-watched series. While the dismally rated Rubicon still hasn't attained a release date, the zombie drama has been hammed into a spot at March 8, 2011. That's a little over three months from now. In the world of TV to DVD, that's incredibly quick. Even Mad Men's fourth season, which ended it's run two weeks before The Walking Dead premiered, isn't slated to appear on DVD until later that month.

The Walking Dead will return in October 2011 for season two, according to the most recent reports.

• Pre-order the DVD.
• Pre-order the Blu-ray.

The Walking Dead Season One DVD Release Date Revealed

I'm still not quite sure how I feel about Mad Men season four. It was so drastically different from past seasons that it was incredibly hard to pin down my opinion on the show. The show became a radical new beast with every episode, and I'm still not sure what the show will be like when it returns next year for its fifth season. But by the time the fifth season rolls around, I should have one reason to be more film on my opinion of season four: the DVD will have hit.

TVShowsOnDVD has posted that Mad Men season four will be hitting DVD and Blu-Ray on March 22, which is right around the same time of year that season three hit shelves. Art has yet to be revealed -- in fact, no technical details about the set have been revealed at all. Well, save one: the price. We do know that Amazon is allowing pre-orders of the set for $32.49 for DVD and $34.99 for Blu-ray. Not a bad deal at all, is it?

While you eagerly await next summer for the fifth (and possibly final) season of Mad Men, you can keep Draper's memory alive by pre-ordering the recently departed season.

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Mad Men Season 4 on DVD in March