Site News - TV Guide Spotlights Animal Stars, Game Shows, Westerns and Crime Stoppers!

On August 18th Mill Creek Entertainment is bringing their popular line back with 4 new entries in the TV Guide Spotlight series of DVD releases. Each of the following 2-disc sets will cost just $9.98 per title. Package art and an www.odvdo.com pre-order button link can be found at the bottom, but first here's the line-up:
TV Guide Spotlight: TV's Greatest Animal Stars
Over 6 Hours Of Your Favorite Furry Friends From Television: Rin Tin Tin, Lassie, Fury, Trigger, Mister Ed and more! Enjoy 20 episodes featuring the dogs, cats, horses, and other cuddly critters who warm our hearts and steal the show. This compilation shares over 50 years of TV memories from LASSIE and MISTER ED to Buck (MARRIED...WITH CHILDREN) and Murray (MAD ABOUT YOU). These are the loyal pets and pals who became Animal Stars!
Mr. Ed the talking horse originally aired for 6 seasons and won a Golden Globe for Best TV Show - Comedy
Buck from Married...With Children was the family's cynical wisecracking dog who insulted the family
Murray (Mad About You) was voted twice by TV Guide readers as the most popular TV dog. On the show he is known for chasing a mouse no one can see and crashing into walls
Rin Tin Tin was America's favorite canine hero from the Golden Age of cinema. He made is film debut in 1923 and was the biggest box office draw by 1926
Fury was a popular family friendly show that taught kids important life lessons
Lassie ran for 17 seasons and is the 4th longest running primetime TV series and won two Emmy's for Best Children's Series

TV Guide Spotlight: TV's Greatest Game Shows
26 Fun and Hilarious Episodes from the All-Time Greatest Game Shows: Merv Griffin, Groucho Marx, Bill Cullen, and Steve Allen. Enjoy over 12 hours of classic trivia, stunts, and challenges from America's iconic game shows including THE PRICE IS RIGHT, YOU BET YOUR LIFE, TWENTY-ONE, and WHAT'S MY LINE?
The Price is Right has been on TV since 1972 and has aired over 8000 episodes. In 2007, TV Guide said it was the "greatest game show of all time."
Beat the Clock ran for 8 years and 5 years in syndication
You Bet Your Life aired on radio and TV. The original version was hosted by Groucho Marx. It was the first game show to have re-runs put into syndication
Twenty-One was a popular contest in the 1950s, but then became known for potentially being a rigged quiz show
What's My Line? was ranked #9 by TV Guide in the list of 60 greatest game shows ever. It won three Emmy's and a Golden Globe

TV Guide Spotlight: TV's Greatest Westerns
20 Episodes of Legendary TV Westerns! Lorne Greene, Clayton Moore, Chuck Connors, Roy Rogers, Henry Fonda, Duncan Renaldo. Enjoy over 9 hours of rough and tumble cowboys, lawmen and pioneers from the Great West on this 2 disc compilation featuring BONANZA, THE LONE RANGER, ANNIE OAKLEY, ROY ROGERS, and MORE!
Bonanza ran for 14 years and is the second-longest-running western TV series. It was nominated for two Golden Globes and won three Emmy's
The Lone Ranger was ABC's first real hit TV show and was nominated for two Emmy's
The Cisco Kid was the first TV series filmed in color, ran for 6 seasons and was nominated for an Emmy
Annie Oakley was TV's first female heroine. The series ran for 3 seasons, was nominated for one Emmy award and produced a comic series, books and licensed merchandise
The Roy Rogers Show ran for 6 seasons, was nominated or an Emmy and produced comic books, playsets, costumes and toys

TV Guide Spotlight: TV's Greatest Crime Stoppers
20 Episodes of the Best Crime Stoppers: Charles Bronson, Lloyd Bridges, Jack Webb, Mike Connors, David Janssen, Beverly Garland. Over 9 hours of detectives, cops, and lawyers serving justice from the Golden Era of Television. Enjoy 20 classic TV episodes from pioneering TV shows including Dragnet, Code 3, Man with a Camera, Dick Tracy, Mr. & Mrs. North, Dangerous Assignment, Racket Squad, Mannix, Burke's Law, Boston Blackie, Man Behind the Badge, Sherlock Holmes and more!
Dragnet has been a radio, TV and a movie series. It is known for portraying a realistic view of police life.
Charles Bronson played the lead in Man With a Camera, his only leading role in a TV series
Dick Tracy started as a comic strip and was made into TV series, comic books, books of the comic strips, and a movie (starring Warren Beatty, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman and Madonna).
Code 3 is based on the actual files of the Los Angeles sheriff's office