Probably the announcement out of the recent San Diego Con that most excited me is a very silly one: Shout! Factory will be bringing Automan to DVD! I have a huge fondness for that goofy show, as you can read in the link. TVShowsonDVD (link no longer available) briefly referenced a tweet from the company that mentions “Manimal/Automan”, so I suspect a combo pack with that other highlight of cheesy 80s TV sci-fi. (I won’t mind seeing Simon MacCorkindale as […]

Greg Berlanti, the TV producer behind such successful comic adaptations as Arrow, The Flash, and the upcoming Supergirl, is working with Archie Comics on Riverdale, a live-action one-hour TV drama. Originally developed for Fox, the show has now been announced for the CW (which makes sense, since Warner Bros TV is co-producing). As you can see from the promo art, the characters will include the usual Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Jughead, but also Josie and the Pussycats, Kevin Keller (as […]

Last year, the cable channel Boomerang, which previously aired classic cartoons, announced plans for original content. Now, more detail is available on the nature of that content. Unsurprisingly, the characters are familiar. There’s a new 22-minute series, Be Cool Scooby-Doo!, promising “a modern comedic twist on the beloved classic. This time, the gang is working as hard to solve their own personal problems as they are to solve the endless, mind-bending mysteries that await them.” So, more interpersonal drama, and […]

The release date for iZombie on DVD has been announced as September 29. This is a week before the show returns for its second season on October 6. The DVD set also includes deleted scenes and a recording of a 2014 Comic-Con panel. I’m excited, since iZombie wound up being my favorite new show and my favorite comic book show (beating The Flash just slightly). Although pretty different from the original comic created by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred, the […]

The hit Fox (non-)superhero show Gotham has been announced for release on Blu-ray and DVD on September 8. Gotham was Fox’s highest rated fall drama debut in 14 years among the desirable adults aged 18-49 demographic. I have yet to watch an episode, but this package may remedy that for me, since I like behind-the-scenes info. The set includes 22 episodes plus these extras: Gotham Invented: Building Our Gotham Gotham Invented: Paving the Way for the Caped Crusader Gotham Invented: […]

More information is now available on the upcoming Powers DVD set, collecting the TV series that aired on the PlayStation Network. The series, available on July 14, stars Sharlto Copley as detective Christian Walker and Susan Heyward as his partner Deena Pilgrim. Together, they investigate homicide cases involving people with superhuman abilities. There are 10 episodes in the first season, arriving on three discs. The Blu-ray edition includes two featurettes: “Policing the All Powerful: Envisioning and Filming Powers” “From One […]

Warner Bros. Consumer Products, in conjunction with DC Entertainment, announced that they have relaunched three websites aimed at kids 4-11. They want ScoobyDoo.com, LooneyTunes.com, and DCKids.com to “offer exciting content to kids any time they want in the format they have grown to expect in today’s digital environment”. They’re “entertainment destinations” with “a dynamic immersive experience, featuring original new content.” In real-world talk, all three sites have similar layouts featuring cartoons, online-readable comics, games, character pages, wallpaper images, and downloadable […]

TV Shows on DVD (link no longer available) has the scoop: the Powers TV show, a PlayStation Network exclusive that was recently renewed for a second season, will bring its first season of ten episodes to DVD (list price $35.99) and Blu-ray (list price $45.99) on July 14. This isn’t based on an official press release, just a distributor website, so plans may change. I’ve heard, from a demanding fellow fan, that the show is “dire”, but then, I never […]