Trend of TV Shows on DVD

What is the best way for a whole day of "Friends" look? If the first season of "Magnum PI"? How about hours upon hours of "Knight Rider", "24" and "The Sopranos just"? From swish soirees to rot on the bench, the time is at a maximum suckage these days, thanks to the plethora of TV-to-DVD products, and they are spawning new ways to fill your weekend. TV shows, without doubt, have become the fastest growing segment of the DVD business, according to industry experts. Three years ago, fewer than one hundred shows were available on disk. Now, more than 800 on the market, with dozens more from each week. According to Video Store magazine research, the U.S. sales of TV shows on DVD nearly tripled from 300 million U.S. dollars in 2001 to 870 million U.S. dollars in 2002. TV shows make up an estimated 10 percent of the DVD market, which last year tallied more than 1 billion U.S. dollars in sales. While TV shows on DVD are nothing new - it is perhaps the biggest growth genre in the digital format - today baby-boomer bounty that the classic series are coming out with increasing frequency. Call it a trend within a trend, fueled by a more mature viewers tune on DVD as it continues to win and Mass Appeal by the studios dig deeper into their catalogs as they exhaust newer fare. Undeniably there is a great sense of rediscovery as fans chase the titles they most lovingly remember their early years - not only classic films, but the classic TV shows like "I Love Lucy" and "Star Trek" next "Have Gun, Will Travel. This happens in the music, but it is redefining the home-video business. The demand is certainly there, and so is supply. Premium pricing and escalating demand translate into an increasingly lucrative profit channel for suppliers . According to the DVD Release Report, a weekly tip sheet, suppliers last year released 264 titles based on TV shows, more than 100 of them Multi disc sets. The trend is towards full season sets, the difference in capacity and shelf space is most pronounced. Everyone gets in the act Everybody, it seems, is always at stake. Paramount Home Entertainment is the recording of demographic segments with such diverse fare as "I Love Lucy and Star Trek." Universal will release "Battlestar Galactica," "Sliders," "Quantum Leap," "Dragnet," "Emergency," "Magnum PI" and "The Rockford Files. "20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, which began the drive on the market TV programs on DVD with" The X-Files, is "enjoying success with everything from" The Simpsons "to" Buffy the Vampire Slayer. "Warner Home Video has released two best-selling full season package of" Friends ", while HBO Home Video keeps scoring with seasonal episodes of" The Sopranos "and" Sex and the City. "With the wealth of new TV shows look on DVD, shows both the baby boomers and the new buyers are willing to follow their TV favorites on DVD. Outlook 2004 With the explosive popularity of TV shows on DVD, consumers are for a major reality check. The sale of TV series on DVD are expected to top 2 billion U.S. dollars this year, and reality TV is a niche studios are mining in the hope of continuing the profitable run. Once seen as the ultimate disposable programming, reality TV shows new and old are appearing on DVD, with enough buyers to support an even greater power in the coming months. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jeff Hodges is the owner of Order DVD TV Shows (http:/ / www.orderdvdtvshows . com), which is a website that focuses on community television shows on DVD. You can also buy TV shows on DVD Order DVD via TV shows too.