Here is an article about why we will not be seeing the BMW DVD's for seasons 4-7 possibly.
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Completists, take note: Not every TV series that begins rolling out on DVD will finish its run. Maybe a first-season set doesnt sell enough copies, or maybe the sales dropoff for the second season is so great that the release door is promptly slammed shut.
Theres plenty of unfinished business in the TV DVD arena, with roughly two dozen long-running series limited to three season sets, tops.
Among them is Sony Pictures Home Entertainments Whos the Boss? Season one came out in June 2004 and sold just 1.5% of the units of the studios No. 1 TV DVD seller of all time Seinfeld: Seasons 1 & 2, according to Nielsen VideoScan data.
No wonder there have been no subsequent DVD installments of the 1980s sitcom that starred Tony Danza and Alyssa Milano and lasted eight seasons.
Warner Home Videos season-one sets of The Jamie Foxx Show, Murphy Brown and Night Court, all released in 2005, sold 6% or less units compared to Warners top seller for 2005 Friends: The Complete Ninth Season.
Others fared a little better, but were still left by the wayside. Universal Studios Home Entertainment last year released Airwolf: Season One, and it sold nearly 20% of the units of Universals top TV DVD release for the year, Miami Vice: Season One.
The Apprentice: The Complete First Season performed even better the previous year, selling nearly a third as well as the studios No. 1 TV DVD seller of 2004 Northern Exposure: Season One.
Buena Vista Home Entertainment released three seasons of Boy Meets World, which was on the air from 1993 through 2000. Season Two sales were off from the first set by just 12%. But Season Three sales were down 39% from Season Two, and plans for a season-four release were scrapped.
Research shows first-season sets are typically the top seller in TV DVD, chiefly because they benefit from the additional exposure of subsequent season sets.
This slide tends to mirror viewership declines as a series runs out its years on television, said Judith McCourt, director of Home Media Research.
Gord Lacey, editor of the TVShowsOnDVD.com Web site, said Everwood is one of the most-lamented languishing series, based on fan comments.
Warner Home Video released the first season of the family drama, which just went off the air after four seasons, in September 2004.
No subsequent seasons are in the DVD pipeline, a Warner spokesperson said.
Most of the languishing shows are banished from DVD after a season-to-season dropoff of more than 30%.
Sonys Seinfeld sets have experienced dropoffs in the 30% to 40% range, but that doesnt seem to matter if the unit volume is high enough. The Seinfeld sets are consistent top sellers for the studio and in the genre overall.
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